Urban design in Western Europe : regime and architecture, 900-1900 /
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| Author / Creator: | Braunfels, Wolfgang. |
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| Uniform title: | Abendländische Stadtbaukunst. English |
| Imprint: | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1988. |
| Description: | xiii, 407 p. : ill., plans ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English German |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/920552 |
| Summary: | What makes a city endure and prosper? In this masterful survey of a thousand years of urban architecture, Wolfgang Braunfels identified certain themes common to cities as different as Siena and London, Munich and Venice. Most important is an architecture that expresses the city's personality and most particularly its political personality. Braunfels describes and classifies scores of cities-cathedral cities, city-state, maritime cities, imperial cities-and examines the links between their political and architectural histories. Lavishly illustrated with city plans, bird's-eye views, early renderings, and modern photographs, this book will delight and instruct architects, urban planners, historians, and travelers. |
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| Item Description: | Translation of: Abendländische Stadtbaukunst. Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | xiii, 407 p. : ill., plans ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Bibliography: p. 373-391. |
| ISBN: | 0226071782 |