Document Type
Book Review
Department
Art and Art History (Pomona)
Publication Date
1993
Keywords
Renaissance, Bologna, Italy, architecture
Abstract
Bologna is a uniquely beautiful Italian city with broad, arcaded streets, richly textured brick and sandstone facades, majestic piazzas, public sculpture, high towers, and a cuisine to take time over. However, the previous historiographic emphasis upon Florence, Rome, and Venice has diverted attention from more fully preserved medieval and Renaissance cities such as Bologna, where urbanism—the urban fabric—takes precedence over individual buildings and architects, and where the urban context defines the architectural monument. Bologna is the work of art. And for this reason, one welcomes the fine book on this major, yet understudied, urban center by Naomi Miller, a distinguished architectural historian at Boston University.
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© 1993 Cambridge University Press
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Recommended Citation
Gorse, George. Rev. of "Renaissance Bologna: a Study in Architectural Form and Content," by Naomi Miller. Speculum 68(1993): 539-540.
