The noisy Renaissance : sound, architecture, and Florentine urban life / Niall Atkinson.
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TextPublisher: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (xv, 260 pages) : illustrations (some color), plans (chiefly color)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780271077833
- 0271077832
- 9780271077819
- 0271077816
- Architecture, Renaissance -- Italy -- Florence
- Renaissance -- Italy -- Florence
- City sounds -- Italy -- Florence -- History
- Bells -- Italy -- Florence -- History
- Architectural acoustics -- History
- ARCHITECTURE -- History -- Renaissance
- ART / History / Renaissance
- Architectural acoustics
- Architecture, Renaissance
- Bells
- City sounds
- Renaissance
- Italy -- Florence
- Acoustique architecturale -- Histoire
- Cloches -- Italie -- Florence -- Histoire
- Villes -- Bruits -- Italie -- Florence -- Histoire
- Renaissance -- Italie -- Florence
- Architecture de la Renaissance -- Italie -- Florence
- 724/.120945511 23
- NA1121.F7 A85 2016
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"Analyzes how the premodern city, through the example of Renaissance Florence, can be understood as an acoustic phenomenon. Explores how city sounds, such as the ringing of church bells, can be foundational elements in the creation and maintenance of urban communities and the spaces they inhabit"--Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : journey into the noisy Renaissance -- The acoustic art of city-building -- Florentine soundscapes -- Sound, space, and meaning in Renaissance Florence -- Suoni, voci, rumori : listening to the city -- Sonic discord, urban disorder -- Epilogue : ephemerality, durability, and architectural history.
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