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Prato: Architecture, Piety, and Political Identity in a Tuscan City-State

Prato: Architecture, Piety, and Political Identity in a Tuscan City-State

Prato: Architecture, Piety, and Political Identity in a Tuscan City-State

$65.00

McLean, Alick M.

Cl. New Haven, 2008

Book ID: 78628

recounts the historical development of one city republic, Prato in Tuscany, from the eleventh through the fourteenth century. In telling the story of PratoÕs origins, construction, and demise, Alick McLean considers the planning, art, architecture, politics, faith, and daily life of Prato and its citizens, showing how major historical events and trends in the Italian middle ages were experienced within the architecture and streetscapes of this particular place.

272 pp., 102 B&W, 32 color illus.