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Author Atkinson, Niall, 1967- author.

Title The noisy Renaissance : sound, architecture, and Florentine urban life / Niall Atkinson
Published University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2016]
©2016

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 260 pages) : illustrations (some color), plans (chiefly color)
Contents 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
Summary "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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject 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
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780271077833
0271077832
9780271077819
0271077816