Reinterprets the underlying causes and effects of architecture and townplanning in urban Italy during one of the countrys most vibrant and celebratedperiods. It... » 

Reinterprets the underlying causes and effects of architecture and townplanning in urban Italy during one of the countrys most vibrant and celebratedperiods. It puts economic and political influences at center stage rather thanartistic inspiration or nostalgia for the classical past. It provides afascinating study of Italian cities and regions over four discrete periodsfrom 1250 to 1400the long prelude to the Renaissance from 1400 to 1500traditionally referred to as the Early Renaissance from 1500 to 1600the HighRenaissance and from 1600 to 1650 the years in which Italy saw the emergenceof the Baroque and the waning of the Renaissance. «