Festival Architecture

by Bonnemaison, Sarah; Macy, Christine

• ISBN13: 9780203799505
• ISBN10: 020379950X
• Copyright: 2007-12-06
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

With contributions from provocative art and architectural historians, this book is a unique exposition of the temporary architecture erected for festivals and the role it has played in developing Western architectural and urban theory.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Ritual and Architecture in Antiquity

The Festive Experience: Roman Processions in the Urban Context

Renaissance and Baroque Spectacle as Representations of Power

Festival Bridal Entries in Renaissance Ferrara

Festivals of State: The Representation of Power in Late Renaissance and Baroque Venice

Statecraft or Stagecraft? English Paper Architecture in the Seventeenth Century

Framing History: The Jubilee of 1625, the Dedication of New Saint Peter's and the Baldacchino

Eighteenth Century Festivals and Urban Beautification

The Speculative Challenges of Festival Architecture in Eighteenth Century France

World Expositions and the Idea of Modernity

Marking Time and Space in the City: Kromhout's Decorations for the Investiture of Wilhelmina in Amsterdam

Sound, Light, and the Mystique of Space in Paris, 1937

Festivals of Resistance

Festival Urbanism: Carnival as an Expression of Civil Society in Nineteenth Century Basel

Taking Back the Street, Paris 1968-1978

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