Syracuse University
Syracuse Abroad
The study documents the processes through which residents of medieval Prato used visual and built form at first to construct and then to fictionalize their economic, social, and political identity.
Boards from Palazzo di Arnolfo room, analyzing development of Palazzo Pretorio in relation to the urban development of San Giovanni Valdarno. From: Museo delle Terre Nuove, San Giovanni Valdarno: Palazzo Pretorio Room curator & text:... more
Images, buildings, and spaces provided a framework for constructing the credibility and apparent incorruptibility of administrative and judicial institutions and individuals in some Italian city states. As society shifted from rural to... more