Pienza, a small hill town in north central Italy, represents one of the major architectural masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance. Starting in 1459, under the sponsorship of Pope Pius II, it was rebuilt into a model Renaissance cityscape. Because its physical state has changed only slightly since the fifteenth century, Pienza offers us a unique opportunity to see a variety of building traditions and theoretical positions combined in an almost perfectly preserved urban environment.
- ISBN10 080141699X
- ISBN13 9780801416996
- Publish Date 27 March 1987
- Publish Status Unknown
- Out of Print 6 November 2003
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Cornell University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 250
- Language English