Studies in the Sumbolic Content of Reanissance Civic Architecture

FAIN: FB-11027-72

Boston University (Boston, MA 02215-1390)
Naomi Miller (Project Director: July 1971 to present)

To study the physical and symbolic forms of civic institutions in Italy from 1300 to 1600. Included in the study is the evolution and development of specific forms to express certain building types--such as town halls, universities, hospitals, commercial establishments--and their symbolic contents. The study will focus on the requirements of these specific institutions and their meanings in one Renaissance city--Bologna.