The building of Renaissance Florence : an economic and social history / Richard A. Goldthwaite
| Signatura | Copia | Colección |
|---|---|---|
| 46/23 | 1437 | Libros modernos desde 1900 |
Picture the city of Florence in the I fifteenth century-its great cathedral, with the Brunelleschi dome and baptistry with the Ghiberti doors, its Palazzo dei Priori, the prototype of the patrician palace, its monumental grain market, the Orsan michele, its many public buildings, churches, chapels, and homes embellished with sculpture, pictures, and other works of art. "To study the buildings of Florence,” writes historian Richard Goldthwaite, "is to learn much of the city's economic, social, and cultural foundations." Thus, by exam ining the microcosm of a single, vital industry-construction—Goldthwaite devel ops a total picture of Florentine society. It was, says Goldthwaite, a city shaped by the forces of supply and demand. The accumulation of wealth in the hands of an unusually high number of Florentines, coupled with a growing awareness of architecture—be it a civic monument, chapel, or private home—as a statement of that wealth, created the demand. A construction industry composed of artisans and possessing a remarkable variety of skills grew to meet the demand for buildings and all their attendant furnishings. The interaction of these two forces, Goldthwaite shows, trans formed forever the city of Florence and the lives of its citizens.
List of Illustrations
Preface
List of Tables, Charts, Graph, Maps
List of Abbreviations – INTRODUCTION
The Buildings of Renaissance Florence
The Thirteenth Century.
Civic Monuments. Institutions and Churches.
Private Palaces. The Renaissance City. The Ducal Presence.
ART I DEMAND: THE PATRONS
1. The Wherewithal to Spend: The Economic Background Florence and the European Economy. Performance of the Economy. Level of Wealth. Social Structure of Wealth.
2. The Reasons for Building: Needs and Taste Civic Spirit and Public Building. Attitudes about Private Spending. The Taste for Building. The Knowledge of Architecture. The Need for Space.
PART II SUPPLY: THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
3. Organization of Work
Construction as a Problem in Industrial History. Contracting for Construction: types of contracts; the nature of the contract; the limits of entrepreneurship.
Managing the Enterprise: administrative organization; some examples of practice.
4. Production of Materials
Bricks and Lime: the history of bricks; kilns; indus inquest of 1568
Regulation of the industry. Stone: the in Middle Ages; quarry operations; workshops. Thes Materials.
Building-Craft Guilds in Europe. L'Arte dei Maestri di Pietra gname. Guild Activities.
The Consular Elite
Conditions of Work. Money and Credit. Wage Rates. Real Wage dard of Living – 7.The Architect Antecedents. Training. Practice. Employment
The Results: Art and Architecture as Investment Construction and the Economy. The Decorative Arts. The Quality of Economic Efforts. Social Quality of the Economy. Development of a More Mature Economy – Appendix – 1.. Value of the Florin, 1252-1533 – 2.. List of Statutes of Building-Craft Guilds in Italian Cities
3. Workers' Wages: Data and Sources
4. Price of Meat, 1491-1501
5. Toward a Checklist of Early Illustrations of Workers in the Construction Industry
Index
Índices
| Localización permanente | Código de barras | Signatura | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fundación Juanelo Turriano | 1437 | 46/23 |
Picture the city of Florence in the I fifteenth century-its great cathedral, with the Brunelleschi dome and baptistry with the Ghiberti doors, its Palazzo dei Priori, the prototype of the patrician palace, its monumental grain market, the Orsan michele, its many public buildings, churches, chapels, and homes embellished with sculpture, pictures, and other works of art. "To study the buildings of Florence,” writes historian Richard Goldthwaite, "is to learn much of the city's economic, social, and cultural foundations." Thus, by exam ining the microcosm of a single, vital industry-construction—Goldthwaite devel ops a total picture of Florentine society. It was, says Goldthwaite, a city shaped by the forces of supply and demand. The accumulation of wealth in the hands of an unusually high number of Florentines, coupled with a growing awareness of architecture—be it a civic monument, chapel, or private home—as a statement of that wealth, created the demand. A construction industry composed of artisans and possessing a remarkable variety of skills grew to meet the demand for buildings and all their attendant furnishings. The interaction of these two forces, Goldthwaite shows, trans formed forever the city of Florence and the lives of its citizens.
List of Illustrations
Preface
List of Tables, Charts, Graph, Maps
List of Abbreviations – INTRODUCTION
The Buildings of Renaissance Florence
The Thirteenth Century.
Civic Monuments. Institutions and Churches.
Private Palaces. The Renaissance City. The Ducal Presence.
ART I DEMAND: THE PATRONS
1. The Wherewithal to Spend: The Economic Background Florence and the European Economy. Performance of the Economy. Level of Wealth. Social Structure of Wealth.
2. The Reasons for Building: Needs and Taste Civic Spirit and Public Building. Attitudes about Private Spending. The Taste for Building. The Knowledge of Architecture. The Need for Space.
PART II SUPPLY: THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
3. Organization of Work
Construction as a Problem in Industrial History. Contracting for Construction: types of contracts; the nature of the contract; the limits of entrepreneurship.
Managing the Enterprise: administrative organization; some examples of practice.
4. Production of Materials
Bricks and Lime: the history of bricks; kilns; indus inquest of 1568
Regulation of the industry. Stone: the in Middle Ages; quarry operations; workshops. Thes Materials.
Building-Craft Guilds in Europe. L'Arte dei Maestri di Pietra gname. Guild Activities.
The Consular Elite
Conditions of Work. Money and Credit. Wage Rates. Real Wage dard of Living – 7.The Architect Antecedents. Training. Practice. Employment
The Results: Art and Architecture as Investment Construction and the Economy. The Decorative Arts. The Quality of Economic Efforts. Social Quality of the Economy. Development of a More Mature Economy – Appendix – 1.. Value of the Florin, 1252-1533 – 2.. List of Statutes of Building-Craft Guilds in Italian Cities
3. Workers' Wages: Data and Sources
4. Price of Meat, 1491-1501
5. Toward a Checklist of Early Illustrations of Workers in the Construction Industry
Index
Índices
- Arquitectura y urbanismo = Architecture and urban planning
- Condiciones económicas = Economic conditions
- Condiciones sociales = Social conditions
- Construcción = Construction
- Florencia = Florence
- Historia = History
- Renacimiento = Renaissance
- Siglo XV = Fifteenth century
- Siglo XVI = Sixteenth century
- Italia = Italy
