Table of Contents
List of Figures ix
List of Tables xi
Preface xiii
1 Introduction 1
Part 1 The Later Middle Ages 27
2 The development of urban government and public patronage in the later Middle Ages 29
3 Public patronage and urban development 49
4 Economic development in the later Middle Ages 93
5 Economic growth and the private development of the built environment 109
Part 2 The 15th Century 129
6 Oligarchic and signorial government in the 15th century 131
7 Public development and the re-emergence of classical architecture and town planning 157
8 Population trends and economic equilibrium in the 15th century 187
9 Private patronage and the re-emergence of classical architecture in the 15th century 205
Part 3 The 16th Century 235
10 The ascendancy of principalities and Spanish rule in 16th-century Italy 237
11 Public patronage, architecture and town planning: from Classicism to Mannerism 255
12 Economic growth and urban development in the 16th century 309
13 Private patronage and architecture: affluence and conspicuous consumption 339
Part 4 The 17th Century 389
14 The development of government in Italy in the early 17th century and its effects on the built environment 391
15 Public patronage: the emergence of Baroque architecture and town planning 397
16 Economic stagnation and urban development in the early 17th century 415
17 Private patronage and Baroque architecture 429
Appendix: Principal Architects and Where They Mainly Practised 447
Glossary: General and Architectural Terms 449
Bibliography 469
Index 471