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Parution : Elizabeth Merrill, « Creating Place in Early Modern European Architecture », Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Press, 2021

The importance of place—as a unique spatial identity—has been recognized since antiquity. Ancient references to the ‘genius loci’, or spirit of place, evoked not only the location of a distinct atmosphere or environment, but also the protection of this location, and implicitly, its making and construction. This volume examines the concept of place as it relates to architectural production and building knowledge in early modern Europe (1400-1800). The places explored in the book’s ten essays take various forms, from an individual dwelling to a cohesive urban development to an extensive political territory. Within the scope of each study, the authors draw on primary source documents and original research to demonstrate the distinctive features of a given architectural place, and how these are related to a geographic location, social circumstances, and the contributions of individual practitioners. The essays underscore the distinct techniques, practices and organizational structures by which physical places were made in the early modern period.

Elizabeth Merrill is a specialist of early modern Italian art and architecture, with a focus on architectural practices and the development of the architectural profession. She has published several articles on these themes and the work of the Sienese architect Francesco di Giorgio. She has held fellowships at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin (MPIWG), New York Public Library, The Morgan Library and Drawing Institute, and Humboldt University. She has recently been appointed as Assistant Professor at the University of Ghent.

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celialocufier (20 décembre 2021). Parution : Elizabeth Merrill, « Creating Place in Early Modern European Architecture », Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Press, 2021. Collectif d'Historiens de l'Art de la Renaissance. Consulté le 17 avril 2025 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/moqm


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