Hamlet's ghost : Vespasiano Gonzaga and his ideal city / by James Cowan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cowan, James, author.

Contributor:

Klima, Gyula, editor.

Hall, Alexander W., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gonzaga Colonna, Vespasiano, duca di Sabbioneta, 1531-1591.

Gonzaga Colonna, Vespasiano.

Nobility--Italy--Biography.

Nobility.

City planning--Italy--History--16th century.

City planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (267 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

Summary:

Occasionally a man emerges from history without us knowing him. Duke Vespasiano Gonzaga (1531-91) of Sabbioneta escaped the net of sixteenth century Italy, its history of wars and conflicts, to fashion a life that was uniquely different.He set out to change the way urban man lived. Importantly, he was the first man to build a Città ideale. Sabbioneta is the prototype of all planned cities of the modern era.As a confidant of King Philip II of Spain and a traveller, he quickly acquired a cosmopolitan worldview, which led him to become a uomo universale. It was in this capacity that he designed S

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 20, 2016).

ISBN:

1-4438-8149-X

OCLC:

1441736570