Festival Architecture

<p>With contributions from provocative art and architectural historians, this book is a unique exposition of the temporary architecture erected for festivals and the role it has played in developing Western architectural and urban theory.</p><p><em>Festival Architecture</em> is arranged in historical periods – from Antiquity to the modern era – and divided between analyses of specific festivals, set in relation to contemporary architecture and urban design ideas and theories.</p><p>Illustrated with a wealth of unusual and rarely-seen images from the European festival tradition, this is a fascinating outline of the history of festival architecture ideal for postgraduate architecture and urban design students.</p> <p>1. Introduction <em>Sarah Bonnemaison and Christine Macy</em> <strong>Part 1: Ritual and Architecture in Antiquity</strong> 2. The Festive Experience: Roman Processions in the Urban Context <em>Diane Favro</em> <strong>Part 2: Renaissance and Baroque Spectacle as Representations of Power</strong> 3. Festival Bridal Entries in Renaissance Ferrara <em>Diane Yvonne Ghirardo </em>4. Festivals of State: The Representation of Power in Late Renaissance and Baroque Venice <em>Margherita Azzi Visentini</em> 5. Statecraft or Stagecraft? English Paper Architecture in the Seventeenth Century <em>Caroline van Eck</em> 6. Framing History: The Jubilee of 1625, the Dedication of New Saint Peter’s and the Baldacchino <em>Maarten Delbeke</em> <strong>Part 3: Eighteenth Century Festivals and Urban Beautification</strong> 7. The Speculative Challenges of Festival Architecture in Eighteenth Century France <em>Eric Monin</em> <strong>Part 4: World Expositions and the Idea of Modernity</strong> 8. Marking Time and Space in the City: Kromhout’s Decorations for the Investiture of Wilhelmina in Amsterdam <em>Nancy Stieber</em> 9. Sound, Light, and the Mystique of Space in Paris, 1937 <em>Robert Weddle</em> <strong>Part 5: Festivals of Resistance</strong> 10. Festival Urbanism: Carnival as an Expression of Civil Society in Nineteenth Century Basel <em>Christine Macy</em> 11. Taking Back the Street, Paris 1968-1978 <em>Sarah Bonnemaison</em></p>