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Historical City and Visual Representation

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  • Jun 2026

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Editors:
  1. Ramona Loffredo

    1. Department of Architecture, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

  2. Elena Girelli

    1. Department of Architecture, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

  • Analyses the relationship between the city and its photographic and cinematographic images
  • Discusses the role of images in the construction of cities
  • Merges perspectives from art, politics, urban sciences

Part of the book series: The City Project (TCP, volume 10)

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About this book

This book analyses the complex relationship between European historical cities and their visual representations from the postwar period to the present. Using approaches and methodologies from different disciplinary fields, authors address the tangible and intangible transformations of cities in relation to the varied images produced and conveyed by different media over time. To this end, various photographic and cinematographic representations of the city are analyzed, as well as more "unusual" narratives and images as home-movies, video art projects, murals, and street art. All in all, this book presents extensive theories and case studies around the interrelationships between cities and the system of different visualizations that increasingly shape their materiality and experiences. By analyzing how the image of historical cities is constructed and evolves alongside their urban fabric, as well as the transformations this may generate in terms of imaginaries and social structures, it also provides an opportunity to reflect on the role of aesthetics and history in those phenomena lying at the intersection of images, politics, architecture, and urban planning.

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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Architecture, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Ramona Loffredo, Elena Girelli

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Historical City and Visual Representation

  • Editors: Ramona Loffredo, Elena Girelli

  • Series Title: The City Project

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2026

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-032-21159-0Due: 18 June 2026

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-032-21162-0Due: 18 June 2027

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-032-21160-6Due: 01 June 2026

  • Series ISSN: 2730-6992

  • Series E-ISSN: 2730-700X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 181

  • Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour

Keywords

  • Visual Memory
  • Historical City
  • Urban Changes
  • Cultural Heritage Conservation
  • Churches and Cities
  • Urban Art Practices
  • Philosophy of the City
  • Urban Participation
  • Urban Conservation
  • Preservation vs Innovation

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