从大教堂到市政厅:中世纪晚期锡耶纳的城市空间转型

13—14世纪意大利城市锡耶纳经济获得了飞跃发展,新兴平民阶层迅速崛起,同过去占主导地位的权贵家族分庭抗礼,并最终超越后者而建立了九人体制的共和政府。这种政治经济变迁使得锡耶纳的城市布局发生了重大转型。共和政府以前,城市布局主要以散布全城、各自为政的贵族私邸和塔楼构成。当平民对贵族的政治斗争取得决定性胜利后,平民主导的共和政权为了塑造合法性和显示政治权威而着手建设市政厅、市政广场,并延请艺术家创作富含政治寓意的市政厅壁画。锡耶纳城市空间的转型实际上从一个侧面反映了这一时期意大利城市权力的重大转移。

From Cathedral to City Hall:The Spatial Transformation of Siena in the Late Middle Ages

The 13-14th centuries saw leapfrog economic development in the Italian city of Siena.As a result,the emerging poblani,or common people,rose rapidly to challenge the dominant aristocratic families,eventually surpassing the latter and establishing a republic under the Government of the Nine.These political and economic changes brought about a major transformation in the layout of the city.Before the republic,it consisted mainly of scattered and separate aristocratic residences and towers.When the political st...