The following text aims to place alongside a historical prospection on the character and development of urban phenomena in the historical city an aesthetic perspective on their sensory, imaginative and productive impact of new forms of experience. In order to reach that goal, it sketches some themes on which to focus the aesthetic reading of urban culture and events, starting from the outline of a possible new urban aesthetics. As well as it tries to read across some of the contributions to the present volume, enhancing their intertwining of aesthetic instrumentation and redefinition of the understanding of the city.
Borsari, A. (2025). New Urban Aesthetics and Historic City. Cham : Springer Nature [10.1007/978-3-031-71473-3_3].
New Urban Aesthetics and Historic City
Andrea Borsari
Primo
2025
Abstract
The following text aims to place alongside a historical prospection on the character and development of urban phenomena in the historical city an aesthetic perspective on their sensory, imaginative and productive impact of new forms of experience. In order to reach that goal, it sketches some themes on which to focus the aesthetic reading of urban culture and events, starting from the outline of a possible new urban aesthetics. As well as it tries to read across some of the contributions to the present volume, enhancing their intertwining of aesthetic instrumentation and redefinition of the understanding of the city.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
