The Cities of Avignon and Worms as Expressions of the European Community

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7730864
AutoresBeverly Heckart (Central Washington University, autor de correspondencia)
Año1989
Volumen31
Número3
Páginas462-490
Fecha de publicación1989-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaComparative Studies in Society and History (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0010-4175 • E-ISSN: 1475-2999
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0010417500016005
OpenAlexW2088581089
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas16

At the end of 1978, the German art critic Walter Frentz, introducing a film and public lecture in the city of Worms, postulated that Europeans could breathe new life into the idea of European unity by devoting greater care and attention to the shape and form of European cities. The theme of his remarks that night specifically encouraged the preservation of historic urban cores, but more striking was his general concept linking the development of the European Community with the treatment of the European city. As a growing literature on architectural symbolism and urban imagery suggests, cities take the shapes that are expressions of a total society, reflecting the spectrum of their political, economic and cultural life. As Europeans rebuilt and developed their cities in the period after World War II, they also charted the course of their unification

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Cold war · Economic history · Economics · Economy · German · Period (music) · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Theme (computing) · Unification · World War II · European history and politics · History · Law