Architecture, Opportunity, and Conflict in Eighteenth-Century Sicily: Rebuilding after Natural Disaster

Martin Nixon. Amsterdam University Press Acknowledgments Introduction. The Val Di Noto Rebuilding. Disaster And Opportunity Chapter One. Sicily As A Colonial Possession C. 1600-1750. Subordination And Resistance Chapter Two. The Hexagonal Towns Of Avola And Grammichele. Urbanism, Fortification And Coercion Chapter Three. The Palaces Of Noto. Ornament, Order, And Opportunism Chapter Four. The Palazzo Biscari, Catania. Lightness, Refinement And Distinction Chapter Five. The Palazzo Beneventano, Scicli. Trauma And Violence Chapter Six. The Palaces Of Ragusa. Abundance, Famine And The Grotesque Conclusion. Architecture And The Naturalisation Of Power Appendix. Glossary List Of Illustrations Bibliography Index Electronic Reproduction. Baltimore, Md Available Via World Wide Web.