Fabrizio Nevola is Head of Art History and Visual Culture and Deputy Head of the Department for Languages, Cultures and Visual Studies at the University of Exeter in England. He is the author of Siena: Constructing the Renaissance City (2007) , Street Life in Renaissance Italy (2020), and edited Hidden Cities. Urban Space, Geolocated Apps and Public History in Early Modern Europe (2022). His work appears in Encyclopaedia Britannica as part of a joint publishing agreement with the publisher of 1001 Buildings You Must See Before You Die, where the work originally appeared.
This groundbreaking collection explores the convergence of the spatial and digital turns through a suite of smartphone apps (Hidden Cities) that present research-led itineraries in early modern cities as public history.
The Hidden Cities apps have expanded from an initial case example of Renaissance Florence to a further five historic European cities. This collection considers how the medium structures new methodologies for site-based historical research, while also providing a platform...
A radical new perspective on the dynamics of urban life in Renaissance Italy
The cities of Renaissance Italy comprised a network of forces shaping both the urban landscape and those who inhabited it. In this illuminating study, those complex relations are laid bare and explored through the lens of contemporary urban theory, providing new insights into the various urban centers of Italyâs transition toward modernity. The book underscores how the design and structure of public space during...
