SOCIETA' E CULTURA NELLA PIACENZA DEL SETTECENTO VOL. 1 | 1979

This volume presents a multifaceted study of 18th-century society and culture in the city of Piacenza and its territory, exploring the interplay between social structures, artistic production and urban life. Through essays on aristocratic families, civic institutions, patronage, and the material and visual culture of the era (architecture, scenography, decorative arts, and collections), it offers a rich account of the Enlightenment era in a provincial Italian context. The style combines scholarly rigour with the format of a catalogue exhibition (from the Palazzo Farnese show of October–November 1979), featuring both narrative text and richly illustrated plates. Its contribution lies in situating Piacenza within broader regional processes of cultural and social transformation in the late Baroque and early Neoclassical period, highlighting the local dimensions of change and continuity.