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17th–18th centuries

When Cities Learned to Choreograph Movement

The Baroque City

Nolli's engraved map of radiating streets at Piazza del Popolo.
Giambattista Nolli's map of Baroque Rome.Giambattista Nolli · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Source record

The Moment

Streets, plazas, monuments and perspectives became deliberately choreographed.

The Rethink

The city itself could become an architectural composition.