ABSTRACT
Camillo Sitte did a meticulous analysis of the urban fabrics of ancient cities. He sought to point out the reasons, from the aesthetic point of view, for people to feel “good” in these cities, highlighting the role of the asymmetry of open public spaces. In this study, we present a critical analysis based on his work “City Planning According to Artistic Principles”, in the search for a constant discussion of the author’s understanding of the city as an aesthetic object, focusing on what he shows as art in the old city or part of it; we seek to understand the meaning of Aesthetics presented by Sitte in attributing such artistic values to the old city or to a part of it. For this reflection, we support our arguments on authors such as Françoise Choay, Petra Lamers, Gonzáles-Varas, and especially Ivone Salgado; and in authors such as Luigi Pareyson through his work “Il problemi dell’estetica” and Marc Jimenez in “Qu’est-ce que l’esthétique?” in the search for understanding what is Aesthetics and their presence in Sitte’s work.
