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Piazza San Marco /

The Piazza San Marco, one of the most famous and instantly recognizable townscapes in the West, if not the world, has been described as a stage set, as Europes drawing room, as a painters canvas. This book traces the changing shape and function of the piazza, from its beginnings in the ninth century...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Fenlon, Iain
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.
Collection:Wonders of the world (Cambridge, Mass.)
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:The Piazza San Marco, one of the most famous and instantly recognizable townscapes in the West, if not the world, has been described as a stage set, as Europes drawing room, as a painters canvas. This book traces the changing shape and function of the piazza, from its beginnings in the ninth century to its present day ubiquity in the Venetian, European, as well as global imagination.--from publisher description.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (xxi, 233 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780674063556
0674063554