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...
Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
2009.
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Collection: | Wonders of the world (Cambridge, Mass.)
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
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. |
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Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (xxi, 233 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780674063556 0674063554 |