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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
2009
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| Series: | Wonders of the world
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| Summary: | 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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| Physical Description: | xxi, 232 σ. : εικ. ; 20 εκ. |
| Bibliography: | Περιλαμβάνει βιβλιογραφικές αναφορές και ευρετήριο. |
| ISBN: | 9780674027916 |
