Piazza San Marco |
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| Author:
| Fenlon, Iain |
| Series title: | Wonders of the World Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-06606-9 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2012 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $32.00 |
Book Description:
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The Piazza San Marco, one of the most famous, instantly recognizable townscapes in the West, has been described as a stage set, Europe's drawing room, a painter's canvas. This book traces its changing shape and function, from its beginnings in the ninth century to its present day ubiquity in the Venetian, European, as well as global imagination.
The Piazza San Marco, one of the most famous, instantly recognizable townscapes in the West, has been described as a stage set, Europe's drawing room, a painter's canvas. This book traces its changing shape and function, from its beginnings in the ninth century to its present day ubiquity in the Venetian, European, as well as global imagination.