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Yet most of the available books about this magical city are either facile travel guides or fusty academic tomes.
It is full of good things' Daily Telegraph 'Elegant... interweaving psychogeographical investigation with history, picking out defining characteristics which were present from its earliest days' Scotsman In this sumptuous vision of Venice, ...
Venice
A uniquely glorious repository of some of the greatest works of Western art, Venice has - naturally - long been a tourist mecca.
The Shortlist Venice selects the very best of Venice's sightseeing, restaurants, shopping, nightlife and entertainment, with Time Out's trademark expertise.
Annotation Exquisite and unique, La Serenissima is anything but serene these days, and efforts to shrug off the city's artistic theme park status are apparent on many fronts.
A history of Venetian art, as expressed through her architecture, sculpture and painting - The first volume deals with the period from the origins of Venice to the sixteenth century...
Sources The walls of the ghetto were porous, and the intellectuals who flourished there were both transmitters of their particular culture and participants in the cultural world of Venice. Modena 1988 offers a rare autobiography ...
Venice isn't all about history as the locals will tell you, and this guide introduces the reader to its surprisingly contemporary side from rock'n'roll cellists to female ex-con co-operatives
This book will entice you with hundreds of ways to unlock the secrets of Venice, one of the most impenetrable cities in the world.
The great Dutch author and traveller Cees Nooteboom (author of Roads to Santiago and The Following Story) sheds new light on the city, its history and its treasures.--
Venice: The American View, 1860-1920
Venice: City Map
Travel Guide and Art Guide in one. Each volume of the Art & Architecture series is opulently illustrated.
The book also affords us a rare and intimate glimpse into the life of the city, its hidden architectural gems, its secret places, the embedded history, the colour and vitality of daily life, and the food merchants and growers who make ...
An evocation of Venice by travel writer Jan Morris. It is divided into three sections exploring the Venetian people, the city itself and the lagoon on which it stands.
Venice of the sixth century, when lagoon-dwellers lived like sea-birds in huts built on heaps of osiers, was the city of the Doges, where people were inspired by the glories of Byzantium as they built it.
Each edition of this unique series marries a collection of previously published essays with detailed practical information, creating a colorful and deeply absorbing pastiche of opinions and advice. Each book...
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