Timeless cities : an architect's reflections on Renaissance Italy / David Mayernik.
Timeless cities : an architect's reflections on Renaissance Italy / David Mayernik.
Timeless cities : an architect's reflections on Renaissance Italy / David Mayernik.
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New York : Westview Press, c2003.
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N720.945/23
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English
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Physical content
274 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm.
Contents
1. Rome: The Memory City -- 2. Venice and the Sea: The City of Venus -- 3. Florence vs. Siena: The Battle for Paradise -- 4. Pienza: Small Town, Big Idea -- Conclusion: What We've Lost and Why these Ideas Matter Today.
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Publisher
New York : Westview Press, c2003.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c2003.
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"In Timeless Cities, architect David Mayernik reveals how Rome, Venice, Florence, Siena, and Pienza emerged from the cultural ideas of humanism that characterized Italian society from late antiquity to the eighteenth century. Cities were literally designed to be models of the mind and images of heaven. Mayernik takes the reader on an architect's to...
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Timeless cities : an architect's reflections on Renaissance Italy / David Mayernik.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N720.945/23
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74VvlkjmDEdg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvlkjmDEdg
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ISBN
0813365929 (alk. paper)
9780813365923 (hardcover)
0813365929 (hardcover)
9780813365923 (alk. paper)
DDC
720.94509024
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991017479609702626
