A History of VeniceKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1982 - 736 sider As comprehensive as it is engaging, John Julius Norwich's A History of Venice is a complete history of "the most beautiful and magical of cities." This necessary volume traces the rise of Venice from its fifth-century origins through 1797 when Napoleon put an end to the thousand-year-old Republic. |
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Side xi
... St Mark 3. The apse of the Cathedral of S. Maria Assunta , Torcello 4. A Byzantine panel from the screen , Torcello 5. Detail of the bronze doors , Basilica of St Mark 6. SS . Maria e Donato , Murano 7. The cloister of S. Apollonia 8 ...
... St Mark 3. The apse of the Cathedral of S. Maria Assunta , Torcello 4. A Byzantine panel from the screen , Torcello 5. Detail of the bronze doors , Basilica of St Mark 6. SS . Maria e Donato , Murano 7. The cloister of S. Apollonia 8 ...
Side 30
... St Mark slammed , as it were , on to the scales in favour of Grado , the Mantuan decision could be safely ignored ... St Theodore and his dragon were relegated to the top of a column in the Piazzetta and , for all practical purposes ...
... St Mark slammed , as it were , on to the scales in favour of Grado , the Mantuan decision could be safely ignored ... St Theodore and his dragon were relegated to the top of a column in the Piazzetta and , for all practical purposes ...
Side 196
... St. Mark's . Foto Alinari 22. The south wall , St. Mark's . ' The front of St. Mark's became rather a shrine at which to dedicate the splendour of miscellaneous spoil , than the organized expression of any fixed architectural law , or ...
... St. Mark's . Foto Alinari 22. The south wall , St. Mark's . ' The front of St. Mark's became rather a shrine at which to dedicate the splendour of miscellaneous spoil , than the organized expression of any fixed architectural law , or ...
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Beginnings to 727 | 3 |
Emergence 727811 | 15 |
The City Rises Up 811900 | 26 |
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