Record details

• ISBN: 9780385531528
• Physical Description: 403 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm
• Edition: 1st edition in the United States of America.
• Publisher: New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, [2009]
• Copyright: ©2009

Content descriptions

General Note:

"Originally published in Great Britain by Chatto & Windus, London, in 2009"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

pt. 1. City from the sea -- Origins -- Water, water everywhere -- Mirror, mirror -- pt. 2. The city of St. Mark -- The saint comes -- Refuge -- Against nature -- Stones of Venice -- pt. 3. Ship of state -- "Let it be everlasting" -- The chosen people -- The prison house -- Secrets -- Chronicles -- pt. 4. Republic of commerce -- The merchants of Venice -- The endless drama -- Wheels within wheels -- pt. 5. Empire of trade -- The lion city -- Cities in collision -- A call to arms -- pt. 6. Timeless city -- Bells and gondolas -- Iustitia -- Against the Turks -- pt. 7. The living city -- The body and the building -- Learning and language -- Colour and light -- Pilgrims and tourists -- pt. 8. The art of life -- Hurrah for Carnival -- A divine art -- The eternal feminine -- What to eat? -- pt. 9. Sacred city -- Divine and infernal -- Of belief -- pt. 10. The shadows of history -- Decline and fall? -- Death in Venice -- pt. 11. City of myth -- The map unrolls -- The huddled family -- Moon and night -- While the music lasts -- A Venetian chronology.

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Venice (Italy) > Civilization.
Venice (Italy) > History.
Venice (Italy) > Social conditions.
Venice (Italy) > Social life and customs.