Venice

Author : Umberto Fortis
Publisher : Assouline Publishing
Page : 6 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781614280521

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Venice Synagogues by Umberto Fortis Pdf

Commemorating the 500th anniversary of the founding of the Venice Ghetto, this magnificent hand-bound Ultimate Collection volume introduces readers to the beauty and historical and spiritual significance of the five principal synagogues in Venice, the most important markers of Jewish faith and culture in the Most Serene Republic. Behind the walls of the Ghetto, Venetian Jews expressed strong ties to the traditions of their forefathers in constructing these beautiful places of worship. The architecture, furnishings, and decorations blended the memory of their different countries of origin with traditions of Venetian artistic culture, bequeathing the City on the Lagoon enduring monuments of unparalleled eminence that remain sites of reverence and admiration.

Author : Elisabetta Baldisserotto,Gianfranco Bettin,Annalisa Bruni,Michele Catozzi,Cristiano Dorigo,Roberto Ferrucci,Ginevra Lamberti,Samantha Lenarda,Marilia Mazzeo,Enrico Palandri
Publisher : Comma Press
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781912697533

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The Book of Venice by Elisabetta Baldisserotto,Gianfranco Bettin,Annalisa Bruni,Michele Catozzi,Cristiano Dorigo,Roberto Ferrucci,Ginevra Lamberti,Samantha Lenarda,Marilia Mazzeo,Enrico Palandri Pdf

An inspector rages against the announcement that police HQ is to relocate – the way so many of the city’s residents already have – to the mainland... An aspiring author struggles with the inexorable creep of rentalisation that has forced him to share his apartment, and life, with ‘global pilgrims’... An ageing painter rails against the liberties taken by tourists, but finds his anger undermined by his own childhood memories of the place... The Venice presented in these stories is a far cry from the ‘impossibly beautiful’, frozen-in-time city so familiar to the thousands who flock there every year – a city about which, Henry James once wrote, ‘there is nothing new to be said.’ Instead, they represent the other Venice, the one tourists rarely see: the real, everyday city that Venetians have to live and work in. Rather than a city in stasis, we see it at a crossroads, fighting to regain its radical, working-class soul, regretting the policies that have seen it turn slowly into a theme park, and taking the pandemic as an opportunity to rethink what kind of city it wants to be.

Author : John Julius Norwich
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 1288 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2003-07-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780141936789

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A History of Venice by John Julius Norwich Pdf

'Norwich has loved and understood Venice as well as any other Englishman has ever done' Sunday Times 'Will become the standard English work of Venetian history' Financial Times ___________________ Renowned historian, and author of A Short History of Byzantium, John Julius Norwich's classic history of Venice A History of Venice tells the story of this most remarkable of cities from its founding in the fifth century, through its unrivalled status for over a thousand years as one of the world's busiest and most powerful city states, until its fall at the hands of Napoleon in 1797. Rich in fascinating historical detail, populated by extraordinary characters and packed with a wealth of incident and intrigue, this is a brilliant testament to a great city - and a great and gripping read. ___________________ 'The standard Venetian history in English' The Times 'Norwich has the gift of historical perspective, as well as clarity and wit. Few can tell a good story better than he' Spectator

Author : Gasparo Contarini
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : History
ISBN : 9781487505844

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The Republic of Venice by Gasparo Contarini Pdf

This book provides an alternative understanding to Machiavelli's Renaissance Italy.

Author : Thomas Mann
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1999-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0826409717

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Death in Venice, Tonio Kroger, and Other Writings: Thomas Mann by Thomas Mann Pdf

Thomas Mann (1875-1955) won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1929. This is a collection of his shorter works. "Death in Venice", later filmed by Lucion Visconti starring Dirk Bogarde, was published in 1911. It is a poetic meditation on art and beauty, where the dying composer Aschenbach (modelled on Gustav Mahler) becomes fixated by the young boy Tadzio. The other stories are: "Tonio Kroger"; the collection entitled "Tristan"; "The Blood of the Walsungs"; "Mario the Magician"; and "The Tables of the Law". A number of essays are also included.

Author : Servane Giol,Thomas Jonglez
Publisher : Soul Of'
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-07
Category : Travel
ISBN : 2361953315

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Soul of Venice by Servane Giol,Thomas Jonglez Pdf

We tried 1,000 places. And included only the 30 best. 30 unforgettable experiences that capture the soul of Venice. Every guide in the "Soul of" collection includes: - the 30 best experiences a city has to offer - interviews with those who give the city its spirit - illustrations that capture the city's soul

Author : David Barnes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317317500

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The Venice Myth by David Barnes Pdf

Venice holds a unique place in literary and cultural history. Barnes looks at the themes of war, occupation, resistance and fascism to see how the political background has affected the literary works that have come out of this great city. He focuses on key British and American writers, including Byron, Ruskin, Pound and Eliot.

Author : Augustus John Cuthbert Hare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Venice (Italy)
ISBN : UCAL:$B510139

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Venice by Augustus John Cuthbert Hare Pdf

Author : Warren Adelson,John Singer Sargent,William H. Gerdts,Richard Ormond,Elaine Kilmurray,Rosella Mamoli Zorzi
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780300117172

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Sargent's Venice by Warren Adelson,John Singer Sargent,William H. Gerdts,Richard Ormond,Elaine Kilmurray,Rosella Mamoli Zorzi Pdf

Den amerikanske kunstner John Singer Sargents (1856-1925) skildringer af Venedig.

Author : Ioanna Iordanou
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-24
Category : Intelligence service
ISBN : 9780198791317

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Venice's Secret Service by Ioanna Iordanou Pdf

Venice's Secret Service is the untold and arresting story of the world's earliest centrally-organised state intelligence service. Long before the inception of SIS and the CIA, in the period of the Renaissance, the Republic of Venice had masterminded a remarkable centrally-organised state intelligence organisation that played a pivotal role in the defence of the Venetian empire. Housed in the imposing Doge's Palace and under the direction of the Council of Ten, the notorious governmental committee that acted as Venice's spy chiefs, this 'proto-modern' organisation served prominent intelligence functions including operations (intelligence and covert action), analysis, cryptography and steganography, cryptanalysis, and even the development of lethal substances. Official informants and amateur spies were shipped across Europe, Anatolia, and Northern Africa, conducting Venice's stealthy intelligence operations. Revealing a plethora of secrets, their keepers, and their seekers, Venice's Secret Service explores the social and managerial processes that enabled their existence and that furnished the foundation for an extraordinary intelligence organisation created by one of the early modern world's most cosmopolitan states.

Author : Loren Partridge
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-14
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780520281790

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Art of Renaissance Venice, 1400 1600 by Loren Partridge Pdf

"A comprehensive and richly illustrated survey of Venetian Renaissance architecture, sculpture, and painting created between 1400 and 1600 addressed to students, travellers, and the general public. The works of art are analysed within Venice's cultural circumstances--political, economic, intellectual, and religious--and in terms of function, style, iconography, patronage, classical sources, gender, art theories, and artist's innovations, rivalries, and social status. The text has been divided into two parts--the fifteenth century and the sixteenth century--each part preceded by an introduction that recounts the history of Venice to 1500 and to 1600 respectively, including the city's founding, ideology, territorial expansion, social classes, governmental structure, economy, and religion. The twenty-six chapters have been organized to lead readers systematically through the major artistic developments within the three principal categories of art--governmental, ecclesiastic, and domestic--and have been arranged sequentially as follows: civic architecture and urbanism, churches, church decoration (ducal tombs and altarpieces), refectories and refectory decoration (section two only), confraternities (architecture and decoration), palaces, palace decoration (devotional works, portraits, secular painting, and halls of state), villas, and villa decoration. The conclusion offers an overview of the major types of Venetian art and architectural patronage and their funding sources"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Edmund Flagg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1853
Category : Venice (Italy)
ISBN : HARVARD:32044014250351

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Venice: the City of the Sea by Edmund Flagg Pdf

Author : Frederic Chapin Lane,Reinhold C. Mueller
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781421436098

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Money and Banking in Medieval and Renaissance Venice by Frederic Chapin Lane,Reinhold C. Mueller Pdf

Originally published in 1985. Frederic C. Lane and Reinhold C. Mueller, in the first volume of Money and Banking in Medieval and Renaissance Venice, discuss Venice's economic achievement in terms of the complex system the city's inhabitants developed to manage moneys of account and coins. Money merchants of Venice developed a system whereby a premium attached to moneys of account acted as a stabilizing force and allowed merchants to engage in long-term trade. This system, according to the authors, helped establish Venice as a dominant city-state in international trade and exchange. This book outlines the development and success of this system through 1508. At the time it was first published, this book made a significant contribution to the history of money and economics by underscoring the large role that Venice played in the economic history of the West and the ascendance of capitalism as a structuring force of society.

Author : Cristina Gregorin,Norbert Heyl,Giovanni Scarabello
Publisher : Grafiche Vianello srl
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9788872001165

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Venice Master Artisans by Cristina Gregorin,Norbert Heyl,Giovanni Scarabello Pdf

Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology is a brand new, beautifully illustrated anatomy and physiology textbook program written and designed for high school students. The text includes thorough, accurate coverage of all the body systems in an inviting, accessible format that chunks chapter information into manageable lessons for the beginning anatomy and physiology student. An abundance of study aids, such as learning objectives, lesson summaries, vocabulary-building exercises, hands-on activities, real-world applications, and extensive assessment opportunities increase students' ability to succeed in this challenging course. An outstanding supplement package that includes a robust companion website, ExamView Assessment Suite CD, PowerPoint lecture slides, detailed lesson plans, and a variety of enrichment labs and activities, will minimize your preparation time.

Author : Predrag Matvejević
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Travel
ISBN : 186189337X

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The Other Venice by Predrag Matvejević Pdf

To know a city is to become intimately intertwined with its nooks, crevices, secret passageways, and dark places where its lifeblood flows--and what city has more of those than Venice? In The Other Venice, Predrag Matvejevic ventures past the infamous canals and cobblestone streets of the tourist's Venice to find the heart of the ancient Italian metropolis. A lyric re-imagining of the City of Romance, The Other Venice utterly reconfigures the Venetian landscape, as Matvejevic follows both real and imaginary maps, contemporary and historical, to trace out the details of this sensuous city. He probes into what the ancient metropolis means to its people, the nation, and global culture. But he also finds hints of life in the smallest and most mundane details--ancient bridges, rust-flecked boats, wall sculptures, rivers, and piazzas scattered throughout the city. Each has a little-known story and with Matvejevic as our guide, he reveals the stories behind them all. The book carries readers to a Venice that has escaped the eyes of writers, artists, and photographers through the centuries, and Matejevic by turns plays a historian, cartographer, anthropologist, and philologist as he unravels elusive artifacts of time past. Arresting black-and-white photographs by renowned photographer Sarah Quill accompany the text, offering a silent testament to Matvejevic's pilgrimage. A fascinating and beautifully written guide, The Other Venice reminds us that there is always another mystery to uncover in the city of water and stone.