| Description |
274 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Rome: the memory city -- Venice and the sea: the city of Venus -- Florence vs. Siena: the battle for paradise -- Pienza: small town, big idea |
| Summary |
"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 tour of these five cities and describes the cultural beliefs and ideas behind the buildings. Not only a journey into the past, Timeless Cities also explains why these city-building ideas are relevant today."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-255) and index |
| Notes |
Also issued online |
| Subject |
Architecture, Renaissance -- Italy.
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| LC no. |
2003014595 |
| ISBN |
0813365929 alkaline paper |
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