| Description |
ii, 550 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, map ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: SEMINAL CITIES IN THE MIDDLE AND FAR EAST -- 1. Egypt: Pyram ids, Temples. Tombs, Gods and Pharaohs -- 2. Iraq and the Indus Valley: Lost Glories, Lasting Impact 21 -- 3. Jerusalem: Fount of Judaism, Christianity and Islam 40 -- 4. China and India: New W orlds, New "W ays 60 -- CLASSICAL CITIES - ATHENS, ROME AND BEYOND -- 5. Athens: the Parthenon and the Daw n of the W est 77 -- 6. The "Axial Age" of Confucius, Buddha and Zoroastei 97 -- 7. Rom e: splendid Centre of Europe's first Em pire 113 -- 8. Ilan China and G upta India Rivals of Rom e 130 -- 9. Jesus C hrist and Christianity: a new D im ension 144 -- LUMINOUS CITIES OF THE "DARK" AGES -- 10. Constantinople: Bridge between East and W est 159 -- 11. T'ang China, and the Pyram ids of the M aya 175 -- 12. Cordoba: "The Genius of Arab Civilization" 192 -- 13. Islam and the K oran Then and N ow 212 -- WATERSHED CITIES OF THE "MIDDLE" AGES -- 14. Pisa and Chartres: Conversions, Crusades, Cathedrals and Trade 229 -- 15. Temples in India; Painting and Porcelain in China 246 -- 16. Venice: the Lagoon, Canals, St M ark's and Painting 264 -- 17. W ith M arco Polo to the Court of Kublai Khan 285 -- RENAISSANCE CITIES AND A NEW GLOBAL WORLD -- 18. Bruges: Jewel City and "Venice of the North 299 -- 19. M oscow and the K rem lin: H eart of Russia 315 -- 20. Florence: Power-House of the Renaissance 333 -- 21. W ith Vasco to India; with Columbus to the Americas 353 -- 22. The Aztecs of M exico and the Incas of Peru 375 -- WORLD-POWER CITIES OF A NEW AGE -- 23. M adrid and the rugged Splendours of Spain 393 -- 24. London: Imperial Rival to Rome and Paris 413 -- 25. Amsterdam: W indmills, Canals, Dams and Rembrandt 434 -- 26. St Petersburg: Russia's "W indow on the West" 453 -- INLAND CITIES OF CENTRAL EUROPE -- 27. Vienna: the Habsburgs, the Blue Danube and Mozart 473 -- 28. Berlin: M onumental City of a new united Germany 493 -- 29. Slavic Prague and M agyar Budapest 511 -- MODERN CITIES - PARIS AND NEW YORK -- 30. Paris: from Notre Dame to the Impressionists 531 -- 31. New York: the Sky-scraper City of the Future 552 -- MUSIC AND SCIENCE AS ACCOMPANIMENTS -- ON OUR JOURNEY -- 32. The Progress of Science as the Forge of Change 570 -- 33. The Sound of M usic a M usical Finale 589 |
| Summary |
Dr Guthridge focusses on 20 favourite art and travel destinations but arranges them in a time line and then addes in the character of each place and its relationship with the others. The author was a Jesuit priest for 20 years and then an historian |
| Analysis |
Cities and towns - History |
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Cities and towns in literature |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 608-614 |
| Subject |
Cities and towns in literature.
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Cities and towns -- History.
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World history.
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| LC no. |
2009286207 |
| ISBN |
0958864551 |
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9780958864558 |
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