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Renaissance Florence on Five Florins a Day

Door Charles FitzRoy

Categorie
Geschiedenis Europa
Boeknummer
#352030-XC35
Titel
Renaissance Florence on Five Florins a Day
Auteur
FitzRoy, Charles
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
London : Thames and Hudson
Jaar van uitgave
2010
ISBN10
0500251622
ISBN13
9780500251621
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original blind stamped blue boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, numerous illustrations in colour and b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting
Offers the practical advice you need for a journey back to the golden age of one of Europe's great cultural cities. This book is suitable for travellers, museum-goers and those who wonder what it would really have been like to visit this model of Renaissance culture.

This fascinating and fact-packed guide provides all the practical advice you need for a journey back to the golden age of one of Europe's great cultural cities. Take in the sights and sounds, marvel at Brunelleschi's sublime cathedral dome, wonder at the sculptures and paintings that have made this the art capital of its day, and lose yourself in the thrilling (and often riotous) local feasts and festivals. Along the way, you will find out about the most important and influential families in Florence, the up-and-coming arti... (Lees verder)sts Michelangelo and Leonardo, and the humanist philosophers battling the Church. Here, too, is the darker side of life in the city, from its taverns and brothels to the grisly punishments meted out to wrongdoers and the reckless rabble-rousing of Savonarola. Also featured is invaluable advice if you're planning to travel outside of Florence to the stunning cities of Pisa, Siena, Arezzo and Cortona – including how to recognize and avoid bandits, mercenaries and condottieri. This witty book will appeal to travellers, museum-goers or anyone who wonders what it would really have been like to visit this model of Renaissance culture.
Pagina's
144
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 8,00

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