Piazza San Marco by Iain Fenlon
The Piazza San Marco is the most famous townscape in the West. It is a dynamic open space organically connected to the buildings which frame it. This book considers the townscape as a theatre in which the whole of Venetian history took place. It the events that took place there as a barometer of 1,000 years of Venetian history.
Fenlon's book not only brilliantly recalls the square's past history as a grand stage for "carefully choreographed symbolic state rituals" such as the elaborate coronation of a doge, but also brings to life the more mundane activities - from baking bread to selling sex - that the Piazza witnessedFenlon has much that is insightful to say about individual buildings, from the Basilica and the Doge's Palace to Jacopo Sansovino's Library and the Campanile, which is perhaps the most recognisable symbol of Venice worldwide, but the strength of his book lies in its emphasis on the importance of this iconic space as a whole to the city's history. -- Nick Rennison * Sunday Times *
Iain Fenlon is Professor of Historical Musicology in the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of King's College. Most of his writing has been concerned with the social and cultural history of music in Renaissance Italy. His most recent book , Piazza San Marco, appeared in 2009.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781861978851 |
| ISBN 10 | 1861978855 |
| Title | Piazza San Marco |
| Author | Iain Fenlon |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Profile Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2010-05-06 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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