Piazza San Marco

Informationen zum Autor Iain Fenlon is Professor of Historical Musicology at the University of Cambridge. Klappentext The Piazza San Marco, one of the most famous, instantly recognizable townscapes in the West, has been described as a stage set, Europe's drawing room, a painter's canvas. This book traces its changing shape and function, from its beginnings in the ninth century to its present day ubiquity in the Venetian, European, as well as global imagination. Inhaltsverzeichnis Maps Chronology Introduction *1. Myths and Origins *2. Imperial Visions *3. The New Rome *4. Ritual Forms *5. Urban Noise *6. Decadence and Decline *7. From Spritz to Pink Floyd Appendix 1: Doges of Venice Appendix 2: Visiting the Piazza Suggestions for Further Reading Acknowledgements List of Illustrations * Index

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Iain Fenlon is Professor of Historical Musicology at the University of Cambridge.

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The Piazza San Marco, one of the most famous, instantly recognizable townscapes in the West, has been described as a stage set, Europe’s drawing room, a painter's canvas. This book traces its changing shape and function, from its beginnings in the ninth century to its present day ubiquity in the Venetian, European, as well as global imagination.

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• Maps Chronology Introduction Myths and Origins Imperial Visions The New Rome Ritual Forms Urban Noise Decadence and Decline From Spritz to Pink Floyd Appendix 1: Doges of Venice Appendix 2: Visiting the Piazza Suggestions for Further Reading Acknowledgements List of Illustrations * Index