This book traces the rich history of the northern Italian city of Mantua, from its mythic origins in Dante's Inferno, to its cultural heyday during the Renaissance under the patronage of the powerful Gonzaga family, to its eventual decline and annexation by the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The fortunes of Mantua rose and fell with those of the ...
Michaelangelo's "The Last Judgement", painted on the rearwall of the Sistine Chapel, is consider by many to be the artist's greatest work. This lavishly-illustrated volume presents the work in its entirety, as well as in close-up detail.
The art of Renaissance Siena is usually viewed in the light of developments and accomplishments achieved elsewhere, but Sienese artists were part of a dynamic dialogue that was shaped by their city's internal political turmoil, diplomatic relationships with its neighbours, internal social hierarchies, and struggle for self-definition. These essays ...
The emergence of the office industry as a dominant force in the US economy has had profound implications for the development of urban areas. This study addresses problems associated with analyzing office location studies by offering a data analysis of office locations in an urban area of the US.
From Italy's popular author Corrado Augias comes the most intriguing exploration of Rome ever to be published. In the mold of his earlier histories of Paris, New York, and London, Augias moves perceptively through twenty-seven centuries of Roman life, shedding new light on a cast of famous, and infamous, historical figures and uncovering secrets ...
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