Venice: pure city

by Ackroyd, Peter

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Title Statements

Full title :Venice : pure city / Peter Ackroyd.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2009.
Edition:1st ed. in the United States of America

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2009.

Notes

"Originally published in Great Britain by Chatto & Windus, London, in 2009"--Title page verso.

The Physical Object

Description:pages 403

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780385531528 : HRD, 0385531524 : HRD
oclc:ocn924459820
LC Classification:DG672.2
Dewey Decimal:945.311

pt. 1. City from the sea -- Origins -- Water, water everywhere -- Mirror, mirror -- pt. 2. The city of St. Mark -- The saint comes -- Refuge -- Against nature -- Stones of Venice -- pt. 3. Ship of state -- "Let it be everlasting" -- The chosen people -- The prison house -- Secrets -- Chronicles -- pt. 4. Republic of commerce -- The merchants of Venice -- The endless drama -- Wheels within wheels -- pt. 5. Empire of trade -- The lion city -- Cities in collision -- A call to arms -- pt. 6. Timeless city -- Bells and gondolas -- Iustitia -- Against the Turks -- pt. 7. The living city -- The body and the building -- Learning and language -- Colour and light -- Pilgrims and tourists -- pt. 8. The art of life -- Hurrah for Carnival -- A divine art -- The eternal feminine -- What to eat? -- pt. 9. Sacred city -- Divine and infernal -- Of belief -- pt. 10. The shadows of history -- Decline and fall? -- Death in Venice -- pt. 11. City of myth -- The map unrolls -- The huddled family -- Moon and night -- While themusic lasts -- A Venetian chronology.

Subjects

Civilization History Italy -- Venice Manners and customs Social conditions Venice (Italy) -- Civilization Venice (Italy) -- History Venice (Italy) -- Social conditions Venice (Italy) -- Social life and custo… Venise (Italie) -- Civilisation Venise (Italie) -- Conditions sociales Venise (Italie) -- Histoire