Piazza San Marco
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2012
Harvard University Press (Verlag)
978-0-674-06606-9 (ISBN)
Harvard University Press (Verlag)
978-0-674-06606-9 (ISBN)
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.
The Piazza San Marco, one of the most famous and instantly recognizable townscapes in the West, if not the world, has been described as a stage set, as Europe’s drawing room, as a painter’s canvas. This book traces the changing shape and function of the piazza, from its beginnings in the ninth century to its present day ubiquity in the Venetian, European, as well as global imagination.
Through its long history, the Piazza San Marco has functioned as civic space that was used for such varied activities as public meetings; animal-baiting; executions; state processions; meat and produce markets; a performance venue for rock concerts; as well as, more recently, a cafe to enjoy a leisurely Campari. Constantly alert to the question of function, this book recreates not only rituals of the past but also activities of the present, from the coronation of the doge to the legendary Pink Floyd concert of 1989, with much fanfare in between. Iain Fenlon recreates the dynamic, colorful, and noisy history of the piazza—a history that is also the history of Venice and, indeed, of Europe.
The Piazza San Marco, one of the most famous and instantly recognizable townscapes in the West, if not the world, has been described as a stage set, as Europe’s drawing room, as a painter’s canvas. This book traces the changing shape and function of the piazza, from its beginnings in the ninth century to its present day ubiquity in the Venetian, European, as well as global imagination.
Through its long history, the Piazza San Marco has functioned as civic space that was used for such varied activities as public meetings; animal-baiting; executions; state processions; meat and produce markets; a performance venue for rock concerts; as well as, more recently, a cafe to enjoy a leisurely Campari. Constantly alert to the question of function, this book recreates not only rituals of the past but also activities of the present, from the coronation of the doge to the legendary Pink Floyd concert of 1989, with much fanfare in between. Iain Fenlon recreates the dynamic, colorful, and noisy history of the piazza—a history that is also the history of Venice and, indeed, of Europe.
Iain Fenlon is Professor of Historical Musicology at the University of Cambridge.
* 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
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 19.11.2012 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Wonders of the World |
| Zusatzinfo | 24 halftones |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge, Mass |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 114 x 184 mm |
| Themenwelt | Reiseführer ► Europa ► Italien |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Technik ► Architektur | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-674-06606-5 / 0674066065 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-674-06606-9 / 9780674066069 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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