An Art Lover's Guide to Florence
$54.69
- Paperback
306 pages
- Release Date
14 September 2012
Summary
Florence Through the Artist’s Eye: A Renaissance Journey
No city but Florence contains such an intense concentration of art produced in such a short span of time. The sheer number and proximity of works of painting, sculpture, and architecture in Florence can be so overwhelming that Florentine hospitals treat hundreds of visitors each year for symptoms brought on by trying to see them all, an illness famously identified with the French author Stendhal.
While most guidebooks …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780875806808 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0875806805 |
| Author: | Judith Testa |
| Publisher: | Cornell University Press |
| Imprint: | Northern Illinois University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 306 |
| Release Date: | 14 September 2012 |
| Weight: | 454g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 16mm |
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“An informative and erudite guide for art lovers, visitors or armchair travelers.”-Chicago Tribune
An informative and erudite guide for art lovers, visitors or armchair travelers.
(Chicago Tribune)About The Author
Judith Testa
Judith Testa is professor emerita at Northern Illinois University and author of Rome is Love Spelled Backward.
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