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Venezia

Il legno

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  • 170 pages
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This book tells an uncommon story about one of the most famous places in the world. The city of Venice, with its wealth of water and marble, owes its birth expressly to wood, to the thousands of logs supporting the weight of its palazzi and churches, its shops and museums. On this photographic and textual journey, the reader will discover the at times invisible presence of this material and its various transformations that pervade the urban Venetian landscape: a setting composed of gondolas, altane (roof terraces), bricole (pilings), forcole (oarlocks), landing stages, doorways, furniture, squeri (gondola yards) and the many other riches that this city has given the world.

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Venezia, Loris Dilena, Aline Cendon

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Released
2005
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(Hardcover),
Book condition
Good
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Title
Venezia
Subtitle
Il legno
Language
English
Released
2005
Format
Hardcover
Pages
170
ISBN10
8872001641
ISBN13
9788872001646
Series
Description
This book tells an uncommon story about one of the most famous places in the world. The city of Venice, with its wealth of water and marble, owes its birth expressly to wood, to the thousands of logs supporting the weight of its palazzi and churches, its shops and museums. On this photographic and textual journey, the reader will discover the at times invisible presence of this material and its various transformations that pervade the urban Venetian landscape: a setting composed of gondolas, altane (roof terraces), bricole (pilings), forcole (oarlocks), landing stages, doorways, furniture, squeri (gondola yards) and the many other riches that this city has given the world.