Nicola Grassi (1682-1748)
Treviso, 2019; hardback, pp. 532, b/w and col. ill., b/w and col. plates, cm 24x30.
cover price: € 90.00
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Nicola Grassi (1682-1748)
Treviso, 2019; hardback, pp. 532, b/w and col. ill., b/w and col. plates, cm 24x30.
FREE (cover price: € 90.00)
Carlo Dolci. Complete Catalogue of the Paintings
English Text.
Firenze, 2015; paperback, pp. 392, 100 b/w ill., 186 col. ill., cm 24,5x28,5.
FREE (cover price: € 150.00)
Tbilisi. Architectural Guide.
Wheeler Angela
DOM Publishers
English Text.
Berlin, 2023; paperback, pp. 264, 350 col. ill., cm 13,5x24,5.
ISBN: 3-86922-628-5 - EAN13: 9783869226286
Subject: Civil Architecture/Art,Travel's Culture
Places: Out of Europe
Languages:
Weight: 0.5 kg
Architecture, in fact, offers perhaps the best guide to the myriad contradictions of the citys history: Tbilisi is a Silk Road outpost with caravanserais newer than brownstone Brooklyn. The Orientalist landmarks that prompted many a traveller to invoke the Thousand and One Nights were, in fact, usually built by members of a German minority emulating European trends. Today, touts may peddle tours of Brutalist Soviet ruins, but one would be hard pressed to find clear examples of the style within city limits.
This book helps to unravel the different layers of this fascinating metropolis. It does so by providing in-depth profiles of more than 120 buildings, themed guides to many others (sacred architecture, Art Nouveau, Constructivism), and essays contributed by local scholars.