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Piazza San Marco (Paperback)
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Piazza San Marco (Paperback)
Series: Wonders of the World
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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.
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