BRUNELLESCHI'S DOME - The story of the great cathedral in Florence
by KING, ROSS
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good condition/Cover illustrated
- ISBN 10
- 0712664807
- ISBN 13
- 9780712664806
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Lucca, Italy
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About This Item
London: Random House / Pimlico, 2001. Cover: architectural plans from Giovanni Battista Nelli: 'Piante e alzati interiori ed esterni dell'insigne Chiesa di S. Maria der Fiore' (1755). Contents: 1). A more beautiful and honourable temple. 2). The goldsmith of San Giovanni. 3). The treasure hunters. 4). An ass and a babbler. 5). The rivals. 6). Men without name or family. 7). Some unheard- of machine. 8). The chain of stone. 9). The tale of the fat carpenter. 10). The pointed fifth. 11). Bricks and mortar. 12). Circle by circle. 13). The monster of the Arno. 14). Débâcle at Luca. 15). From bad to worse. 16). Consecration. 17). The lantern. 18). Ingenii Viri Philippi Brunelleschi. 19). The nest of delights. 7 colour plates 24 figures in the text. With notes, select bibliography and index. 184 pag.. 1st Pimlico edition. Paperback. Good condition/Cover illustrated. 21,5cmx15,5cm.
Synopsis
Ross King was born in Canada in 1962 and completed a PhD in English Literature at York University in Toronto. He is the author of two novels, Domino , soon to be made into a film, and Ex-Libris . He lives near Oxford.
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- Bookseller
- Festina Lente (IT)
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- 024700
- Title
- BRUNELLESCHI'S DOME - The story of the great cathedral in Florence
- Author
- KING, ROSS
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good condition
- Jacket Condition
- Cover illustrated
- Edition
- 1st Pimlico edition
- ISBN 10
- 0712664807
- ISBN 13
- 9780712664806
- Publisher
- Random House / Pimlico
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- italia leon battista alberti baptistery of san giovanni marble dante donatello ghiberti da vinci manetti medici michelangelo neri di fioravanti santa maria del fiore taccola toscanelli vasari
- Size
- 21,5cmx15,5cm
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