Not Built in a Day: Exploring the Architecture of Rome
Author: George H. SullivanPublisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers IncCategory: History Of Architecture, Tips & Advice, Guidebooks, Travel WritingBook Format: PaperbackThis book is a unique, eye-opening guide to one of the world's most magnificent cities, celebrating the special character of Rome's buildings, fountains, piazzas, streets, and ruins with illuminating insight and irresistible enthusiasm for the first-time sightseer, the frequent visitor, or the armchair traveler. Not Built in a Day moves beyond the names, dates, and statistics of the traditional guidebook to provide a loving, personal, and instructive analysis of the architectural pleasures of Rome. Twelve walking tours profile some two hundred sites within Rome's ancient walls, all described in prose that is fresh, witty, and discerning. From the largest piazza down to the smallest fountain, George H. Sullivan's essays explore the city with an engagingly appraising eye, enabling readers to see exactly what makes the architecture of Rome so important and so memorable. Sophisticated enough for those well versed in architecture, yet written in language accessible to all readers, this extraordinary guide is a deeply felt homage to Rome and its fascinating two-thousand-year history. In addition to detailed maps for the twelve walking tours, this wonderful edition comes illustrated with classical etchings.
About George Sullivan
George H. Sullivan is a veteran travel writer whose work includes walking tours of both Florence and Vienna for Fodor's Travel Guides. He spent fifteen years researching and writing the essays that became Not Built in a Day and he lectures regularly on Roman architecture at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. He lives in Alexandria, Virginia.(BK-9780786717491)
SKU | BK-9780786717491 |
Barcode # | 9780786717491 |
Brand | Carroll & Graf Publishers Inc |
Artist / Author | George H. Sullivan |
Shipping Weight | 0.6100kg |
Shipping Width | 0.150m |
Shipping Height | 0.020m |
Shipping Length | 0.230m |
Assembled Length | 22.900m |
Assembled Height | 2.300m |
Assembled Width | 15.200m |
Type | Paperback |
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