World Heritage: Monumental SitesThis second volume, dedicated specifically to monumental sites, focuses on forty-seven emblematic instances of diverse geographic, cultural, and historic sites, providing each with a clear, well-documented explanatory text, enriched with in-depth boxes and a beautiful selection of pictures with detailed captions. This volume is a fabulous guide through wonderful sites such as the Palace and Gardens of Schonbrunn, the Palace and Gardens of Versailles, Mount Athos, The Kremlin of Moscow, the Great Wall of China, the Potala Palace in Lhasa, the Forbidden City in Beijing, The Taj Mahal, the Royal Palaces of Abomey, the Pueblo of Taos and the Statue of Liberty in New York among many others. |
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Page 103
... colours and powerful chiaroscuro effects which Tiepolo was to abandon in his later works . As early as the frescoes in the Archbishopric of Udine , considered the masterpiece of his younger years , we can see that the artist has ...
... colours and powerful chiaroscuro effects which Tiepolo was to abandon in his later works . As early as the frescoes in the Archbishopric of Udine , considered the masterpiece of his younger years , we can see that the artist has ...
Page 303
... coloured ; even now they show fragments of colours , probably due however to moss and lichen which , with the encouragement of the climate , settle on the surfaces , slightly altering the perception of Unaffected by the majestic ...
... coloured ; even now they show fragments of colours , probably due however to moss and lichen which , with the encouragement of the climate , settle on the surfaces , slightly altering the perception of Unaffected by the majestic ...
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... colour ' tiles , perhaps less precise , but very decorative indeed . Safavids decorators played with two key colours : the ochre of the earth . and the light blue of the sky . The most an- cient monument from the Safavid era that still ...
... colour ' tiles , perhaps less precise , but very decorative indeed . Safavids decorators played with two key colours : the ochre of the earth . and the light blue of the sky . The most an- cient monument from the Safavid era that still ...
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The Palace and Gardens Roberta DAdda | 4 |
Roberta DAdda | 27 |
Cecilia Gibellini | 130 |
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