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 128
... FRESCOES The monasteries of Mount Athos contain a great number of frescoes , executed between the thirteenth and the eighteenth centuries by artists who , faithful to a tradition that developed over several hundred years , perpetuated a ...
... FRESCOES The monasteries of Mount Athos contain a great number of frescoes , executed between the thirteenth and the eighteenth centuries by artists who , faithful to a tradition that developed over several hundred years , perpetuated a ...
Page 135
... frescoes of capital im- portance to the history of Italian painting , ex- ecuted by the great artistic schools of the thir- teenth and fourteenth centuries : from Cimabue to Giotto to Giotto's followers , from Simone Martini to the ...
... frescoes of capital im- portance to the history of Italian painting , ex- ecuted by the great artistic schools of the thir- teenth and fourteenth centuries : from Cimabue to Giotto to Giotto's followers , from Simone Martini to the ...
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... frescoes of the right transept are broken off in order to make room for the fresco executed earlier by Cimabue , which depicts the Madonna in Throne Adored by Francis . The frescoes of the upper basilica are probably linked to a ...
... frescoes of the right transept are broken off in order to make room for the fresco executed earlier by Cimabue , which depicts the Madonna in Throne Adored by Francis . The frescoes of the upper basilica are probably linked to a ...
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The Palace and Gardens Roberta DAdda | 4 |
Roberta DAdda | 27 |
Cecilia Gibellini | 130 |
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