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Flawed Guidebook
This is a great book if you want to know alot about the history of the places that youre planning on visiting, however as a practical guidebook it leaves alot to be desired. I have 2 priorities when Im planning a trip firstly finding somewhere to sleep and secondly finding somewhere to eat. This book does give recommendations for both, however it does not show the location of either on the street maps provided - it only gives the addresses. Which means that in order to find a hotel youve got to scrutinise the map to find the relevant street and even then you wont know which end of the street to go to. This is a minor but very serious flaw that virtually renders the book useless. Time and time again I found myself reaching for my friends Lonely Planet guide which is a lot more user friendly and provides all the basic information that I would expect from a travel guidebook.
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Dosso Dossi: Court Painter in Renaissance Ferrara
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From 1514 to 1542, Dosso Dossi was official painter to the court of Ferrara, one of the most enlightened centres of the Italian High Renaissance. His accomplished allegorical works and landscapes were very highly regarded--in 1568 Vasari, the leading critic of his time, described him as the greatest landscape painter in northern Italy. This book catalogues almost all Dossos surviving paintings, brought together in exhibitions by the Metropolitan Musuem in New York and Getty Museum in Los An..
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Italy
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Dangling from the centre of western Europe like a Christmas stocking, Italy is stuffed to the brim with marvels such as the opera of Verdi, Brunelleschis dome over Florence Cathedral and the pagan tombs deep beneath St Peters. With its bribery scandals and Mafia trials, even contemporary Italy is extravagant. Northern Italy is the wealthiest third of the republic: Italys industrial revolution began in the regions capital city of Turin, now home to the Fiat Corporation, Europes largest car manufa..
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Dosso Dossi: Court Painter in Renaissance Ferrara
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From 1514 to 1542, Dosso Dossi was official painter to the court of Ferrara, one of the most enlightened centres of the Italian High Renaissance. His accomplished allegorical works and landscapes were very highly regarded--in 1568 Vasari, the leading critic of his time, described him as the greatest landscape painter in northern Italy. This book catalogues almost all Dossos surviving paintings, brought together in exhibitions by the Metropolitan Musuem in New York and Getty Museum in Los An..
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Venice
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This is a brilliant little book - small enough to put in your pocket, easy to read, funny, full of every kind of information you might want, witty, well researched - and ..... I followed the hints on buying a Venetian door knocker, and saved myself about £30! Thanks...
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(I) Healthy Italian Cooking P/
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It is a pleasure to prepare these wonderful, tasty and healthy recipies. Try, for instance, the shrimp and brocolli dish and tell me if it is not great. Buono apetitto...
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