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A tale of twenty cities : a romantic journey through time / Ian Gutheridge.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextProducer: Middle Park, Vic. : Medici School Publications, [2008?]Description: iii, 621 pages. : color. illustrations. , maps ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780958864558 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • Tale of 20 cities
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 909.091732 GUT 23 011572
LOC classification:
  • HT111 .G88 2008
Online resources:
Contents:
Machine derived contents note: SEMINAL CITIES IN THE MIDDLE AND FAR EAST 1. Egypt: Pyram ids, Temples. Tombs, Gods and Pharaohs 2. Iraq and the Indus Valley: Lost Glories, Lasting Impact 21 3. Jerusalem: Fount of Judaism, Christianity and Islam 40 4. China and India: New W orlds, New "W ays 60 CLASSICAL CITIES - ATHENS, ROME AND BEYOND 5. Athens: the Parthenon and the Daw n of the W est 77 6. The "Axial Age" of Confucius, Buddha and Zoroastei 97 7. Rom e: splendid Centre of Europe's first Em pire 113 8. Ilan China and G upta India Rivals of Rom e 130 9. Jesus C hrist and Christianity: a new D im ension 144 LUMINOUS CITIES OF THE "DARK" AGES 10. Constantinople: Bridge between East and W est 159 11. T'ang China, and the Pyram ids of the M aya 175 12. Cordoba: "The Genius of Arab Civilization" 192 13. Islam and the K oran Then and N ow 212 WATERSHED CITIES OF THE "MIDDLE" AGES 14. Pisa and Chartres: Conversions, Crusades, Cathedrals and Trade 229 15. Temples in India; Painting and Porcelain in China 246 16. Venice: the Lagoon, Canals, St M ark's and Painting 264 17. W ith M arco Polo to the Court of Kublai Khan 285 RENAISSANCE CITIES AND A NEW GLOBAL WORLD 18. Bruges: Jewel City and "Venice of the North 299 19. M oscow and the K rem lin: H eart of Russia 315 20. Florence: Power-House of the Renaissance 333 21. W ith Vasco to India; with Columbus to the Americas 353 22. The Aztecs of M exico and the Incas of Peru 375 WORLD-POWER CITIES OF A NEW AGE 23. M adrid and the rugged Splendours of Spain 393 24. London: Imperial Rival to Rome and Paris 413 25. Amsterdam: W indmills, Canals, Dams and Rembrandt 434 26. St Petersburg: Russia's "W indow on the West" 453 INLAND CITIES OF CENTRAL EUROPE 27. Vienna: the Habsburgs, the Blue Danube and Mozart 473 28. Berlin: M onumental City of a new united Germany 493 29. Slavic Prague and M agyar Budapest 511 MODERN CITIES - PARIS AND NEW YORK 30. Paris: from Notre Dame to the Impressionists 531 31. New York: the Sky-scraper City of the Future 552 MUSIC AND SCIENCE AS ACCOMPANIMENTS ON OUR JOURNEY 32. The Progress of Science as the Forge of Change 570 33. The Sound of Music a Musical Finale 589.
Summary: Dr Guthridge focusses on 20 favourite art and travel destinations but arranges them in a time line and then addes in the character of each place and its relationship with the others. The author was a Jesuit priest for 20 years and then an historian.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 608-614) and index.

Machine derived contents note: SEMINAL CITIES IN THE MIDDLE AND FAR EAST
1. Egypt: Pyram ids, Temples. Tombs, Gods and Pharaohs
2. Iraq and the Indus Valley: Lost Glories, Lasting Impact 21
3. Jerusalem: Fount of Judaism, Christianity and Islam 40
4. China and India: New W orlds, New "W ays 60
CLASSICAL CITIES - ATHENS, ROME AND BEYOND
5. Athens: the Parthenon and the Daw n of the W est 77
6. The "Axial Age" of Confucius, Buddha and Zoroastei 97
7. Rom e: splendid Centre of Europe's first Em pire 113
8. Ilan China and G upta India Rivals of Rom e 130
9. Jesus C hrist and Christianity: a new D im ension 144
LUMINOUS CITIES OF THE "DARK" AGES
10. Constantinople: Bridge between East and W est 159
11. T'ang China, and the Pyram ids of the M aya 175
12. Cordoba: "The Genius of Arab Civilization" 192
13. Islam and the K oran Then and N ow 212
WATERSHED CITIES OF THE "MIDDLE" AGES
14. Pisa and Chartres: Conversions, Crusades, Cathedrals and Trade 229
15. Temples in India; Painting and Porcelain in China 246
16. Venice: the Lagoon, Canals, St M ark's and Painting 264
17. W ith M arco Polo to the Court of Kublai Khan 285
RENAISSANCE CITIES AND A NEW GLOBAL WORLD
18. Bruges: Jewel City and "Venice of the North 299
19. M oscow and the K rem lin: H eart of Russia 315
20. Florence: Power-House of the Renaissance 333
21. W ith Vasco to India; with Columbus to the Americas 353
22. The Aztecs of M exico and the Incas of Peru 375
WORLD-POWER CITIES OF A NEW AGE
23. M adrid and the rugged Splendours of Spain 393
24. London: Imperial Rival to Rome and Paris 413
25. Amsterdam: W indmills, Canals, Dams and Rembrandt 434
26. St Petersburg: Russia's "W indow on the West" 453
INLAND CITIES OF CENTRAL EUROPE
27. Vienna: the Habsburgs, the Blue Danube and Mozart 473
28. Berlin: M onumental City of a new united Germany 493
29. Slavic Prague and M agyar Budapest 511
MODERN CITIES - PARIS AND NEW YORK
30. Paris: from Notre Dame to the Impressionists 531
31. New York: the Sky-scraper City of the Future 552
MUSIC AND SCIENCE AS ACCOMPANIMENTS
ON OUR JOURNEY
32. The Progress of Science as the Forge of Change 570
33. The Sound of Music a Musical Finale 589.

Dr Guthridge focusses on 20 favourite art and travel destinations but arranges them in a time line and then addes in the character of each place and its relationship with the others. The author was a Jesuit priest for 20 years and then an historian.

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