Venice from the Ground Up Photography - Travel Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778) made

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Venice from the Ground Up Photography - Travel Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778) madeISBN 13: 9780674027527 Publisher: Harvard University Press Publication date: 04 30 2008 Series: From the Ground Up , #8 Pages: 384 Sales rank: 148,665 Product dimensions: 5. 75(w) x 9. 00(h) x 0. 75(d) Venice came to life on spongy mudflats at the edge of the habitable world. Protected in a tidal estuary from barbarian invaders and Byzantine overlords, the fishermen, salt gatherers, and traders who settled there crafted an amphibious way of life