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The Gardens of Venice

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The Gardens of Venice
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Venice is an island city that owes its survival entirely to man's ingeniousness in taming the natural environment. Land is therefore a precious commodity. Perhaps as a consequence, few Italians take greater pleasure in flowers and gardens than these island dwellers, who seldom own more than a few feet of ground, and tenaciously cultivate every inch of soil within these narrow bounds.

Those gardens, sprinkled among the noble buildings, reveal an intensely urbanized people nonetheless determined to enjoy the pleasures of nature, who insist that their outdoor life be as fruitful and varied as that of a person who owns acre upon acre of land. The unique urban character of Venice is accentuated in these pockets of greenery.

The history and reversals of fortune of the gardens of Venice have infrequently been charted by modern historians, who are generally more attentive to developments on the mainland. But if comparison with the more celebrated gardens of central Italy does not always favor Venetian examples, these latter are laudable nonetheless because of their fidelity to the unique characteristics of the Venetian environment: its limited space and uninspiring flat terrain.
Country USA
Brand Rizzoli
Manufacturer Rizzoli International Publications
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 1989-10-15
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780847811212

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