Barmi: A Mediterranean City Through The Ages - Hardcover

Hernandez, Xavier; Comes, Pilar

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0395542278 ISBN 13: 9780395542279

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1990

Synopsis

Describes the development of a Mediterranean city from pre-Roman times to the present day.

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Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Italian

From Publishers Weekly:

Readers of David Macaulay's sumptuous works on architecture will find Barmi very familiar. Lucid, detailed black-and-white ink drawings illustrate the centuries-long development of a composite Mediterranean coast city, from its origins as a farming and herding community through Roman and barbarian occupation, the Renaissance and the industrial revolution to a present-day metropolis. Breathtaking two-page aerial views of the city and surrounding countryside alternate with explanatory drawings, diagrams and text showing how the citizens of Barmi lived, worshiped, defended their city and provided roads, water and other communal services. Though concise and authoritative, the writing depends too much on readers' familiarity with each historical era, and leaves many art history terms undefined. Nevertheless this illuminating and enriching book provides a vivid way to learn about the history of community life in Europe. Ages 10-up.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0395542278
• ISBN 13: 9780395542279
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 60
• Illustrator: Ballonga Jordi