Umbria: A Cultural History

by Jonathan Boardman

Umbria is a landscape of peaks and valleys, much of it mountainous, with river valleys and lakeside plains providing an imaginative contrast to the dominant uplands. Historically and culturally it has also been a story of highs and lows: from the heights of Etruscan and Roman urban culture to the violent depths of the Dark Ages and medieval period; from the masterworks of undoubted artistic geniuses like Rafael, Giotto, and Burri to the limitations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199919925
• ISBN13: 9780199919925
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.2" x 5.5"