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Atlantis: A Journey in Search of Beauty

by Carlo Piano

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Renzo and Carlo travel from Genoa in search of the perfect city, along the way reflecting on their own relationship, on fathers and sons, on the idea of travel itself, and perhaps most notably on architecture, space, and the secret life of forms

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Genres: Nonfiction, Art & Design, Travel, Biography & Memoir, Philosophy
DDC/MDS: 720.92 — Arts & recreation Architecture Architecture History, geographic treatment, biography Biography
LCC: NA1123 .P47 .P536 — Fine Arts 2599.5-2599.9 Architectural criticism Architecture History
BISAC: ARC ARCHITECTURE Buildings General

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Languages: English, Italian
Media: Paper, Ebook
ISBNs: 6
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Published: 2019
Genres: Nonfiction, Art & Design, Travel, Biography & Memoir, Philosophy
DDC/MDS: 720.92
LCC: NA1123 .P47 .P536

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