Once you've been to Venice you appreciate how many people walk about in sandals and why; you are also amazed that though a dress code for visiting churches is imposed, there is little or no restriction on walking over the most priceless mosaics and intricate tile patterns in the city's countless old buildings. In "Decorative Floors of Venice" lies the first comprehensive study of these richly coloured tile and mosaic floors that decorate the endangered buildings of this magical city. (Mind you, they have been threatening its imminent doom and destruction for centuries.) The floors create an exotic architectural carpet that in a few cases have have even outlived the buildings they formally adorned.
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