Lighthouses (Architecture) - Hardcover

Annamaria Mariotti

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9788854400887: Lighthouses (Architecture)

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ISBN 10: 8854400882 ISBN 13: 9788854400887

Publisher: White Star, 2005

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Escape into these spectacular color photographs of more than 50 of the world's most beautiful lighthouses. They hail from North American shores such as the Outer Banks, Nova Scotia, Bermuda, and the California and Oregon coasts, as well as throughout the Mediterranean, the North Sea, the South Pacific, Asian waters, and the Caribbean.

This book is dedicated to the lighthouses of history, legends, films, novels, and personal reveries. Spectacular Atlantic storms rage just outside the cozy interiors, which often contain the most unusual furniture.

The text covers the individual characteristics, location, and history of these extraordinary coastal monuments, together with their technical development and the complex psychology of the modern-day hermits who live in them. This book is for all who love the seacoast and its architecture.

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Synopsis:

This book is dedicated to the most beautiful lighthouses in the world - the lighthouses of our history, legends, films, novels, and reveries. Spectacular photographs of land - and seascapes, against a brilliant sky or during a storm or at night, and views of the interiors (with the most unusual furniture) accompany the descriptions of the lighthouses over the centuries. This is the fourth title in the bestselling "Architecture" series which includes: Bridges (8854400327); Skyscrapers (8880952307); and World Trade Center (revised edition) (888095847X).

About the Author:

Annamaria "Lilla" Mariotti lives and works near Genoa, Italy. A frequent writer for the American Lighthouse Digest and other magazines, she has lectured frequently in Italy and the United States, promoting her CD-ROM "The Lighthouse, a Light in Time and History." She is currently writing a novel set among the lighthouses and fishermen of the North Atlantic.

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