num_pages: 180
description: Anyone interested in learning what is really going on in Venice should read this book. Donna Leon author of My Venice and Other Essays and Death at La Fenice What is Venice worth? To whom does this urban treasure belong? This eloquent book by internationally renowned art historian Salvatore Settis urgently poses these questions igniting a new debate about the Queen of the Adriatic and cultural patrimony at large. Venetians are increasingly abandoning their hometownthere's now only one resident for every 140 visitorsand Venice's fragile fate has become emblematic of the future of historic cities everywhere as it capitulates to tourists and those who profit from them. In If Venice Dies  a fiery blend of history and cultural analysis Settis argues that hit-and-run visitors are turning landmark urban settings into shopping malls and theme parks. This is a passionate plea to secure the soul of Venice written with consummate authority wide-ranging erudition and lan. Salvatore Settis is an archaeologist and art historian and former director of the Getty Research Institute of Los Angeles and the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa. He is chairman of the Louvre Museum's Scientific Council. Settis often considered the conscience of Italy for his role in spotlighting its neglect of national heritage is the author of several books on art history.
language: English
title: If Venice Dies
publisher: New Vessel Press