The Architectural History of VeniceThis book is the indispensable guide to the history of architecture in Venice, encompassing the city's fascinating variety of buildings from ancient times to the present day. Completely updated and filled with splendid new illustrations, this edition invites all visitors to Venice, armchair travelers, and students of Renaissance art and architecture to a fuller appreciation of the buildings of this uniquely beautiful city. "The best concise introduction to Venetian architecture in English."--Times Literary Supplement "Compact and manageable . . . an excellent introduction to the novice preparing for a first Venetian experience."--Society of Architectural Historians "A hugely rewarding and accessible book."--Richard Cork, Modern Painters |
Contents
IV | 3 |
V | 4 |
VI | 9 |
VII | 10 |
VIII | 30 |
IX | 33 |
X | 40 |
XI | 45 |
XXXI | 151 |
XXXII | 163 |
XXXIV | 164 |
XXXV | 166 |
XXXVI | 192 |
XXXVII | 211 |
XXXIX | 215 |
XL | 230 |
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Andrea Andrea Palladio apse arcade arches architect artistic Barbari's baroque Bartolomeo Bon begun brick building built Byzantine central centre chancel chapels choir church of San city's classical Codussi columns cospicue di Venezia courtyard decoration Diedo and G Doge dome early entrance erected fabbriche façade fifteenth century Florence fondaco Foscari Francesco della Vigna Francesco Sansovino Giovanni e Paolo Gothic style Grand Canal Howard huge interior Istrian stone Italy Jacopo Sansovino lagoon London Longhena mainland marble Maretto Massari Mauro Codussi Michele Sanmicheli Milan monument nave painting Palazzo Ducale Palladio parish patrons pediment piano nobile Piazza San Marco Pietro portico Puppi rebuilt Redentore Renaissance Rialto Roman Rome Saint Salute San Giorgio Maggiore San Rocco Sanmicheli Santa Maria Santi Giovanni sculpture Scuola Selva Serlio side space staircase storey street structure surviving Tommaso Temanza Torcello tradition vault Venetian architecture Venetian palace Venetian Republic Veneto Veneto-Byzantine Venezia Venice walls