An illustrated survey of the architecture and urban development of Ven ice. Goy's work includes sections on some of the best-known buildings, including the Basilica of San Marco, the Palazzo Ducale and the Rialto bridge, providing an introduction to the historical background of the city. The author examines the the way in which Venice's unusual topography has influenced the form and type of the city's buildings - discussing important building types such as churches and palaces and examining the middle-class and working ...
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An illustrated survey of the architecture and urban development of Ven ice. Goy's work includes sections on some of the best-known buildings, including the Basilica of San Marco, the Palazzo Ducale and the Rialto bridge, providing an introduction to the historical background of the city. The author examines the the way in which Venice's unusual topography has influenced the form and type of the city's buildings - discussing important building types such as churches and palaces and examining the middle-class and working-class districts of the city. The buildings are set in historical context with photographs and paintings and prints by some of the artists who have recorded the city fom Carpaccio and Bellini to Ruskin. This text traces the origins of the city, from the end of the Roman Empire when it was no more than a few scattered villages to the built-up city we see today.
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Very Good in Very Good-dust jacket. 0714830054. Lightly crimped/rounded corners, otherwise text clean and tight; NOTE: additional postage may be necessary for international shipping; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 320 pages.
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Very Good++ in Very Good++ jacket. Size: 10x1x11; Fine condition pages all very clean tight and bright. Appears unread. Cover is clean and strong. DJ is in VG++ condition with very light shelf wear.
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Fine in near fine jacket. Beautifully and extensively illustrated with photographs in both color and black and white, folding map at rear of book. 312 pages. Large 4to, blue cloth, d.w. London: Phaidon, (1997). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper.
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Used-Very Good. The first truly comprehensive history of Venetian architecture, Venice: The City and its Architecture abandons the traditional chronological approach of earlier histories in favour of one that is able to encompass the diverse and manifold influences that have affected the city's development. The buildings are placed within Venice's unique urban context, taking account of its characteristic topography, changing light, reflective waters, peculiar government and prime geographical position at the crossroads of trade routes to the East. A wide range of buildings is covered, from fishermen's cottages to the palazzi on the Grand Canal and from the simplest of early Christian basilicas to Palladio's masterpieces and Longhena's Santa Maria della Salute. Colour photographs, original plans, contemporary drawings and paintings by the Venetian masters combine to reflect the visual wealth of this extraordinary city. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks.
