Venice: A thousand years of culture and civilization

LAURITZEN, Peter

The remarkable beauty and unique atmosphere of Venice owe much to its numerous palaces, built over the centuries on the lagoon's mud-flat islands. A key part of the city's architectural heritage, these splendid buildings with their rich facades provide a wealth of information, not only about the development of Venetian architecture, but about the lives and tastes of the ruling classes they housed. Focusing on 45 of the most outstanding examples, Peter Lauritzen explains the stages of their construction and gives an account of the history of each, based on legend, anecdote and painstaking research. Illustrated by Alexander Zielcke's photographs, which capture the character of each building and reveal rarely seen interiors, the book provides an account of the Venetian way of life. Peter Lauritzen is an established expert of the political, social and cultural history of Venice, and was the author and editor of the UNESCO report, "Venice Restored 1967-77". Alexander Zielcke's previous work includes a collaboration on the villas of Tuscany with Sir Harold Acton.

Palaces of Venice

Arts & Photography

Zieckle, Alexander

Architecture

Studio

<p>This general history of Venice covers the Republic's development from a lagoon settlement to an imperial power and then its degeneration and collapse in 1797</p>

Atheneum

Venice: A Thousand Years of Culture and Civilization

Photography & Video

Physical description; 176p : ill(some col.) ; 30cm. Notes; Ill on lining papers. Includes index. Subjects; Historic buildings - Conservation and restoration - Italy - Venice. Historic buildings - Italy - Venice - Conservation and restoration. Art, Italian - Conservation and restoration - Italy - Venice.

Venice Preserved

Literature & Fiction

Michael, Joseph

Photographs show the fountains, sculpture, paintings, bridges, and architecture of Rome and the beauty of the surrounding countryside

Rome: Mirror of the Centuries (English and Italian Edition)

Travel

Marton, Paolo

Australia & South Pacific

Vendome Pr

History

Adler & Adler

<p>Shows Venice's canals, gondolas, churchs, landmarks, lighthouses, bridges, and palaces</p>

Venice

HAMILTON, DAVID

Little,Brown & Co

Villas of the Veneto

Wolf, Reinhart

Acton, Sir Harold

Chrysalis Books

History & Criticism

Laurence King Publishing

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