A comprehensive account of the urban history and architecture of Venice.
Charts the metamorphosis of the city from a marshy Adriatic settlement in the Middle Ages to its maritime supremacy and unique modern status.
Cover a wide range of buildings, 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.
With colour photographs, original plans and drawings and paintings by the Venetian masters.
Format:
290 x 250 mm, 320 pp., 213 col., 167 b&w illus., paperback
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