The History of Venice in Painting
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The History of Venice in Painting by Georges Duby
This magnificent, oversized, luxuriously illustrated volume presents the wondrous history of Venice, as revealed by its artistic legacy.
Praise for The History of Venice in Painting - WINNER of the ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award, 2007 "An undeniably handsome volume..The History of Venice in Painting does what a single plane ticket cant do: It allows you to look at paintings world-wide...It tells the story of the city through its art..." - The Wall Street Journal "To multivolume artistic explorations of Florence and Paris Abbeville Press adds a single oversize tome that presents Venice as the inspirer of seven centuries of images, from illuminated manuscripts to the canvases of Oskar Kokoschka. Masterpieces by Titian, Giovanni Bellini, Antonio Canaletto and many, many others either were created in the city or depict aspects of it as the subject. So along with early religious themes are depictions of Venetian buildings, events and customs, showing the city in almost every significant style from the Middle Ages to the early modern period. The result shows the highest production values, featuring even several spectacular four-page foldouts." - Chicago Tribune "Here's a book that packs a visual wallop...This book is magnificent...The color plates, many unfolding across two pages (four can be unfurled in splendid foldouts), trace the arc of Venetian history...And it comes encased in a silken slipcase, de rigueur for art book aficionados." - The Washington Post
Georges Duby, a former professor at the College de France, is a member of the Academie Francaise. Guy Lobrichon is a professor at the University of Avignon. Terisio Pignatti is the former director of the Correr Museum in Venice. Daniel Russo is a professor of medieval art history at the University of Bourgogne. Michel Hochmann is the director of studies for history and philosophy at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes. Adriana van de Lindt-Russo received her doctorate in art history from the University of Utrecht. Pierre Vaisse is an honorary professor of contemporary art history at the University of Geneva. Genevieve Nevejan is an art historian who teaches at the Ecole du Louvre.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780789209337 |
| ISBN 10 | 0789209330 |
| Title | The History of Venice in Painting |
| Author | Georges Duby |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S. |
| Year published | 2007-11-08 |
| Number of pages | 496 |
| Prizes | Winner of IndieFab awards (Art Book) 2007 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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