Venice
Giles de la Mare Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-900357-13-5 (ISBN)
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with a preface by John Julius Norwich Venice: An Anthology Guide is the fifth edition, completely updated, of Milton Grundy's perennially fresh classic travel guide to the city. It is unlike any other guide, for it conducts visitors round Venice using the observations and opinions of famous writers and art historians to enlighten them. Among the people it quotes are Vasari, Ruskin, Berenson, Wittkower, Dickens, Henry James, A.J.C. Hare, Otto Demus, Ernst Gombrich, Michael Levey, Cecil Gould, Hugh Honour and James Morris. A selection of new illustrations has been incorporated. The book divides Venice up into seven walks and four excursions, with eight clear maps, so that people can see the maximum number of sights they wish to in a limited time. Its coverage of Venice's rich store of paintings and sculpture is as full as that of its unique architecture. The illustrations are most of them taken from old engravings and, like the text, provide a fascinating historical perspective on the present-day versions of the scenes and buildings they represent.
Milton Grundy, who practises as a barrister, was born in 1926 in St Helens, Merseyside. He first visited Venice in 1958 and has been returning frequently ever since. He was for some years a member of the Charter Members Committee of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, and he is Chairman of the Warwick Arts Trust in London.
Walks: San Giorgio, San Marco, Piazza, Ducal Palace, Correr Museum; Santa Maria della Salute, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Accademia; San Zaccaria, Arsenal, San Giorgio degli Schiavoni; Querini-Stampalia, San Zanipolo, Miracoli, Santi Apostoli; Frari, San Rocco, San Pataleone, Carmini, Angelo Raffaele, San Bastian, Ca'Rezzonico; Santo Stefano, Rialto, San Cassiano, Ca d'Oro; San Marcuola, Ghetto, San Alvise, Madonna dell'Orto. Excursions: Lido; Burano; Torcello; Gesuiti Church and Oratorio dei Crociferi (byu gondola). Appendices: table of events; special interests - museums, galleries and permanent exhibitions, courtyards, cloisters, theatres, villas of the Veneto; tables of artists; staying and eating in Venice; glossary.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 20.8.1998 |
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| Vorwort | John Julius Norwich |
| Zusatzinfo | 64ill.8M. |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
| Gewicht | 490 g |
| Themenwelt | Reiseführer ► Europa ► Italien |
| ISBN-10 | 1-900357-13-5 / 1900357135 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-900357-13-5 / 9781900357135 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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