A history of Venetian architecture / Ennio Concina ; translated by Judith Landry.

Main entry:

Concina, Ennio.

Title & Author:

A history of Venetian architecture / Ennio Concina ; translated by Judith Landry.

Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.

Description:

356 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-347) and indexes.
Neptune's Walls: the myths of the origins -- Byzantine, ducal and communal Venice -- Venice and the Gothic -- Renovatio marciana: the early Renaissance -- The new magnificence: the cinquecento -- Baroque Venice: the age of Baldassare Longhena -- The eighteenth century: anti-Baroque polemics, 'stil veneziano' and innovation -- Architecture and the contemporary city.

Summary:

In this comprehensive survey, which draws on extensive original research on the city's cultural history, Concina offers fresh insights into Venice's architecture, and overturns many long established theories on the development of this lagoon city.

Resources:
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

0521573386 (hc)
9780521573382 (hc)

Subject:

Architecture Italy Venice.
Architecture Italie Venise.
Architecture
Buildings
Architektur
Geschichte
Gebouwen.
Architecture Italie Venise (Italie) Histoire.
Venice (Italy) Buildings, structures, etc.
Venise (Italie) Constructions.
Italy Venice
Venedig
Venise (Italie) Architecture.

Added entries:

Venetian architecture

Holdings:

Location: Library main 178983
Call No.: ID NA1121.V4.C65; ID:98-B1465
Status: Available

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