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In 'Venice Triumphant' the author provides a rich, multilayered history of Venice from Roman times to the 16th century, focusing on the relationship between the city and its unique physical milieu in a way that emphasises complexity and continuity --back cover.

"This book is a sweeping historical portrait of the floating city of Venice from its foundations to the present day. Joanne M. Ferraro considers Venice's unique construction within an amphibious environment and identifies the Asian, European and North African exchange networks that made it a vibrant and ethnically diverse Mediterranean cultural centre. Incorporating recent scholarly insights, the author discusses key themes related to the city's social,...

From the time of Titian and Tintoretto to that of Canaletto and Tiepolo, drawing was an important part of artistic practice and was highly valued in Venice. This exciting new study overturns traditional views on the significance of drawing in Venice, as an art and an act, from the Renaissance to the age of the Grand Tour. Gathering together the separate strands of theory, artistic practice, and collecting, Catherine Whistler highlights the interactions...

The school of musicians who lived and worked in Venice during this fruitful period is of special interest because it endured for over 150 years without a significant break. How that continuity was maintained - and the remarkable music produced in that time - is the principal focus of Part One of this study, which chronicles the history of instrumental music in the Cathedral of San Marco and throughout Venice's parish churches, theaters, academies,...

First invited by Pierre-Auguste Renoir to the Italian Riviera in 1883, Monet over the next decades crafted several magnificent series of works, remarkably different from the paintings that had established his reputation in the North. Here, assembled for the first time in its entirety, is the audaciously colorful group of works that he executed on the Italian and French Rivieras in 1884 and 1888, and in Venice in 1908. Arresting in their stunning color,...

This book explores Venetian architecture from 1450 to 1540 to demonstrate the various cultural influences that formed Venice's distinct art style. The author explores the architectural change from Gothic to High Renaissance to show how the unique style of Venice is based on the culture of other areas.

"This book illustrates in detail the impressive defenses of Cyprus, Crete and Corfu, their design and their war record. Walled towns and fortresses were constructed to the latest standards of military technology, with walls capable of withstanding the largest armies and the longest sieges, including the longest in history -- 22 years"--

In this published version of the Lord Northcliffe Lectures in Literature, delivered at University College London in Spring 1975, Professor Heller is concerned with the imaginative mediation between life and art which is a major theme in the work of the four writers he discusses. The profound process by which a great work of literary art ('poem' in the title is used in a sense close to the German 'Dichtung') may grow out of a situation in life, mirror,...