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Venice during the Renaissance was a center of trade and naval power that was fueled by its own idiosyncratic approaches to rule and religion. Through a study of major works of art from the period, historian Wills examines the life of Venice in its historical setting; and he uses historical knowledge to inform his appreciation of art history. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001.
| Size | | Height: | 9.3 in | | Width: | 7.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 26.4 oz |
Industry Reviews
"Nobody interested in Venice could fail to be excited by reading Wills's book."
Washington Post - Jan Morris (09/30/2001)
"VENICE: LION CITY is an enthusiast's tribute, the best popular guide in years to the city of Palladio, Tintoretto, the Bellinis and Veronese."
New York Times - Michael Kimmelman (09/30/2001)
"Wills may be occasionally tempted to read more symbolic significance into a given work of art than it in fact contains, but he is prodigiously informative, consistently stimulating and incapable of writing a dull paragraph. For any true lover of Venice, here is a book to read and reread and treasure."
Los Angeles Times - John Julius Norwich (09/30/2001)
"Here's history as it ought to be written...."
(10/20/2001)
"Professor Wills's VENICE is indescribably rich, coming as it does under the French ideal of total history-politics, religion, daily life, art, architecture, wars, and men and women who seem to have walked out of Shakespeare."
Harper's - Guy Davenport (10/20/2001)
"[LION CITY provides] expert guidance through the intricacies of this more private Venetian artistic symbolism, revealing its underlying sense much as a good map will reveal the basic rationality behind the city's complex web of islands, paths, and waterways. Designed for the curious general reader, physically compact, fluidly written, [it makes an] ideal and complementary traveling companion."
New York Review of Books - Ingrid Rowland (11/01/2001)
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