The genius of Venice, 1500-1600 / [exhibition sponsored by the Sea Containers Group and Venice-Simplon-Orient-Express Ltd.] ; edited by Jane Martineau and Charles Hope

Hope, Charles

1983, 1st edition. London : Royal Academy of Arts, in association with Weidenfeld and Nicolson. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #428463
ISBN: 0297783238

Physical description; 413 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour) ; 28 cm. Notes; Catalogue of the Genius of Venice exhibition, held at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1983-1984. Includes bibliography (p. 403-413) and index. Contents; Sponsor's preface / James Sherwood -- Foreword / Sir Hugh Casson -- Vencie and its empire / J.R. Hale -- Patronage in Venice / J. M. Fletcher -- Patronage on the Venetian mainland / Lionello Puppi -- Architecture / Howard Burns -- Altarpieces / Teresio Pignatti -- Portraits / Lino Moretti -- "Poesie" and painted allegories / Charles Hope -- The historians of Venetian painting / Charles Hope -- Titian and Venetian colour / John Steer -- Conservation, restoration and new findings / Francesco Valcanover -- Venetian sixteenth-century painting: the legacy / Francis Haskell -- Colour plates -- Catalogue of the paintings -- Drawing in Venice / James Byam Shaw -- Catalogue of the drawings -- Printmaking in Venice and the Veneto / David Landau -- Catalogue of the prints -- Sculpture / Bruce Boucher and Anthony Radcliffe -- Catalogue of the sculpture -- Catalogue of historical exhibits -- Venice: selective chronology, 1500-1600 -- The doges of Venice: 1473-1615. Subjects; Geschichte 1500-1600. Art, Italian Venice Exhibitions. Art, Renaissance Italy Venice. Art, Italian Italy Venice. Art, High Renaissance Italy Venice ; Exhibitions. Art, Italian Italy Venice ; Exhibitions.

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