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Architectural History of Venice
This book is the indispensable guide to the history of architecture in Venice, encompassing the city's fascinating variety of buildings from ancient times to the present day. Completely updated, this edition of Deborah Howard's classic volume (first published in 1980) is filled with splendid illustrations, most of them new and reproduced in full colour. Howard writes in a highly accessible style, inviting those who visit Venice in person, armchair travellers, and all students of Venetian art and architecture to look more closely at the unique architecture of one of the world's most beautiful cities.
About the author
Deborah Howard is Professor of Architectural History at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge. She has also published with Yale University Press "Venice and the East: The Impact of the Islamic World on Venetian Architecture" and "Jacopo Sansovino: Architecture and Patronage in Renaissance Venice".
Reviews
"Well documented and superbly illustrated... This will surely remain the standard work on the subject, based on acquaintance with the architecture of western Asia as well as that of Venice about which she has written the best brief history" – Hugh Honour, New York Review of Books
"Howard has produced a thoughtful work, almost meditative at times, whose original and creative approach will leave readers wanting to visit both Venice and the realm further east from which it received so much" – John Renard, Religion and the Arts
"An expanded and updated edition of Howard's concise summary of Venetian architecture... This new edition is most notable for its very fine selection of colour photographs, a significant improvement over earlier versions. The clear prose and direct style, coupled with the author's obvious familiarity with the trends in scholarship on Venetian architecture, make the book useful for anyone interested in the subject, from first-year undergraduates to faculty members and researchers" – Choice
"Howard has produced a thoughtful work, almost meditative at times, whose original and creative approach will leave readers wanting to visit both Venice and the realm further east from which it received so much" – John Renard, Religion and the Arts
"An expanded and updated edition of Howard's concise summary of Venetian architecture... This new edition is most notable for its very fine selection of colour photographs, a significant improvement over earlier versions. The clear prose and direct style, coupled with the author's obvious familiarity with the trends in scholarship on Venetian architecture, make the book useful for anyone interested in the subject, from first-year undergraduates to faculty members and researchers" – Choice