Descrizione

I edizione, in-8 grande, pp.599, ril.t.tela ed.con titoli in oro impressi al dorso, sovracc.ill.a colori, numerose ill.e foto in bn all'interno. In lingua originale, inglese. "The first full-scale study of its subject to appear since the 1890s. The work incorporates virtually all the historical findings and critical techniques that have come into currency during this century and is based as well on the author's close observations of Venice during periods of residence and his repeated visits to the buildings he writes about. His connoisseurship allows him to give definitive answers to disputed questions of chronology and influence and to offer attributions that are in some cases entirely new bu demonstrated so convincingly that they are not likely soon to be challenged. Since Venice in this period -- the years around 1500 -- was a geographic and cultural entity unto itself and its architecture was adapted to its unique character, the book reflects a formal completeness and conclusiveness that is rare in scholarship. McAndrew combines succinctness with unhurried charm in the manner of the superior guide"