Venise, la ville et son architecture

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Le premier ouvrage complet sur l’histoire de l’architecture vénitienne. Replace les édifices vénitiens dans leur contexte urbain unique. Une incroyable variété de bâtiments : des maisons de pêcheurs aux palais du Grand Canal, des premières basiliques chrétiennes aux chefs-d’œuvre de Palladio, en passant par Santa Maria della Salute de Longhena. Présente des photographies en couleur, des plans originaux, des dessins et des peintures des maîtres vénitiens.

Richard Goy, architecte et historien de l’architecture, est l’auteur de Chioggia and the Villages of the Venetian Lagoon, Venetian Vernacular Architecture et The House of Gold.

The first truly comprehensive history of Venetian architecture, Venice: The City and its Architecture abandons the traditional chronological approach of earlier histories in favour of one that is able to encompass the diverse and manifold influences that have affected the city’s development. The buildings are placed within Venice’s unique urban context, taking account of its characteristic topography, changing light, reflective waters, peculiar government and prime geographical position at the crossroads of trade routes to the East. A wide range of buildings is covered, from fishermen’s cottages to the palazzi on the Grand Canal and from the simplest of early Christian basilicas to Palladio’s masterpieces and Longhena’s Santa Maria della Salute. Colour photographs, original plans, contemporary drawings and paintings by the Venetian masters combine to reflect the visual wealth of this extraordinary city.

Richard Goy is a practising architect and architectural historian. His three previous books are Chioggia and the Villages of the Venetian Lagoon, Venetian Vernacular Architecture and The House of Gold.