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Venice, Lion City
The Religion of Empire
by Garry Wills
ISBN: 0671047647
ISBN-13: 9780671047641
Format: Paperback
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Summary
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.
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"Here's history as it ought to be written...."
-- Talk
"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." -- Guy Davenport
-- Harper\'s
"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." -- John Julius Norwich
-- Los Angeles Times
"VENICE: LION CITY is an enthusiast's tribute, the best popular guide in years to the city of Palladio, Tintoretto, the Bellinis and Veronese." -- Michael Kimmelman
-- New York Times
"Nobody interested in Venice could fail to be excited by reading Wills's book." -- Jan Morris
-- Washington Post
"[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." -- Ingrid Rowland
-- New York Review of Books
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Washington Square Pr
Published date: 2002
Size: 7.25 x 9.25 inches
Weight: 1.65 pounds
Publisher's Notes
A unique historical perspective on Venice, one of the world's most fascinating cities, during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, is told through the art, which is connected to its imperial religion and which details the labor, warfare, government, prayer, and discipline of the time. Reprint.
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Washington Square Press, 2002. Reprint Edition. Softcover. Brand New. 9.30 x 7.30 x 1.00. Brand new. Never read or owned. May have a remainder mark. 26.4 oz. A unique historical perspective on Venice, one of the world's most fascinating cities, during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, is told through the art, which is connected to its imperial religion and which details the labor, warfare, government, prayer, and discipline of the time. Reprint. 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. 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). . ( more information) Offered by Books and More by the Rowe (United States)
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