Author: HOPKINS, ANDREW (1965-), AUTHOR; CHEMOLLO, ALESSANDRA, PHOTOGRAPHER
Title: Baldassare Longhena: and Venetian Baroque architecture / Andrew Hopkins; with photography by Alessandra Chemollo
Description: New Haven: Yale University Press 2012. Revised Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xv. 356 pages: illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Revised edition in English of: Baldassare Longhena. 1597-1682. published in Italian by Electa. Milan. 2006. Contents; Venetian Baroque -- S. Maria della Salute -- Gradus ad Sapientiam -- Cult and Memory -- Prestige Palaces -- The Outsider -- Appendix 1: Life and Works -- Appendix 2: Critical Appreciation -- Appendix 3: List of Works. Summary; This fascinating book offers the first comprehensive study in English of Baldassare Longhena (1598-1682). the indispensable architect of the Venetian Baroque. While Longhena's legacy is most visible in his iconic Madonna della Salute. the 17th-century basilica devoted to the Virgin Mary in gratitude for Venice's deliverance from the plague. and in the Pesaro and Rezzonico palaces along the Grand Canal. he created a plethora of other works over the course of a career that spanned half a century. Andrew Hopkins's lucid and thought-provoking text considers the full span of Longhena's illustrious career. from his monumental staircases and libraries to the palaces commissioned by private patrons and his projects for Venice's Greek and Jewish communities. This lively account is accompanied by more than sixty color and 300 black-and-white photographs commissioned especially for the book. A complete list of Longhena's work is included in an appendix. Review: 'Baldassare Longhena and Venetian Baroque is beautifully presented. The text is illustrated by archival prints and drawings along with more than three hundred professional photographs. The author's expertise. evident throughout this publication. makes it an essential read for all those interested in the history of Venice. architecture. and Baroque studies.' -- Annemarie Sawkins. Sixteenth Century Journal. Subjects; Longhena. Baldassare 1598-1682 - Criticism and interpretation. Longhena. Baldassare 1598-1682 - Studies. Longhena. Baldassare 1598-1682 - Catalogues raisonnés. Longhena. Baldassare 1598-1682 - Catalogs. Architecture. Baroque - Italy - Venice. Architecture - Italy - Venice. Venice (Italy) - Buildings. structures. etc. Individual architects; Baroque art. Italy; c 1600 to c 1700. ARCHITECTURE / Individual Architects & Firms / Monographs. ARCHITECTURE / History / Baroque & Rococo. Weight in Kg appr.:

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