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Item Number: 122704
Title: The Image of Venice: FIALETTI's View and Sir Henry Wotton
Author: Howard, Deborah ; Henrietta McBurney (eds)
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9781907372483
Description: London: Holberton, 2013. 26cm., hardcover, 171pp., 100 color illus. Summary: The city of Venice holds a special place in the global imagination. This book explores the creation of one of its largest surviving depictions, which has remained almost unknown to the wider public since its creation exactly four centuries ago. Signed and dated 1611, the painting is the work on a notable early seventeenth-century Bolognese artist, Edoardo Fialetti. His huge bird's-eye view of the watery townscape is enlivened by first-hand observation of tiny vignettes of Venetian life. Eight square metres in size, this remarkable painting is a tour-de-force among depictions of cities. In 1636 the painting was donated to Eton College by the former British ambassador to Venice, Sir Henry Wotton. This beautiful commemorative volume takes a closer look at the picture's remarkable history, set in the context of the rich history of views of Venice from Gentile Bellini to Guardi.
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