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'Everything about Venice,' observed Lord Byron, 'is, or was, extraordinary - her aspect is like a dream, and her history is like a romance.' Dream and romance have conditioned myriad encounters with Venice across the centuries, but the city's story embodies the hard reality of an independent state built on conquest, profit and entitlement and on the toughness and resilience of a free people.

In this new study of key moments in Venice's history, from its half-legendary founding amid the collapse of the Roman empire to its modern survival as a fragile city of the arts menaced by saturation tourism and rising sea levels, Jonathan Keates shows us just how much this remarkable place has contributed to world culture and explains how it endures as an object of desire and inspiration for so many.

 

Review

[A] sumptuous and authoritative history of Venice - The Art Newspaper

..his love of the city radiates from every page - The Economist

Celebrating its peerless contributions to world culture, it's a complex history, but ultimately inspiring - Italia!

PRAISE FOR JONATHAN KEATES:

'Keates is an enthusiastic, serious and careful writer, and this delightful book, though designed up to the hilt, contains a lot to muse over' Guardian.

'As well as having magisterial critical judgements, this is a book rich in dry humour and telling anecdote' Spectator.

'Keates appraises his works with passionate scrutiny' Sunday Times.

'A beautifully paced and meticulously detailed narrative' Literary Review.

'Admirably concise and evocative'

- The Times

Book Description

An illustrated history of Venice, from its beginnings as 'La Serenissima' - 'the Most Serene Republic' - to the Italian city that continues to enchant visitors today.

About the Author

Jonathan Keates is a historian and writer, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, a former Trustee of the London Library, and was Chairman of the Venice in Peril Fund. He is the author of a number of acclaimed biographies, including works on Handel, Purcell and Stendhal, as well as several travel books about Italy. For his services to promoting Italian culture in the UK, he was recently honoured with the prestigious Ordine della Stella d'Italia.
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  • ISBN: 9781789545067
  • Author: Jonathan Keates
  • Publisher: Head Of Zeus
  • Pages: 448
  • Format: Paperback
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Book Description

'Everything about Venice,' observed Lord Byron, 'is, or was, extraordinary - her aspect is like a dream, and her history is like a romance.' Dream and romance have conditioned myriad encounters with Venice across the centuries, but the city's story embodies the hard reality of an independent state built on conquest, profit and entitlement and on the toughness and resilience of a free people.

In this new study of key moments in Venice's history, from its half-legendary founding amid the collapse of the Roman empire to its modern survival as a fragile city of the arts menaced by saturation tourism and rising sea levels, Jonathan Keates shows us just how much this remarkable place has contributed to world culture and explains how it endures as an object of desire and inspiration for so many.

 

Review

[A] sumptuous and authoritative history of Venice - The Art Newspaper

..his love of the city radiates from every page - The Economist

Celebrating its peerless contributions to world culture, it's a complex history, but ultimately inspiring - Italia!

PRAISE FOR JONATHAN KEATES:

'Keates is an enthusiastic, serious and careful writer, and this delightful book, though designed up to the hilt, contains a lot to muse over' Guardian.

'As well as having magisterial critical judgements, this is a book rich in dry humour and telling anecdote' Spectator.

'Keates appraises his works with passionate scrutiny' Sunday Times.

'A beautifully paced and meticulously detailed narrative' Literary Review.

'Admirably concise and evocative'

- The Times

Book Description

An illustrated history of Venice, from its beginnings as 'La Serenissima' - 'the Most Serene Republic' - to the Italian city that continues to enchant visitors today.

About the Author

Jonathan Keates is a historian and writer, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, a former Trustee of the London Library, and was Chairman of the Venice in Peril Fund. He is the author of a number of acclaimed biographies, including works on Handel, Purcell and Stendhal, as well as several travel books about Italy. For his services to promoting Italian culture in the UK, he was recently honoured with the prestigious Ordine della Stella d'Italia.

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