Venetian Vernacular Architecture: Traditional Housing in the Venetian Lagoon [Hardcover]

Richard J. Goy (Author)

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Publication Date: June 30, 1989

This book is an introduction to the vernacular or 'minor' architecture of the villages of the Venetian lagoon, excluding the historic centre of the city itself. This 1989 study provides an authoritative account of their architectural style and development and a companion volume to Dr Goy's Chioggia and the Villages of the Venetian Lagoon (1985). In a broadly based and fully illustrated discussion, the author aims to show how certain, often palatial, architectural forms found in the Venetian metropolis were modified when transferred to the outlying, 'suburban' communities of the lagoon, which were constructed in far more trying conditions when materials and skilled labour were both in short supply. The book offers an encyclopaedic guide to almost all aspects of the building process, paying particular attention to materials, motifs, decoration and the organisation of labour, and also gives valuable English translations of such primary sources as Sansovino and Palladio.

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Book Description

This 1989 study provides an authoritative account of the villages of the Venetian lagoon's architectural style and development and a companion volume to Dr Goy's Chioggia and the Villages of the Venetian Lagoon (1985). The book offers an encyclopaedic and fully illustrated guide on the building process.

Product Details

Hardcover: 382 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (June 30, 1989)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0521345812
ISBN-13: 978-0521345811
Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 7.4 x 1.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,332,808 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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