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Physical description; 176p : ill(some col.) ; 30cm. Notes; Ill on lining papers. Includes index. Subjects; Historic buildings - Conservation and restoration - Italy - Venice. Historic buildings - Italy - Venice - Conservation and restoration. Art, Italian - Conservation and restoration - Italy - Venice.
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In this handsome book, photos take second place to the story of the restoration of Venice's art treasures and monuments. The 200 photos, 100 in color, are before-and-after illustrations of the city's crisis, to which the world was alerted following the floods of 1966 and 1967. After a lucid precis of Venetian history by noted British arts writer Norwich, who heads the Venice in Peril Fund, Lauritzen describes the longtime conditions that menace the city's existence. Detailing the unique environmental problems exacerbated by poverty and neglect, he focuses on the endangered works of art and architecture and describes the methods used to preserve and restore them. Drama and suspense are inherent in episodes of artistic and legislative blunders, of treasures saved at the brink of decay. A chapter is devoted to the magnificent Golden Horses of San Marco and the international campaign to rescue them. Lauritzen notes that until the interests of "the Venice of the monuments" and "the Venice of the Venetians" were understood to coincide, little could be accomplished. He documents the role of UNESCO in coordinating the reclamation efforts, but notes that Venetians fear that their city will soon be lived in only by the rich. The important message of this volume is one of hope: "Venice is now no longer sinking."
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Adler & Adler, dist. by Harper. Nov. 1986. c.176p. intro. by Jonn Julius Norwich. photogs., half color. index. LC 86-50108. ISBN 0-917561-17-1. $29.95. hist/architecture Published on the 20th anniversary of the devastating flood that inundated Venice, Italy in 1966, this volume records with loving attention to detail the corresponding and ensuing restoration work over the past two decades. It is masterfully written by an authority on Venetian history, and it is illustrated with more than 100 color photographs. It is both a history of Venice and an account of the complex restoration effort. Venice Preserved should appeal to a broad range of readers; for public and academic libraries. Peter Kaufman, Suffolk Community Coll. Libs., Selden, N.Y.
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- PublisherMichael Joseph
- Publication date1986
- ISBN 10 0718125967
- ISBN 13 9780718125967
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- IllustratorLewinski Jorge And Magnus Mayotte (photography)
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Venice preserved / introduction by John Julius Norwich ; text by Peter Lauritzen ; photographs by Jorge Lewinski and Mayotte Magnus
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