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To learn more about Venice and the sites seen on the The Splendour of the Venetian Villas-Venice Tour we recommend the following books and dvds:
Information on Venice: Looking for a travel guide that includes the major islands and the Venetian summer villas on the mainland? This book is for you!
The Heritage Guide Venice: Including the Islands of Murano, Burano, and Torcello, the Lido, and the Villas on the Brenta (Heritage Guides)
by Touring Club Italiano (Author), Touring Club of Italy (Author)
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Venetian Art and Architecture: A closer look at the architecture of villas you will visit
Andrea Palladio (Archipocket Classics)
by Andrea Palladio (Author), Aurora Cuito (Author), Francisco Asensio Cerver (Author), Llorenc Bonet (Author), Pino Guidolotti (Author)
Book Description
Andrea Palladio (Padua 1508-Vicenza 1580), Italian architect of the late Renaissance period published L’Antichità di Roma (1554). Between 1560 and 1580 he constructed several churches in Venice including the churches of San Francesco della Vigna, San Giorgio Maggiore and Il Redentore. His last great work was the theatre in Vicenza for the Academia Olimpica. Palladio cultivated his own interpretation of Roman motifs, and combined many of the elements of the classical style. However, he shared in the Renaissance quest for harmonic proportions. Palladio was the first architect to systematize the layout of the private rooms of a house, and the first to use the ancient Greco-Roman temple front as a portico on residential buildings.
From the Publisher
Packed with dazzling four-color photographs of exteriors and interiors, detailed plans, generous layouts and brief, comprehensive texts, these books are both authoritative and attractive, while their convenient size makes them great travel companions.
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