Venice: A Sketchbook Guide

Hardback

Main Details

Title Venice: A Sketchbook Guide
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Matthew Rice
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:208
Dimensions(mm): Height 208,Width 135
Category/GenreMan-made objects depicted in art (cityscapes, machines, etc)
Illustration
Travel
ISBN/Barcode 9780241464830
ClassificationsDewey:914.5311
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint Particular Books
Publication Date 5 May 2022
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

A guide to the wonders of Venice, conveyed by means of an artist's sketchbook Matthew Rice is a long-time observer and illustrator of cities, buildings and all those who inhabit them, with an uncanny ability to express the energy of a place through a few lines of ink and splashes of paint. For years, Venice has been a source of deep creative inspiration for him; and now, in Venice- A Sketchbook Guide, he captures the highlights of this most beguiling of Italian cities. Unsurprisingly, given his abiding passion for architecture, Matthew provides a wealth of information about the 'stones' of Venice, including an illustrated guide to the main building styles of the city - Byzantine, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque and Modern - and exemplars of its balconies, bridges and campaniles. Further sections explore the city's sestieri - its six residential quarters - as well as its history, paintings, festivals, wildlife and, not least, its cicchetti and aperitivi. Following the same landscape format as Matthew's real-life sketchbooks, Venice- A Sketchbook Guide will combine enchanting watercolour illustrations with an informed, personal and witty text, and promises to delight all visitors to Venice, armchair or actual.

Author Biography

Matthew Rice is the author of Rice's Architectural Primer, which has been warmly embraced by architectural students and enthusiasts alike. A celebrated illustrator, he is perhaps best known for his longstanding collaboration with the potter Emma Bridgewater. He lives and works in a medieval gatehouse near Oxford.