ART AND MUSIC IN VENICE / Coffee Table Book

A beautiful coffee table book exploring the important inter-connectedness between the art, music and culture of Venice from the early sixteenth century to the fall of the Serenissima in 1797.

Beautifully illustrated, this tome exemplifies the extraordinary creative accomplishments in the two artistic fields—from Titian to Guardi, and from Willaert to Vivaldi—in the City of Doges and how closely everthing was linked to Venice’s unique socio-political structure.

The panoply of ceremonies, festivities and processions that characterized life there served the political ambitions of its government, which were glorified in music and exalted in painting. Art and music were central to the international profile of the Republic.