{"product_id":"la-serenissima-hardy-s-george-9780911919127","title":"La Serenissima: Eighteenth-Century Venetian Art from North American Collections","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor over a millennium, the Italian coastal state of the Most Serene Republic of Venice, or \u003ci\u003eLa Serenissima\u003c\/i\u003e, flourished as a center for sea trade and the arts. Here an important final phase of late Baroque mythological and Biblical painting took place. Venice also became an important destination on the Grand Tour, where its aquatic setting and unique network of canals, palaces, and churches inspired a talented group of view painters, especially during the eighteenth century. Today, collections throughout North America hold many works from this prolific period.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLa Serenissima\u003c\/i\u003e presents new scholarship on works that have not received due public attention in recent years and brings together approximately 65 works of art from more than 25 collections. Together, they represent important regional developments in religious and topographical painting as well as genre and portraiture. These artworks display the inimitable aspects of Venetian taste and culture in the age of the Grand Tour and through the decline of the Republic. \u003ci\u003eLa Serenissima\u003c\/i\u003e also casts new light on the achievements of Venetian view painters, including master painter Antonio Canaletto, Bernardo Bellotto, Luca Carlevarijs, and Francesco Guardi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardy S. George\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0911919120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780911919127\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Washington Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/22\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 173\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.85h x 8.80w x 0.54d","brand":"Hardy S. George","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44072882143487,"sku":"9780911919127","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b851fc36-a444-4457-a1c4-34797b78f529.jpg?v=1685444494","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/la-serenissima-hardy-s-george-9780911919127","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}