A rapid guide to the most important collection of Venetian painting, from the 1300s to the 1700s, with works by Mantegna, Bellini, Giorgione, Tiepolo, Veronese, and the cycle of the Stories from the Life of St. Ursula by Carpaccio. Japanese edition.
[The Accademia Galleries of Venice] A rapid guide to the most important collection of Venetian painting, from the 1300s to the 1700s, including works by Mantegna, Bellini, Giorgione, Tiepolo, Tintoretto, Veronese, and the cycle of the Stories from the Life of St. Ursula by Carpaccio.
After a short introduction on the history of the building and the museum, the volume follows the visitors’ itinerary through all the rooms, discussing their construction and the artists of the works on display. Descriptive captions are provided for all the works, room by room.
An overall plan facilitates identification of the spaces of the museum and the works they contain, including all those seen in the illustrations. Individual layouts in the sections on the rooms permit rapid orientation.
Japanese edition.