[audiobook] Quick Sketching with Ron Husband by Ron Husband at Arts-Photography

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This is the ebook version; specially revised and completely updated in 2013; of Venice: The Anthology Guide; Milton Grundyrsquo;s perennially fresh classic travel guide to the city. It is based on the sixth edition; which had itself been updated; revised and reset in 2007. It is unlike any other guide; since it conducts visitors round Venice using the observations and opinions of famous writers and art historians to enlighten them. Among the people it quotes are Vasari; Ruskin; Berenson; Wittkower; Dickens; Henry James; A.J.C. Hare; Otto Demus; Ernst Gombrich; Michael Levey; Cecil Gould; Hugh Honour; James Morris and Alan Bennett. It includes thirty colour illustrations; twenty of them by Sarah Quill; the renowned photographer of Venice. The book divides Venice up into seven walks and four excursions; with eight clear maps; so that people can see the maximum number of sights they wish to in a limited time. Its coverage of Venicersquo;s rich store of paintings and sculpture is as full as that of its unique architecture. Most of the illustrations - Sarah Quillrsquo;s photographs apart - are taken from old engravings and paintings; and; like the text; provide a fascinating historical perspective on the present-day versions of the scenes and buildings they represent. London Review of Books; on 6th edition; 2007: lsquo;Milton Grundyrsquo;s brilliant guide to the sights of Venice; newly published in an expanded sixth edition; is an anthology of some of the best and most illuminating writings about the city and its treasures; arranged around seven walks and three excursions. From Vasari to Alan Bennett; the chorus of voices from past and present provides a supremely cultured accompaniment for strolling around the monuments.rsquo; Geographical Magazine: lsquo;...[it] provides an opportunity to see the city as it was and is today. Using this guide; you can scour the waterways and be enlightened by well-known writers and art-historians on practically every aspect surrounding this architecturally and culturally rich city...a brilliant anthological guide to Venice; which informs the user of the best walks through [it].rsquo; Scotsman: lsquo;Seeking out the gems of Venicersquo;s art history in its churches and scuole will require the services of a good guide-book...Venice is a good travelling companion; giving art-historical background and descriptions from a variety of learned visitors down the centuries.rsquo; Rivista; Journal of the British-Italian Society: lsquo;...[it deserves] the warmest of welcomes. Above all; if there is a member of the British-Italian Society who does not know Milton Grundyrsquo;s book; he or she should immediately go out and buy a copy.rsquo;