The Image of Venice fialetti’s view and sir henry wotton

The Image of Venice fialetti’s view and sir henry wotton

deborah howard and henrietta mcburney

with contributions by

christy anderson • ruth bubb andrew hopkins • daniel mcreynolds

allison sherman • laura walters

Paul Holberton publishing

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Foreword 6 william waldegrave

List of Subscribers 8

Fialetti’s View fold-out 9

Authors Biographies 10

Acknowledgments 11

1. Introducing Fialetti’s View of Venice 12–25 deborah howard & henrietta mcburney

2. Venice: Reality & Representation 26–39 deborah howard

3. The Image of Venice in the Sixteenth Century 40–55 allison sherman

4. Odoardo Fialetti: Painter & Printmaker 56–67 laura walters

5. Odoardo Fialetti’s View of Venice Restored 68–81 ruth bubb

6. Sights & Sighs in the Serenissima: Built Architecture & its Depiction 82–99 andrew hopkins

7. Sir Henry Wotton: Collector & Patron 100–111 henrietta mcburney

8. ‘Lying abroad for the good of his country’: Sir Henry Wotton & Venice in the Age of the Inderdict 112–121 dan mcreynolds

9. Henry Wotton’s Elements of Architecture (1624) 111–123 christy anderson

10. “This wonderful picture of a city that seems to float”: Sir Henry Wotton’s Gift to Eton of Fialetti’s View of Venice 134–145 henrietta mcburney

Technical appendix 146–156 ruth bubb

Bibliography

Photographic credits

Index

contents

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foreword

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author biographies

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acknowledgements