Italian Pictures of the Renaissance: Venetian School — 1st Edition

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Italian Pictures of the Renaissance: Venetian School — 1st Edition

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Italian Pictures of the Renaissance: Venetian School, Bernard Berenson — 1st Edition

Publication: London, Phaidon Press, 1957

Formatting: 4to, 2 vols. Vol. I: pp. xiv, 206, plus 628 plates; Vol. II: pp. [vi], 58, plus 705 plates.

Condition Report: Good. Both volumes remain securely bound in their original coarse oatmeal cloth, though the boards display moderate shelf-wear and noticeable old adhesive tape stains to the upper and lower edges. Internally, the text blocks are generally clean with light, age-appropriate toning. Crucially, the title page of Volume I features a significant, albeit neatly repaired, closed tear traversing the upper half of the leaf. Volume II is currently housed in a clear protective mylar wrapper. Despite the title page repair and external tape marks, the set remains a structurally sound, serviceable reference copy.

Catalogue Note: First Edition of Bernard Berenson's definitive mid-century survey of the Venetian School, produced in collaboration with the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.

This comprehensive two-volume set serves as an exhaustive catalogue of the principal artists and their works, standing as a monumental tribute to Berenson's foundational contributions to Renaissance art history. The text is heavily supplemented by 1,333 black-and-white plates across the two volumes, offering an invaluable visual index.

While copies of this standard reference frequently appear on the secondary market, they remain essential acquisitions for art historians, institutional libraries, and collectors of mid-century art scholarship.

A monumental achievement in art history, Bernard Berenson's Italian Pictures of the Renaissance: Venetian School provides an encyclopaedic catalogue of the era's principal artists and their surviving masterpieces. Published in two volumes and extensively illustrated with over 1,300 plates, this exhaustive reference work remains an essential tool for scholars, offering unparalleled insight into the visual legacy of the Venetian Renaissance.

Book Condition: Good

Book Authors: Bernard Berenson

Book Publisher: Phaidon Press

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Non-Fiction

Genre: Art & Architecture

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 264

Book Publication Year: 1957

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Book Binding: Cloth

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: Italian Pictures of the Renaissance

Country/region of manufacture: London, United Kingdom

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