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A look into the private enclosures of the founding families of the Venetian Republic through the camera of Albrizzi, the introduction by art historian Ileana Chiappini di Sorio, and the text by Mary Jane Pool. Albrizzi's photos are, of course, wonderful--but so would be the snapshots from your Brownie if they were taken in Venice. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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Albrizzi's photographs and Pool's text tour some of Venice's splendid gardens, many of which are hidden glories not open to the public. These pockets of greenery exist within walled enclosures, on roofs, by canals, or within courtyards, and each one takes advantage of the limited amount of space that Venice affords such landscapes. While Albrizzi illustrates the charms of these gardens in his pictures, Pool covers their history and historical associations in her accompanying descriptions. Most of these gardens were originally planned during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, but examples from the nineteenth-century design tradition and several gardens planned by contemporary Italian architect Carlo Scarpa are also included. Bibliography; index. --John Brosnahan
