This book is the indispensable guide to the history of architecture in Venice, encompassing the city"s fascinating variety of buildings from ancient times to the present day. Completely updated, this edition of Deborah Howard"s classic volume (first published in 1980) is filled with splendid illustrations, most of them new and reproduced in full colour. Howard writes in a highly accessible style, inviting those who visit Venice in person, armchair travellers, and all students of Venetian art and architecture to look more closely at the unique architecture of one of the world"s most beautiful cities.