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setting for all human activity, and it is the potential to weave architecture
into the warp of broader historical discourse that creates exciting research
possibilities for the young scholars of the future.
A Note on SourcesGiulio Lorenzetti, Venezia e il suo estuario (Rome, 1935); and in English
Venice and its Lagoon, trans. John Guthrie (Trieste, 1960), is still an
essential resource for scholars and serious tourists. See also Richard J.
Goy, Venice: An Architectural Guide (New Haven/London, 2010). Synthetic
studies of Venetian architecture, intended for the general reader, the
educated visitor, and the university student include Deborah Howard,
The Architectural History of Venice (London, 1980 and 1987), rev. and enl.
edn. (New Haven/London, 2002); Richard J. Goy, Venice: The City and its
Architecture (London, 1997); and Ennio Concina, A History of Venetian
Architecture, trans. Judith Landry (Cambridge, 1998). In all cases these
extend to modern times, although Goy’s book is arranged typologically
rather than by period.
This essay cannot offer a complete literature review of early modern
Venetian architecture, but further bibliography may be found in the core
works listed in the notes.