# Venice

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![Venice](https://quivercdn.com/covers/particular-books/matthew-rice/venice_978-02-4146-483-0.jpg?v=2026-04-24%2020%3A05%3A24)

- Book: [Venice](https://www.bookquiver.com/matthew-rice/venice) ([Venice.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/matthew-rice/venice.md))
- Authors: [Matthew Rice](https://www.bookquiver.com/matthew-rice)
- Publisher: particular_books
- ISBN: 978-02-4146-483-0
- Pages: 208
- Published: 2022-05-05
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

Matthew Rice is a long-time observer and illustrator of cities, buildings and all those who inhabit them, with an uncanny ability to express the energy of a place through a few lines of ink and splashes of paint. For years, Venice has been a source of deep creative inspiration for him; and now, in Venice: A Sketchbook Guide , he captures the highlights of this most beguiling of Italian cities. Unsurprisingly, given his abiding passion for architecture, Matthew provides a wealth of information about the 'stones' of Venice, including an illustrated guide to the main building styles of the city - Byzantine, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque and Modern - and exemplars of its balconies, bridges and campaniles. Further sections explore the city's sestieri - its six residential quarters - as well as its history, paintings, festivals, wildlife and, not least, its cicchetti and aperitivi . Following the same landscape