I Capolavori dell'Arte Veneziana. Le Gallerie dell'Accademia

Beautifully illustrated, the volume carries us to understand the history of the Venetian painting and its extraordinary painters. The most finished expression of painting that begins with the Byzantine art and arrives up to the 18th century with masters such as Canaletto, Longhi, Guardi and Tiepolo. In an extraordinary parade of masterpieces from Lotto to Titian, from Veronese to Tintoretto stand out the mysterious Storm by Giorgione, the delicate ladies by Giovanni Bellini and the fabulous cycle of the Legend of Saint Orsola by Carpaccio.

The Gallerie dell'Accademia contains the most extraordinary and exhaustive collection of Venetian painting in existence. The entire history of the Serene Republic's art is here displayed: from early Byzantine works to the eigheenth-century delights of Canaletto and Longhi. Among the jewels of the collection are Bellini' greatest altarpieces, Giorgione's masterpiece The Tempest, Carpaccio's Legend of St Ursula cycle and countless other masterpieces by Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese, Crivelli, Lotto, Vivarini, Bellotto.