Ciao, Carpaccio!: An Infatuation by Jan…

Ciao, Carpaccio!: An Infatuation (edition 2014)

by Jan Morris

Members	Reviews	Popularity	Average rating	Mentions
48	2	538,929	(4.2)	5
"Ciao, Carpaccio! Veteran travel writer Jan Morris hails the Venetian Renaissance painter Vittore Carpaccio in this charming homage to his work. In the course of writing her classic book on Venice, Morris became utterly enchanted with the historical presence of this sometimes-overlooked artist. Now she indulges her infatuation with this handsomely designed and imminently entertaining exploration that ranges from biography to art interpretation to Morris's genre of expertise, personal odyssey. Includes 70 photographs featuring Carpaccio's intriguing work"--… (more)

▾Book information

Member:	thewordygecko
Title:	Ciao, Carpaccio!: An Infatuation
Authors:	Jan Morris
Info:	Liveright (2014), Edition: 1, Hardcover, 160 pages
Collections:	Your library
Rating:
Tags:	None

Work Information

Ciao, Carpaccio!: An Infatuation by Jan Morris

all members

▾Members

Recently added by

sausalitofriends, arkandco, greggchadwick, brtom, gregcarew, AnnetteFreeman, shendy42, Bears, JimPratt, soufflebun

▾Tags

2015 (2) ARC (1) art (15) art history (3) biography (1) C (1) Carpaccio (2) From the collection of D. Broadhurst (August 2016 accession) (1) history (3) Italian Renaissance (2) Italy (7) Jan Morris (2) LGBTQIA (1) LIE. Saggio (1) light (1) literature about Venice (1) non-fiction (2) painting (2) Renaissance (6) renaissance art (2) to-read (1) trans lit (1) travel (2) travel writing (1) Venetian art (2) Venetian painting (1) Veneto (1) Venice (11) Vittore Carpaccio (1) wishlist (1)

▾LibraryThing Recommendations

▾Member recommendations

00
Goed kijken begint met negeren de kunst van opmerkzaamheid by Wieteke van Zeil (marieke54)

▾Lists

None

▾Will you like it?

▾Conversations (About links)

No current Talk conversations about this book.

» See also 5 mentions

▾Member reviews

date ▼ | votes

Showing 2 of 2

A delightful book, in every way. A personal “infatuation” with a Renaissance painter by an erudite and practiced travel writer, it provides a comprehensive but approachable look at the works of a gifted Venetian artist by an author whose genuine affection shines through. (

)

JimPratt | May 30, 2020 |

This was an enjoyable read but repetitive, probably my least favourite thing in a book other than a blatant lack of editing. Morris is clearly not an art historian, which she does discuss, but it's odd that she has received so much praise for her writing when I find it just above mediocre. On the other hand, I am now enraptured by Carpaccio and would love to get a full-sized - or oversized - book with reproductions of his work.
(

)

Kristin_Curdie_Cook | Apr 29, 2016 |

date ▼ | votes

Showing 2 of 2

▾Published reviews

no reviews | add a review

▾Other authors

» Add other authors

▾Series and work relationships

▾Awards and Honors

view history

▾Common Knowledge

You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data.

For more help see the Common Knowledge help page.

Canonical title

Original title

Alternative titles

Original publication date

People/Characters

Important places

Important events

Related movies

Epigraph

Dedication

First words

Quotations

Last words

Disambiguation notice

Publisher's editors

Blurbers

Original language

Canonical DDC/MDS

Canonical LCC

▾References

References to this work on external resources.

Wikipedia in English

None

▾Book descriptions

"Ciao, Carpaccio! Veteran travel writer Jan Morris hails the Venetian Renaissance painter Vittore Carpaccio in this charming homage to his work. In the course of writing her classic book on Venice, Morris became utterly enchanted with the historical presence of this sometimes-overlooked artist. Now she indulges her infatuation with this handsomely designed and imminently entertaining exploration that ranges from biography to art interpretation to Morris's genre of expertise, personal odyssey. Includes 70 photographs featuring Carpaccio's intriguing work"--

▾Library descriptions

No library descriptions found.

▾LibraryThing members' description

Book description

Haiku summary