Art and Life in Renaissance Venice,9780131937864

Art and Life in Renaissance Venice

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ISBN13: 9780131937864
ISBN10: 0131937863
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2006-01-01
Publisher(s): PRENTICE HALL SCHOOL GROUP
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Summary

"Through close examination of Renaissance paintings, drawings, book illustrations, and other art works, Patricia Fortini Brown brings this world alive, revealing a culture of high beauty, artifice, and craftsmanship."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

MAP: RENAISSANCE VENICE 6(3)
ONE Venezianità: The Otherness of the Venetians 9(30)
Map: The Venetian stato da mar and sea trade routes at the end of the fifteenth century
12(2)
Map: The Venetian Terraferma at the end of the fifteenth century
14(1)
An Opportune Position
15(4)
A Favored Emporium
19(7)
The Byzantine Paradigm
26(7)
A City of Immigrants
33(6)
TWO The Making of a Visual World 39(26)
The World of the Guilds
41(7)
The Problem of Authorship
48(4)
Artistic Dynasties
52(6)
The Artist as Individual
58(7)
THREE The Art of Public Life 65(26)
More Perfect than Rome
65(6)
Emblematic Occasions
71(5)
Primus inter pares
76(4)
Symbols of State
80(3)
A City Joyous and Triumphant
83(8)
FOUR A Pious People 91(26)
Holy Protectors
91(5)
Corporate Spirituality
96(5)
The Splendor of Holiness
101(6)
The Face of Poverty
107(2)
The Lure of the Antique
109(3)
Nature and Transcendence
112(5)
FIVE Private Worlds 117(26)
A Noble Facade
118(3)
Domestic Space
121(3)
The Art of Living
124(5)
A Woman's World
129(5)
An Antique Ambience
134(2)
An Aesthetic of Escape
136(7)
SIX Caste Class, and Gender 143(25)
The Aristocratic Ideal
144(5)
The Social Hierarchy
149(5)
The Feminine Ideal
154(6)
The Cult of the Family
160(8)
TIMELINE 168(2)
BIBLIOGRAPHY 170(3)
PICTURE CREDITS 173(1)
INDEX 174

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