Building Renaissance Venice : patrons, architects and builders, c. 1430-1500
2006, 1st edition. New Haven : Yale University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #390204
ISBN: 0300112920
Physical description: viii, 316 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-306) and index. Contents: Introduction -- The background: Venice as a metropolitan capital --The building process -- The building industry -- The master of the Ancien Regime: the career of Bartolomeo Bon -- Intermezzo: Stylistic transition -- The era of Codussi -- San Zaccaria -- The Scuola Grande di San Marco: Lombardo and Codussi -- The Palazzo Ducale after 1483: Rizzo and Lombardo -- The Torre dell'Orologio: the triumph of civitas --Conclusion. Subjects: To 1500; Architects and patrons Italy Venice History; Architects and builders Italy Venice; Architecture, Renaissance; Venice (Italy) Buildings, structures, etc.
Price: €38.00