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Venice and the Renaissance (The MIT Press)

By Manfredo Tafuri

Book information

Publisher
MIT Press
Year
1995
ISBN
0262700549, 9780262700542
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
44 MB (46296780 bytes)
Edition
Revised ed.
Pages
310\215
Time added
2023-07-04 15:41:12

Description

Pursuing the intersections of Venetian culture from the beginning of the sixteenth century through the first decades of the seventeenth, Manfredo Tafuri develops a story crowded with characters and full of surprises. He engages the doges Andrea Gritti and Leonardo Dona; architects and artists Sansovino, Serlio, Palladio, and Scamozzi; and scientists Francesco Barozzi and Galileo. He records the battle that was fought for architecture as metaphor for absolute truth and good government, and contrasts these with the myths that inspired them.

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