Rosand, David.

Myths of Venice : the figuration of a state / David Rosand.

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2001.

x, 188 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (16 color) ; 25 cm

Bettie Allison Rand lectures in art history

"In this work, David Rosand explores the imagery Venice developed to represent the legends of its origins and legitimacy, its divine favor and holy purpose. These themes found public expression throughout the city: in the basilica of San Marco and the Ducal Palace, at the Rialto and in the decoration of the confraternities, and in the monuments of the Piazza, the Loggetta, and the Libreria di San Marco. Indeed, among the most significant political resources of the Most Serene Republic were the imagination and talents of her greatest artists - Gentile and Giovanni Bellini, Carpaccio, Titian, Jacopo Sansovino, Tintoretto, and Veronese - who gave enduring visual form to the myths of Venice." "Myths of Venice is concerned not only with the official iconography of state per se, but with the ways in which such imagery resonates within a culture, the ways in which visual motifs acquire an aura of association and allusion dependent upon a network of shared values and habits of interpretation."--Jacket.

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Art, Italian Italy Venice.
Art Political aspects Italy Venice.
Art and state Italy Venice.
Art italien Italie Venise.
Venise (Italie) dans l'art.
Art Aspect politique Italie Venise.
Art Politique gouvernementale Italie Venise.
Art and state
Art, Italian
Art Political aspects
Repräsentation
Selbstbild
Kunst
Venice (Italy) In art.
Italy Venice
Venedig

Art

Bettie Allison Rand lectures in art history.

Venice

Location: Library main 219725
Call No.: N6921.V5 R6 2001
Status: Available