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Venice and the Doges : Six Hundred Years of Architecture, Monuments, and Sculpture by Toto Bergamo Rossi (2023, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-100847899292
ISBN-139780847899296
eBay Product ID (ePID)14057243523
Product Key Features
Book TitleVenice and the Doges : Six Hundred Years of Architecture, Monuments, and Sculpture
Number of Pages364 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2023
TopicSculpture & Installation, Subjects & Themes / Religious, History / Renaissance
IllustratorYes
GenreArt
AuthorToto Bergamo Rossi
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.7 in
Item Weight96.6 Oz
Item Length12.5 in
Item Width9.8 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"If you want to understand the great serenity of La Serenissima, look no further than its succession of doges. Through its stable leadership, Venice's ducal republic endured for over a thousand years, even influencing America's founding, until its destruction by Napoleon in 1797. Venice and the Doges: Six Hundred Years of Architecture, Monuments, and Sculpture , a lavish new book from Rizzoli Electa, looks to the history of the 120 doges through their surviving funerary monuments. Written by Toto Bergamo Rossi, the director of the Venetian Heritage Foundation, with photographs by Matteo de Fina, the book reveals such highlights as Pietro Mocenigo's monument in the Basilica of Santi Giovanni e Paolo (1476) and the Contarini tomb in the Church of San Francesco della Vigna (1624/84). Taken together, the book's elegant memorials speak to the life, and lives, of the Venetian Republic." --The New Criterion
Photographed byde Fina, Matteo
Dewey Decimal730.945311
SynopsisWhile Venice is better known for soft light and atmospheric painters, this elegant new volume transforms our understanding of Venetian sculpture and its place in the city's artistic tradition. A feast for the eyes and an entertaining, erudite read, this book opens with an illustrated survey of the 120 doges who led the Venetian Republic before continuing with a detailed survey of the incredible array of sculptures and monuments that memorialize them. Although celebrated for painting and music, Venice has a sculptural tradition that was overshadowed by Florence and Rome. Based on new scholarship, this volume reveals the true magnificence of six centuries of Venetian sculpture. With the oldest works dating to the thirteenth century, these masterpieces fill the city's churches and include pieces by great masters from the Lombardo family to Antonio Rizzo, Jacopo Sansovino, Alessandro Vittoria, and Baldassare Longhena. The sculptural marvels of Venice tell the story of a procession of doges--politicians, scholars, conquerors, merchants, and even a saint, Pietro Orseolo--over a thousand-year history. Engaging text highlights the adventurous, eventful, and sometimes glorious lives of these legendary figures, while the newly commissioned photography showcases the grandeur and beauty of a neglected aspect of Venice's cultural history.
LC Classification NumberNB621
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