Building Renaissance Venice : patrons, architects and builders, c. 1430-1500

Goy, Richard J. (1947-)

ISBN 10: 0300112920 / ISBN 13: 9780300112924

Published by New Haven : Yale University Press, 2006

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Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. 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. 3 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Building Renaissance Venice : patrons, architects and builders, c. 1430-1500
• Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300112920
• ISBN 13: 9780300112924
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st edition.
• Weight: 3 kilograms

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Synopsis

This book brings to life the story of the construction of some of the most outstanding early Renaissance buildings in Venice. Through a series of individual case studies, Richard J. Goy explores how and why great buildings came to be built. He addresses the practical issues of constructing such buildings as the Torre dell’Orologio in Piazza San Marco, the Arsenale Gate, and the churches of Santa Maria della Carita and San Zaccaria, focusing particular attention on the process of patronage.
The book is the first to trace the complete process of creating important buildings, from the earliest conception in the minds of the patrons—the Venetian state or other institutional patrons—through the choice of architect, the employment of craftsmen, and the selection of materials. In an interesting analysis of the participants’ roles, Goy highlights the emerging importance of the superintending master, the protomaestro.

About the Author

Richard J. Goy is project director, Devereux Architects Ltd., London, and a leading historian of Venetian architecture.