Venice and the Renaissance

By Manfredo Tafuri

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262700549
• ISBN13: 9780262700542
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.9" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher