Wills, Garry
Venice Lion City the religion of empire Garry Wills. - New York Simon & Schuster, c2001. - 415 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Athens of the Renaissance -- Imperial disciplines -- Contract with Mark -- Declarations of independence -- The lion's wings -- The lion's tread -- Disciplines of time -- Disciplines of work -- Imperial personnel -- Doge -- Patricians (nobili) -- Notables (cittadini) -- Golden youth -- commoners (popolani) -- Women -- Artists -- Outsiders -- Imperial piety -- Christ's blood -- Christ's cross -- Venetian annunciations -- The vulnerable Mary -- Mark : the relic -- Mark : the life -- War saints : George and Theodore -- Plague saints -- The other lion : Jerome's -- Imperial learning -- Franciscan learning -- Dominican learning -- Book learning -- Learned architecture : Codussi -- Learned architecture : Sansovino, Palladio -- Learned sculpture -- Learned politics -- Learned history -- Epilogue : a farewell to empire. pt. 1. ch. 1. ch. 2. ch. 3. ch. 4. ch. 5. ch. 6. pt. 2. ch. 7. ch. 8. ch. 9. ch. 10. ch. 11. ch. 12. ch. 13. ch. 14. pt. 3. ch. 15. ch. 16. ch. 17. ch. 18. ch. 19. ch. 20. ch. 21. ch. 22. ch. 23. pt. 4. ch. 24. ch. 25. ch. 26. ch. 27. ch. 28. ch. 29. ch. 30. ch. 31.
A historical perspective on Venice during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries is told through its relationship with art and its connection to religion, and details the labor, warfare, prayer, and discipline of the time.
0684871904 9780684871905
2001032232
Havensteden.
Venice (Italy)--History.
Venice (Italy)--Church history.
945.31 Wil 15
Venice Lion City the religion of empire Garry Wills. - New York Simon & Schuster, c2001. - 415 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Athens of the Renaissance -- Imperial disciplines -- Contract with Mark -- Declarations of independence -- The lion's wings -- The lion's tread -- Disciplines of time -- Disciplines of work -- Imperial personnel -- Doge -- Patricians (nobili) -- Notables (cittadini) -- Golden youth -- commoners (popolani) -- Women -- Artists -- Outsiders -- Imperial piety -- Christ's blood -- Christ's cross -- Venetian annunciations -- The vulnerable Mary -- Mark : the relic -- Mark : the life -- War saints : George and Theodore -- Plague saints -- The other lion : Jerome's -- Imperial learning -- Franciscan learning -- Dominican learning -- Book learning -- Learned architecture : Codussi -- Learned architecture : Sansovino, Palladio -- Learned sculpture -- Learned politics -- Learned history -- Epilogue : a farewell to empire. pt. 1. ch. 1. ch. 2. ch. 3. ch. 4. ch. 5. ch. 6. pt. 2. ch. 7. ch. 8. ch. 9. ch. 10. ch. 11. ch. 12. ch. 13. ch. 14. pt. 3. ch. 15. ch. 16. ch. 17. ch. 18. ch. 19. ch. 20. ch. 21. ch. 22. ch. 23. pt. 4. ch. 24. ch. 25. ch. 26. ch. 27. ch. 28. ch. 29. ch. 30. ch. 31.
A historical perspective on Venice during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries is told through its relationship with art and its connection to religion, and details the labor, warfare, prayer, and discipline of the time.
0684871904 9780684871905
2001032232
Havensteden.
Venice (Italy)--History.
Venice (Italy)--Church history.
945.31 Wil 15