Private Lives in Renaissance Venice: Art, Architecture, and the Family
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.38 (579 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0300102364 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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“Lavishly illustrated and handsomely bound, Private Lives takes us behind the scenes for a close look into the homes and families of some of Venice’s wealthiest homes. Author Fortini Brown, through her use of vivid and precise detail, brings alive an era of sumptuous and privileged living. An impressive study.”—Art Times
Must-have for lovers of Renaisance Venice Another great book about Renaissance Venice by Patricia Fortini Brown. Filled with many large colored pictures and black + white drawings, this book is a must for recreationists + others obsessed with 16th century Venice. Lots of information on the small details of daily life: art, architecture, music, furnishings, clothing, utensils, games of chance and fortune-telling. This author is one of the bests on the subject of daily life in Renaissance Venice.. A rich companion for those who want to go deeper in understanding Renaissance Venice Lauren Elizabeth A culminating work by one of the English-speaking scholarly world's experts in the Venetian Renaissance, narrative painting and private life in Venice. Fortini-Brown's book meticulously researched book is based on her long investigation into the reality of the people who commissioned, painted and appear in the works we admire today on museum walls, paintings separated by time and space from their own world.. Private lives in Renaissance Venice: Art, Architecgture, and family Hector Cardenas Rodriguez A very well documented book with a deep knowledge of the social conditions of Venice in the Renaissance period it covers. I found it a little bit dense sometimes. The illustrations are good. Hector Cardenas
Recapturing the interplay between the public and private, she offers an account of Venetian households unequalled in vividness and detail.. The author considers such wide-ranging themes as attitudes toward wealth and display, the articulation of family identity, and the visual culture of Venetian women—how they decorated their homes, dressed, undertook domestic tasks, entertained, and raised their children. Distinguished art historian Patricia Fortini Brown takes us behind the elegant façades of grand palaces built along the Venetian canals and examines the roles of both fine and applied arts in family life as well as the public messages that these impressive homes conveyed.Illustrated with hundreds of varied and unusual images, the book provides a lively picture of the aristocratic lifestyle during a period of changing definitions of nobility. This book offers an engaging and original perspective on the private lives and material culture of