Becoming Venetian : immigrants and the arts in early modern Venice / Blake de Maria.
2010
N72.S6 D46 2010 (Mapit)
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Title
Becoming Venetian : immigrants and the arts in early modern Venice / Blake de Maria.
Author
De Maria, Blake, 1964-
ISBN
9780300148817 (alk. paper)
030014881X (alk. paper)
030014881X (alk. paper)
Publication Details
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2010.
Language
English
Description
xi, 288 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map. ; 29 cm.
Call Number
N72.S6 D46 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
704/.0869120945311
Summary
Situated between the patriciate and popular orders, cittadini occupied the middle-tier of Venice's tripartite social hierarchy. Unlike the nobility, the citizenry was not a closed caste, and foreign individuals not fortunate enough to be born in Venice could become naturalised citizens provided they met certain requirements. As newcomers to the city, immigrant merchant families had to acquire the material commodities necessary for everyday life. De Maria investigates important aspects of the artistic, commercial and familial activities of naturalised citizen families. Much of the documentation concerning their commercial interests, real estate development, household management, chapel decoration and confraternity affiliations has not previously been published, allowing this study to expand both the context and the interpretation of Venetian painting and architecture of the highest calibre, including the commissions to Titian, Tintoretto and Veronese.
Note
Situated between the patriciate and popular orders, cittadini occupied the middle-tier of Venice's tripartite social hierarchy. Unlike the nobility, the citizenry was not a closed caste, and foreign individuals not fortunate enough to be born in Venice could become naturalised citizens provided they met certain requirements. As newcomers to the city, immigrant merchant families had to acquire the material commodities necessary for everyday life. De Maria investigates important aspects of the artistic, commercial and familial activities of naturalised citizen families. Much of the documentation concerning their commercial interests, real estate development, household management, chapel decoration and confraternity affiliations has not previously been published, allowing this study to expand both the context and the interpretation of Venetian painting and architecture of the highest calibre, including the commissions to Titian, Tintoretto and Veronese.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Becoming Venice, becoming Venetian
The commercial famiglia
The Scuola Grande di San Rocco, I: the family chapel
The Scuola Grande di San Rocco II: competition and cooperation
Creating a façade: the patronage of domestic architecture
Inside the naturalized citizen home
Fame and infamy, the seventeenth century
Catalogue: individual family histories.
The commercial famiglia
The Scuola Grande di San Rocco, I: the family chapel
The Scuola Grande di San Rocco II: competition and cooperation
Creating a façade: the patronage of domestic architecture
Inside the naturalized citizen home
Fame and infamy, the seventeenth century
Catalogue: individual family histories.