{"product_id":"a-view-of-venice-9781478019176","title":"A View of Venice","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJacopo de’ Barbari’s \u003ci\u003eView of Venice\u003c\/i\u003e, a woodcut first printed in the year 1500, presents a bird’s-eye portrait of Venice at its peak as an international hub of trade, art, and culture. An artistic and cartographic masterpiece of the Renaissance, the \u003ci\u003eView\u003c\/i\u003e depicts Venice as a vibrant, waterborne city interconnected by canals and bridges and filled with ornate buildings, elaborate gardens, and seafaring vessels. The contributors to \u003ci\u003eA View of Venice: Portrait of a Renaissance City\u003c\/i\u003e draw on a high-resolution digital scan of the over nine-foot-wide composite print to examine the complexities of this extraordinary woodcut and portrayal of early modern Venetian life. The essays show how the \u003ci\u003eView\u003c\/i\u003e constitutes an advanced material artifact of artistic, humanist, and scientific culture. They also outline the ways the print reveals information about the city’s economic and military power, religious and social infrastructures, and cosmopolitan reside\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This intriguing book guides the reader on a compelling journey around the physical and social milieu of Renaissance Venice. Its magisterial essays invite the viewer to take an imaginary walk through the city’s empty streets, as seen in Jacopo de’ Barbari’s celebrated bird's-eye view of 1500. The book guides us step-by-step from the map’s stunning artistic virtuosity into the cosmopolitan lives of the people who inhabited the fabric of the city.” -- Deborah Howard, Professor Emerita, University of Cambridge\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eA View of Venice\u003c\/i\u003e offers an engaging consideration of the ideation, creation, historical significance, idiosyncrasies, and scholarly potential of Jacopo de’ Barbari’s \u003ci\u003eView\u003c\/i\u003e. A fascinating and valuable collection of research and analysis of de' Barbari’s remarkable print and of the Venice in which he lived and worked, this volume will greatly interest general readers and specialists alike.” -- Gary M. Radke, Professor Emeritus of Art History, Syracuse University\u003cbr\u003e\"One of the most remarkable Venice books in decades, the kind of thorough and detailed study of a city caught in time that scholars can only dream about for most other hinge-points in history. De’ Barbari’s \u003ci\u003eView \u003c\/i\u003ecost the hefty sum of three florins, and as these scholars make clear, there were plenty of buyers for something that must have seemed borderline miraculous in an era before photography. \u003ci\u003eA View of Venice\u003c\/i\u003e is the definitive anatomy of that miracle.\" -- Steve Donoghue * Open Letters Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations  xi\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations  xvii\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments  xix\u003cbr\u003e Prologue. Story of the Edited Volume \/ Kristin Love Huffman and Andrea Bellieni  xxiii\u003cbr\u003e Plates  xxvii\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. The \u003ci\u003eView\u003c\/i\u003e as an Urban Portrait \/ Kristin Love Huffman  1\u003cbr\u003e I. The \u003ci\u003eView\u003c\/i\u003e as a Printed Cartographic and Artistic Visualization\u003cbr\u003e 1. The \u003ci\u003eView of Venice\u003c\/i\u003e in a Genealogy of City Views and Government Mapping \/ Karen-edis Barzman  25\u003cbr\u003e 2. A City as a World: Jacopo de’ Barbari’s \u003ci\u003eView\u003c\/i\u003e in 1500 \/ Piero Falchetta  40\u003cbr\u003e 3. A Perspectival Investigation of Jacopo de’ Barbari’s \u003ci\u003eView of Venice\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Cosimo Monteleone  50\u003cbr\u003e 4. An Artist’s Address Book: Notes on Venice’s Artistic Geography \/ Giorgio Tagliaferro  62\u003cbr\u003e 5. Beyond Venice: At the Margins of the \u003ci\u003eView\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Anna Christine Swartwood House  75\u003cbr\u003e 6. Vessels of Political Communication \/ Monique O’Connell  86\u003cbr\u003e 7. Navigating the Business of Print in Venice with Jacopo de’ Barbari \/ Bronwen Wilson  96\u003cbr\u003e 8. On the Collection History of the \u003ci\u003eView\u003c\/i\u003e’s Matrices \/ Valeria Cafá  107\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Graphic Inventions of Jacopo de’ Barbari \/ Kristin Love Huffman  119\u003cbr\u003e 10. Revisiting “lontani et altra fantaxia”: An Eyckian Perspective on Giovanni Bellini and Jacopo de’ Barbari \/ Mary Pardo  136\u003cbr\u003e 11. Jacopo de’ Barbari, a Wandering Court Artist in the North: Changing Perspectives on His Role in Northern Renaissance Art \/ Rangsook Yoon  150\u003cbr\u003e II. The \u003ci\u003eView\u003c\/i\u003e as a Reflection of Venice and Venetian Life\u003cbr\u003e 12. Toward the Perfect City: Urban Development in the Quattrocento \/ Richard Goy  163\u003cbr\u003e 13. The Wellhead as an Amenity of Venetian Urban Space \/ Patricia Fortini Brown  176\u003cbr\u003e 14. Hidden in Plain Sight (and Hearing): Venetian Bells and Their Towers \/ Jonathan Glixon  189\u003cbr\u003e 15. Santa Lucia and Corpus Domini at the Turn of the Sixteenth Century: The \u003ci\u003eView\u003c\/i\u003e and Urban Patterns \/ Saundra Weddle  199\u003cbr\u003e 16. Monastic and Convent Life as a City Phenomenon \/ Ludovica Galeazzo  212\u003cbr\u003e 17. Gendered Space(s) and the \u003ci\u003eView\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Holly Hurlburt  226\u003cbr\u003e 18. Wifely Mobility in Renaissance Venice \/ Stanley Chojnacki  238\u003cbr\u003e 19. Two Palaces, a Chapel, and an Art Collection on the Grand Canal: The World of Domenico di Piero in Jacopo de’ Barbari’s \u003ci\u003eView of Venice\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Giada Damen  250\u003cbr\u003e 20. Luxury Goods in Jacopo de’ Barbari’s Venice \/ Blake de Maria  260\u003cbr\u003e 21. “Both by Sea and Land”: Venetian Trade and Retail in the \u003ci\u003eView\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Julia A. DeLancey  273\u003cbr\u003e 22. Imagining Social and Political Relations in the \u003ci\u003eView\u003c\/i\u003e: From Piazza San Marco to Murano \/ Maartje van Gelder and Claire Judde de Larivière\u003cbr\u003e 23. Cosmopolitanism in Venice and State Strategies \/ Martina Massaro  295\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue. Venice Lost, and Found \/ Tracy E. Cooper  307\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 1. The \u003ci\u003eView\u003c\/i\u003e and Its Relevance Today: Venice Then and Now \/ Kristen Love Huffman  315\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 2. Anton Kolb’s Copyright Permission and Export License Request for the \u003ci\u003eView of Venice\u003c\/i\u003e  336\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 3. Will of Anton Kolb, October 12, 1541  338\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography  341\u003cbr\u003e Contributors  381\u003cbr\u003e Index  391\u003cbr\u003e Image Credits  409","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409010401623,"sku":"9781478019176","price":23.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781478019176.jpg?v=1730505079","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-view-of-venice-9781478019176","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}