Author : Manfredo Tafuri
Release : 1995-03-27
Genre : Architecture
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 542/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Venice and the Renaissance by : Manfredo Tafuri
Download or read book Venice and the Renaissance written by Manfredo Tafuri. This book was released on 1995-03-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.