Main entry:

Goy, Richard J. (Richard John), 1947-

Title & Author:

The House of Gold : building a palace in medieval Venice / Richard J. Goy.

Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1992.

Description:

xxiv, 304 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-297) and index.
pt. I. Venice in the Early Quattrocento. 1. The economic and political background. 2. The city in 1400. 3. The medieval Venetian palace -- pt. II. The Contarini Gasada. 4. The Contarini: a great patrician clan. 5. Marin and his marriage. 6. Antonio Contarini, an ambitious father. 7. Contarini's business activities. 8. A domestic interlude: family and servants 1426-1430. 9. The new palace at Santa Sofia: motives and methods. 10. First impressions: the plan, structure and appearance of the palace -- pt. III. Building in Medieval Venice. 11. The building trade guilds. 12. The men who built the palace: an introduction. 13. Building contracts and procedures. 14. The stonemasons' yards. 15. Technology on site. 16. Daily life on site. 17. The building industry: money, wages and standards of living -- pt. IV. Building the Palace: The First Stage. 18. Building the palace: first records 1421. 19. The appointment of Zane Bon two master masons. 20. Carpenters on site 1425-1426. 21. The work of Matteo Raverti and his bottega 1425-1427. 22. The well-head: Bartolomeo Bon 1427-1428 -- pt. V. The Front Facade. 23. The main facade: its design and appearance. 24. Zane Bon and the main facade: the arcade to the quay. 25. The work of Bon on die facade up to 1429. 26. Matteo Raverti and the facade: the lower loggia. 27. The upper loggia. 28. Building the quay and assembling the facade I. 29. Assembling the facade II: a locum master builder and a master blacksmith -- pt. VI. Completing the Fabric. 30. Building the upper walls 1429-1430: maestro Cristofolo. 31. The carpenters: the Rosso bottega 1428-1430. 32. The ancillary trades 1428-1430: terazer, fregador, pentor, intaiador. 33. The final stages of building the palace: the last works of Bon. 34. Antonio di Martini -- pt. VII. Finishing Touches. 35. The House of Gold: decorating the facade 1431-1433. 36. The last work of the stonemasons: Rosso and Romanello after 1430. 37. The last works of builders, carpenters and glaziers. 38. The completed palace: the image and the cost. 39. Marin Contarini: the final chapter. 40. Postscript: Contarini's succession -- pt. VIII. Conclusions. 41. Contarini's role. 42. The legacy of the palace: its historical importance. 43. The legacy of the Ca d'Oro in the later work of Bartolomeo Bon. 44. The after-life of the palace -- Appendix 1 the cost of building the palace -- Appendix 2 a selection of typical unit costs for building materials -- Appendix 3 daily rates of pay for masters and apprentices; all in soldi -- Appendix 4 Marin Contarini's first contract with Zane Bon; 1422 (1423) -- Appendix 5 Marin Contarini lends Zane Bon money to buy a house; 1424 -- Appendix 6 Marin Contarini's contract with Zane Bon for the crenellation: 20 April 1430 -- Appendix 7 Marin Contarini's contract with Antonio di Martini for the completion of the building works; May 1431 -- Appendix 8 Marin Contarini's contract with Zuan da Franza for the decoration of the facade; 15 September 1431 -- Appendix 9 Marin Contarini's schedule of glass for the windows; 1436? -- Appendix 10 Index of craftsmen and suppliers.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

In 1406 a young Venetian nobleman, Marin Contarini, married into another ancient patrician clan. His wife's family owned an old palace on the Grand Canal. Contarini demolished the old palace and, in 1421, began to build the Ca d'Oro, his 'House of Gold'. This book tells the history of the building of the palace over a period of nearly twenty years. After a general introduction to the city of Venice at the beginning of the quattrocento, Dr Goy discusses the background to.
The building of the palace, including Contarini's motives and the role of his father, a high-ranking government official. There then follows a discussion of the building industry in Venice in this flourishing period, and of the functions of the three chief building crafts - masons, carpenters and builders. In the latter half of the study, the whole building process is re-created in detail, from laying bricks to terrazzo and metalwork, with particular emphasis on the.
Stonework of the magnificent facade. The relationships between Contarini and his craftsmen are analysed, as is the pivotal role of Contarini himself, the architect manque whose monument this was to become. The author concludes by discussing the architectural importance of the palace and its historic legacy.

Resources:
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Publisher description

ISBN:

0521405130
9780521405133

Subject:

Contarini, Marino, approximately 1385-1441 Homes and haunts Italy Venice.
Contarini, Marino, approximately 1385-1441.
Contarini, Marino, approximately 1385-1441 Homes and haunts.
Contarini, Marino, (1386?-1441)
Contarini, Marino, ca. 1385-1441 Homes and haunts Italy Venice.
Cà d'Oro (Venice, Italy)
Cà dʼOro (Venice, Italy)
Architecture, Gothic Italy Venice.
Architecture, Medieval Italy Venice.
Architecture gothique Italie Venise.
Architecture médiévale Italie Venise.
Architecture, Gothic.
Architecture, Medieval.
Buildings.
Homes.
Architektur
Geschichte
Cà'd'Oro (Venetië)
Paleizen.
Venezia.
Palasser.
Byggevirksomhet.
Arkitektur.
1400-tallet.
Gotikken.
Architecture gothique Italie Venise (Italie)
Venice (Italy) Buildings, structures, etc.
Italy Venice.
Ca' d'Oro
Venice (Italy) Palaces.
Venise (Italie) Ca' d'Oro.
Venedig Ca' d'Oro.
Palaces
Venice (Italy)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 85926
Call No.: ID:93-B1755
Status: Available