Becoming Venetian : immigrants and the arts in early modern Venice / Blake de Maria.

Main entry:

De Maria, Blake, 1964-

Title & Author:

Becoming Venetian : immigrants and the arts in early modern Venice / Blake de Maria.

Publication:

Description:

xi, 288 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-281) and index.
Becoming Venice, becoming Venetian -- The commercial famiglia -- The Scuola Grande di San Rocco, part 1: scuola, saint, and citizens -- The family chapel -- The Scuola Grande di San Rocco, part 2: competition and cooperation -- Creating a façade: the patronage of domestic architecture -- Inside the naturalized citizen home -- Fame and infamy, the seventeenth century -- Appendices: individual family histories. Balbiani ; Cornovì dalla Vecchia ; Cuccina ; Dal Basso ; d'Anna ; di Mutti ; Ragazzoni ; Torniello ; Turloni.

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.

ISBN:

9780300148817 (cl ; alk. paper)
030014881X (cl ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Art and society Italy Venice History 16th century.
Immigrants Italy Venice Social conditions 16th century.
Art et société Italie Venise Histoire 16e siècle.
Art and Design.
Art and society
Immigrants Social conditions
Social conditions
Künstler.
Zuwanderung.
Venice (Italy) Social conditions 16th century.
Venise (Italie) Conditions sociales 16e siècle.
Italy Venice
Venedig.
1500-1699

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 274683
Call No.: BIB 208532
Status: Available

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