Ville Venete: The Villa Civilsation in the Mainland Dominion
Author(s): Francesco Monicelli
1797 was not just the year the young general Bonaparte victoriously conducted his Italian Campaign; it was also the year the thousand-year-old Venetian Republic came to an end. During those thousand years, Venice first consolidated its maritime power, and then its stranglehold over the mainland. While on the open seas it was the flag bearing St Mark's lion that represented the Serenissima's power, on the mainland the most obvious sign of the Venetian patricians' power was represented by the villa. This book guides the reader through Venice's aptly-named 'villa civilisation'. From a general historical background, the reader is led through five centuries of Venetian history and twenty-eight villas, the overt sign of Venice's vast economic network that both helped govern the territory and represented.
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Francesco Monicelli was born and lives in Verona. For years he has been working with Italia Nostra, an organisation dedicated to the preservation of Italy's cultural heritage. He is an expert on Veneto art and the history of manners and aesthetic sensibility. He has published Storiche dimore del Garda.
Historical Premises - The Origins of Venice; The land state; The Patricians; The villa settlements; The architecture; The first villas; Sixteenth-century renewal; Andrea Palladio; The later centuries. The Villas - Chronological path; Ca' Marcello, Monselice (Padua); Castello di Lusa, Lusa (Belluno); Villa Porto Colleoni, Thiene (Vicenza); Villa Giustinian Ciani Bassetti, Roncade (Treviso); Villa dei Vescovi, Luvigliano (Padua); Villa Garzoni, Pontecasale (Padua); Villa Godi Malinverni, Lonedo (Vicenza); Villa Pisani, Bagnolo (Vicenza); La Badoera, Fratta Polesine (Rovigo); Villa Barbaro, Maser (Treviso); Villa Emo, Fanzolo (Treviso); La Rotonda, Vicenza; Villa Della Torre, Fumane (Verona); Il Catajo, Battaglia Terme (Padua); La Rocca Pisana, Lonigo (Vicenza); Villa Contarini, Piazzola sul Brenta (Padua); Villa Barbarigo, Valsanzibio (Padua); Villa Allegri Arvedi, Cuzzano (Verona); Villa Fracanzan Piovene, Orgiano (Vicenza); Villa Bertolo Valmarana ai Nani, Vicenza; Villa Pompei Sagramoso, Illasi (Verona); Villa Pisani, Stra (Venice); Villa Manin, Passariano (Udine); Villa Marcello, Levada (Padua); Villa Trissino, Trissino (Vicenza); La Musella, San Martino Buon Albergo (Verona); Villa Rizzardi Guerrieri, Pojega (Verona); Il Palazzetto, Monselice (Padua).
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- : Arsenale
- : Arsenale
- : 1.678
- : 26 February 2013
- : 285mm X 240mm X 28mm
- : Italy
- : books
Special Fields
- : Francesco Monicelli
- : Hardback
- : 01
- : 728.8094531
- : 288
- : 200 colour