2007, ISBN: 9780300119374

[PU: New Haven and London: Yale University Press], XV, 448 p.: Ill. Cloth with dustjacket. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des Internati… More...

[PU: New Haven and London: Yale University Press], XV, 448 p.: Ill. Cloth with dustjacket. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Schutzumschlag minimal bestoßen und berieben, sonst sehr guter Zustand / dust jacket minimally scuffed and rubbed, otherwise very good condition. - This wide-ranging study vividly presents in their broad, historical context the major events that took place in Venice in the 1570s, culminating in a severe outbreak of the plague in which one quarter of the Venetian population perished. Through an astute analysis of the cultural reactions to this dramatic decade, whose significance has often been misunderstood, fresh light is thrown on the historical machine that produced the distinct civic and cultural ethos of the city itself and new aspects of its urban topography, ceremony, and cultural life are revealed. At the heart of the book is a detailed account of four major events that significantly shaped the history of Venice: the formation of the Holy League (the coalition that brought the Republic into conflict with the Ottoman Empire); the victory of that League against the Turkish fleet at the battle of Lepanto; the ceremonial arrangements that were made to welcome Henry III of France to the city in 1574; and the devasting plague of 1575-7. This central part is framed by two others. The first concentrates on St Mark’s Square, the buildings that surround it and the social and religious life that used it as a backdrop. This involves reconstruction of the historical and mythical events that gradually led to the elaboration, by Jacopo Sansovino and others, of a monumental civic arena invested with layers of meaning that were fundamental to a sense of Venetian identity. The final section considers how the major events of the 1570s, and above all the victory at Lepanto, were metabolized in Venetian history and reconfigured in the realms of memory and myth. Important factors in this process were the role of the printing press (Venice lay at the heart of the Italian booktrade) in disseminating accounts of current events and reworking them into a further elaboration of the Myth of Venice, and the ritual and other transformations that took place (such as the construction of Palladio’s church of the Redentore), and their connection to the religious matrix that provides the key to the civic ethos of the city in the late sixteenth century. Venice had become the City of God. / CONTENTS: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION PROLOGUE 1 Constructing a Civic Religion 2 Praesentia and Identity 3 Theatre of the World 4 The Sacral Prince 5 A Holy Crusade 6 Victory at Lepanto 7 His Most Christian Majesty 8 The Hand of God 9 Republic of Letters, City of Books 10 Ritual Transformations 11 Gods and Heroes 12 Christ’s Victory EPILOGUE NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY PHOTOGRAPH CREDITS INDEX. ISBN 978, DE, [SC: 35.00], gebraucht; gut, gewerbliches Angebot, [GW: 1508g], Banküberweisung, Offene Rechnung, PayPal, Internationaler Versand<

2007, ISBN: 0300119372

[EAN: 9780300119374], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 11.7], [PU: New Haven and London: Yale University Press], Jacket, XV, 448 p.: Ill. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, l… More...

[EAN: 9780300119374], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 11.7], [PU: New Haven and London: Yale University Press], Jacket, XV, 448 p.: Ill. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Schutzumschlag minimal bestoßen und berieben, sonst sehr guter Zustand / dust jacket minimally scuffed and rubbed, otherwise very good condition. - This wide-ranging study vividly presents in their broad, historical context the major events that took place in Venice in the 1570s, culminating in a severe outbreak of the plague in which one quarter of the Venetian population perished. Through an astute analysis of the cultural reactions to this dramatic decade, whose significance has often been misunderstood, fresh light is thrown on the historical machine that produced the distinct civic and cultural ethos of the city itself and new aspects of its urban topography, ceremony, and cultural life are revealed. At the heart of the book is a detailed account of four major events that significantly shaped the history of Venice: the formation of the Holy League (the coalition that brought the Republic into conflict with the Ottoman Empire); the victory of that League against the Turkish fleet at the battle of Lepanto; the ceremonial arrangements that were made to welcome Henry III of France to the city in 1574; and the devasting plague of 1575-7. This central part is framed by two others. The first concentrates on St Mark’s Square, the buildings that surround it and the social and religious life that used it as a backdrop. This involves reconstruction of the historical and mythical events that gradually led to the elaboration, by Jacopo Sansovino and others, of a monumental civic arena invested with layers of meaning that were fundamental to a sense of Venetian identity. The final section considers how the major events of the 1570s, and above all the victory at Lepanto, were metabolized in Venetian history and reconfigured in the realms of memory and myth. Important factors in this process were the role of the printing press (Venice lay at the heart of the Italian booktrade) in disseminating accounts of current events and reworking them into a further elaboration of the Myth of Venice, and the ritual and other transformations that took place (such as the construction of Palladio’s church of the Redentore), and their connection to the religious matrix that provides the key to the civic ethos of the city in the late sixteenth century. Venice had become the City of God. / CONTENTS: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION PROLOGUE 1 Constructing a Civic Religion 2 Praesentia and Identity 3 Theatre of the World 4 The Sacral Prince 5 A Holy Crusade 6 Victory at Lepanto 7 His Most Christian Majesty 8 The Hand of God 9 Republic of Letters, City of Books 10 Ritual Transformations 11 Gods and Heroes 12 Christ’s Victory EPILOGUE NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY PHOTOGRAPH CREDITS INDEX. ISBN 9780300119374 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1508, Books<

2007, ISBN: 9780300119374

New Haven: Yale University Press. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 2007. 1st. hardcover. Tall 8vo, 448 pp. ., Yale University Press, 2007, 5