Carroll, Linda L.. Commerce, peace, and the arts in Renaissance Venice : Ruzante and the empire at center stage

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents

Introduction: Mercury, Venus and the muses: commerce, peace and the arts in Renaissance Venice -- Twelve monuments, five altarpieces, five chapels and a fresco: Frari patronage and Renaissance Venetian political economy -- Bodleian Library Canonician Ital. 36: Stefano Magno and the move from commerce to culture -- Concordiae dedicatum: the triumphanti, the Beolco, and the politics of prosperity in Renaissance Venice -- 1526: state lotteries, the final Ruzantine performance, and a Machiavellian coda -- Conclusion