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Green worlds of Renaissance Venice /

Considers the development of the pastoral in sixteenth-century Venice as an urban phenomenon specific to the lagoon. Studies Venetian urban gardens as actual places, imaginary spaces and fantasies of urban planning challenged by ecological concerns.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cranston, Jodi, 1969- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Pastoral art > Italy > Venice > 16th century.
Art, Italian > Italy > Venice > 16th century.
Art, Renaissance > Italy > Venice.
Gardens in art.
Gardens > Italy > Venice > History > 16th century.
Venice (Italy) > In art.
Table of Contents:
  • The greening of Venice
  • The green worlds of pastoral painting in Venice
  • Floating Arcadia : pastoral vedute of Venice
  • Pastoral sculpture
  • The exported pastoral : painting after the 1520s.