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The
New Palaces of Medieval Venice By Juergen Schulz
8/27/2004 | 412 pgs | 9.5 x 10
218 Illustrations
Art and Art History, Art Other
Hardback: $85.00 SH
ISBN: 978-0-271-02351-9
A 2005 Choice Outstanding Academic Title
The
palaces of Venice have long excited the wonder of visitors. Ornate
and grand, the buildings seem to float on the water of the city’s
canals like the sea castles in a mariner’s dream. But Juergen
Schulz demonstrates that he origins of these residences lay on terra
firma, in a widely disseminated building type that, during the twelfth
and thirteenth centuries, was adapted to the special circumstances
of an Adriatic lagoon and the needs of the merchants turning this
environment into a center of trade.
An
internationally recognized expert on Venetian art, architecture,
and cartography, Schulz examines the city’s medieval palaces
with scholarship of unprecedented breadth and insight. Based in
both archival research and first-hand knowledge of Venice, his book
reconstructs the original appearance of the city’s oldest surviving
residences, such as that of the Corner and Pesaro families, and
traces the many later modifications made to these buildings. Further,
Schulz’s book breaks new ground by presenting a systematic
discussion of the use of sculpture in Venice’s early palaces,
famed for their “exhibitionistic” scale and ornament.
Illustrated
with numerous photographs and plans, The Palaces of Medieval
Venice provides a comprehensive account of the ways in which
a group of buildings came to embody the lives of Venice’s leading
mercantile families. Schulz’s discussion of the Venetian palaces’
impact on later architecture further enhances the significance of
this handsome publication.
Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
1 The Building Type
2 Distribution of Functions
3 The Social Background
4 Architectural Sculpture
Conclusion
Appendixes
Key
I Ca’ del Papa
II Ca’ Barozzi
III Fondaco dei Turchi
IV Ca’ Farsetti
V Ca’ Loredan
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Juergen
Schulz is Andrea V. Rosenthal Professor of Art History and Architecture,
Emeritus, Brown University and the author of numerous books and articles
on Venetian art, architecture, and cartography.
