Art and Music in Venice: From the Renaissance to Baroque (Higher Ed Leadership Essentials) - Hardcover

Goldfarb, Hilliard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300197926 ISBN 13: 9780300197921

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2013

Synopsis

Physical description; 240 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, music, portraits ; 37 cm. Summary; Artistic and musical creativity thrived in the Venetian Republic between the early 16th century and the close of the 18th century. The city-state was known for its superb operas and splendid balls, and the acoustics of the architecture led to complex polyphony in musical composition. Accordingly, notable composers, including Antonio Vivaldi and Adrian Willaert, developed styles that were distinct from those of other Italian cultures. The Venetian music scene, in turn, influenced visual artists, inspiring paintings by artists such as Jacopo Bassano, Canaletto, Francesco Guardi, Pietro Longhi, Bernardo Strozzi, Giambattista and Domenico Tiepolo, Tintoretto and Titian. Together, art and music served larger aims, whether social, ceremonial or even political. Subjects; Arts, Italian - Italy - Venice - Exhibitions. Arts and society - Italy - Venice - History - Exhibitions. Art, Renaissance - Italy - Venice - Exhibitions. Art, Baroque - Italy - Venice - Exhibitions. Music - Italy - Venice - 16th century - Exhibitions. Music - Italy - Venice - 17th century - Exhibitions. Music - Italy - Venice - 18th century - Exhibitions.

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Review:

'In its weight lies its sumptuousness. It is a satisfyingly resplendent coffee-table book. . .The catalogue is a great tribute to the exhibition, and to the history, music, and art inherent to the city of Venice, in which the buildings on either side of the canal seem to sing to each other like the two sides of a choir across a nave, under a Tiepoloed ceiling.'--Oliver Soden, The Art Newspaper-- (06/01/2014)

About the Author:

Hilliard T. Goldfarb is associate chief curator and curator of Old Masters at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0300197926
• ISBN 13: 9780300197921
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240