Title: The mermaids of Venice : fantastic sea creatures in Venetian Renaissance art /
Authors: Luchs, Alison.
Publisher: Harvey Miller Publishers,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Art, Renaissance Italy Venice Themes, motives.; Sea monsters in art.; Mermaids in art.; Art, Renaissance Themes, motives.; Mermaids in art.; Sea monsters in art.; Meerminnen.; Monsters.; Beeldende kunsten.; Bauplastik.; Bronzeplastik.; Buchmalerei.; Grabplastik.; Ikonographie.; Kunst; Meerweib.; Meerwesen.; Wassergeist.; Meerweib.; Ungeheuer.; Motiv.; Kunst.; Meerweib.; Wassergeist.; Italy Venice; Venetië (stad); Santa Maria dei Miracoli (Venedig); Venedig; Venedig.; Venedig.
Abstract: This book focuses on the conceptions of artists who made marine hybrids inventions of Renaissance Venice and Padua. The chapters deal with sea-hybrid imagery in book decoration; tomb monuments; church decoration; centers of political activity and private homes.--Publisher.
Contents: A heritage of monsters -- Marine hybrids in late fifteenth-century book decoration -- Marine hybrids on Venetian funerary monuments -- The church of Santa Maria dei Miracoli -- Marine hybrids at centers of power -- Bronze sea monsters for private homes.