The tombs of the Doges of Venice
By: Debra Pincus.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
Subjects: Sepulchral monuments, Renaissance -- Italy -- Venice; Sepulchral monuments -- Italy -- Venice; Venice (Italy) -- Kings and rulers -- Tombs; Venice (Italy) -- Buildings, structures, etc
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-246) and index.
Table of contents: title: The office of Doge and the civic tomb; title: Ruler of Romania: the tomb of Jacopo Tiepolo by the door of the Dominicans; title: Ruler of Civitas: the tomb of Marino Maorsini in Mark's vestibule; title: Ruler of the seas, triumphant in Civitas: the tomb of Ranieri Zeno at SS. Giovanni e Paolo; title: Who rules Christ's realm?; title: The thaumaturgical ruler in the baptistery: the tomb of Giovanni Soranzo in San Marco; title: The Doge and the Franciscans: the tomb of Francesco Dandolo in the chapter house of the Frari; title: The Doge in the divine plan: Andrea Dandolo's program for San Marco; title: The cappella maggiore of SS. Giovanni e Paolo as mausoleum of the Doges: ducal display in a patrician context; title: Appendix 1. Early and not-early ducal tombs and ducal tomb inscriptions; title: Appendix 2. The tiepolo inscription: a fifteenth-century addition to the tomb.