Layers of Venice

Architecture, Arts and Antiquities at Rialto

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Abstract

The book offers a greater understanding of the multiple layers of meaning that have been superimposed in the course of the Medieval and Modern Ages in the Rialto area. The authors follow the Leitmotiv of the memorial component that each operation of architectural reuse has carried in the history of the church of San Giacomo di Rialto, a building which stands, emblematically, as a sort of architectural relic. Adopting this principle, the book offers an in-depth analysis of the spatial model, the reuse of individual architectural and decorative elements but also, on a larger scale, the different configurations of the urban context (the Rialto market) through the centuries, after repeated destruction, reconstruction and transformation. By adopting this multi-scale approach, the book reveals the key role played by the church in the narrative strategy adopted to perpetually renew the myth of Venice, taking on a conceptual and polysemantic dimension where each component (object, context, meaning, function, image) constitutes an element cultural memory, with each leaving a tangible trace of its own.

Keywords Venetian Architecture • High Middle Ages • Early Byzantine Capitals • Bridge of Rialto • Ancient Roman Capitals • Medieval architecture • Acqua alta • Reuse of building materials • Venetian Trade Guilds • Medieval town • Greek cruciform • History of Architecture • Alessandro Vittoria • Stones • Banks • Reused materials • Concieri • Venetian early modern architecture • Byzantine • History of Venice • Basilica • Church of San Giacomo at Rialto • Rialto • San Giacomo di Rialto • Medieval • Venetian Renaissance Sculpture • Urban History • Vigilio Rubini • Marbles • Andrea dall’Aquila • Romanesque • Lieu de mémoire • Early modern trade • Venice • Trading places • Venetian Republic • Giustizia • Restoration • Early modern commercial institutions • Spolia

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-729-6 | e-ISBN 978-88-6969-729-6 | ISBN (PRINT) 978-88-6969-670-1 | Number of pages 184 | Dimensions 24x22cm | Published May 5, 2023 | Language en

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