Palladio's Venice : architecture and society in a Renaissance Republic / Tracy E. Cooper

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2005. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 392 pp.: illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm. Contents; Foundations -- Palladio and the Venetian book industry -- Venetian patronage -- The state of the patriciate -- Domestic, public, and religious projects -- Compagnia delle calza degli accesi -- The patriarchs -- San Pietro di Castello -- San Francesco della Vigna -- Religious orders -- San Giorgio Maggiore -- Convento della Carita -- Santa Lucia -- La Celestia -- The Venetian state -- Competitions -- Tomb of Doge Alvise Mocenigo -- Projects for the Doge's palace -- Triumphal arch for the entry of Henri III -- Il redentore -- Charitable institutions -- Scuola dei Mercanti -- L'ospedaletto -- Le zitelle -- Conclusion -- Appendix I: Chronology of Palladio's works according to patrons -- Appendix II: Provveditori for the Doge's palace, 1533-1600 -- Appendix III: Genealogy of patronage -- Manuscript and archival sources. Subjects; Palladio, Andrea 1508-1580 Criticism and interpretation. Religious architecture Italy Venice. Renaissance.