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The Visionary Academy of Ocular Mentality

Atlas of the Iconic Turn

By: Luca Del Baldo

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The Visionary Academy of Ocular Mentality

Atlas of the Iconic Turn

By: Luca Del Baldo

Luca Del Baldo's Visionary Academy of Ocular Mentality is an extraordinary testament in the recent history of visual studies. It brings together a group of outstanding scholars who have devoted their lives to art history, philosophy, history, ethnology, focussing predominantly on questions of human perception and imagination. Working from photographs provided by the scholars, Luca del Baldo painted his series of 96 portraits reproduced in this book. The portraits are accompanied by texts written by the persons portrayed, in response to their portrayal, and as an exchange: the artist gifted the original painting to the portrayed person, and the portrayed gifted her or his response. "The result is a unique and profound conversation between image and text focussed on the enigma of the human face in all its mediations." (W.J.T. Mitchell)

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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9783110706109

The Visionary Academy of Ocular Mentality

Atlas of the Iconic Turn

By: Luca Del Baldo

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Atlas of the Iconic Turn

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The Silk Industry of Renaissance Venice

By: Luca Molà

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The Silk Industry of Renaissance Venice

By: Luca Molà

How 16th century Venetian silk manufacturers met the challenge of demand for lighter and cheaper fabric. The manufacture of luxury textiles, such as silk, was central to an Italian Renaissance economy based on status and conspicuous consumption. From the rapidly changing fashions that drove demand to the jobs created for craftsmen, weavers, and merchants, the wealth and prestige associated with silk throughout Europe made it Italy's leading export industry. In this important book, Luca Molà examines the silk industry in Renaissance Venice amid changing markets, suppliers, producers, and government regulations. Drawing on archival research and a vast amount of European scholarship, Molà documents the innovations Venetians made in manufacturing and marketing to spur the silk industry. He uncovers the alliance between manufacturers and government to promote the industry in a changing international economic environment. Through flexible laws, quality was regulated to meet the varying requirements of an increasing range of customers. Molà also analyzes state policy that favored the development and organization of silk producers throughout the Terraferma. His findings contribute in an important way to the ongoing scholarly assessment of Venice's place in the economy of the Renaissance and the Mediterranean world.

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JHU Press

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0801876559

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Book's by Luca Del Baldo

The Visionary Academy of Ocular Mentality

The Visionary Academy of Ocular Mentality

The Visionary Academy of Ocular Mentality

The Visionary Academy of Ocular Mentality

The Silk Industry of Renaissance Venice

The Silk Industry of Renaissance Venice

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