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

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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