Between sky and water

Luscombe, D

Between sky and water

Luscombe, D

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Angelaki - Journal of the Theoretical Humanities, 2011, 16 (1), pp. 41 - 62
Issue Date:: 2011-03-01

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dc.contributor.author	Luscombe, D https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6574-0208	en_US
dc.date.issued	2011-03-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Angelaki - Journal of the Theoretical Humanities, 2011, 16 (1), pp. 41 - 62	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0969-725X	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/18717
dc.description.abstract	Represented as the face of Venice, the houses of the Grand Canal were used during the Renaissance to support the portrayal of the Venetian Republic's unique structure of governance. Paolo Paruta's dialogue, Della perfettione della vita politica, a work of political theory on the Venetian Republic, is one such text used here to examine how in a changing context of modernization, architecture has been presented as a representation of state. Paruta's use of architecture as a representation of state was conceptually different from those earlier writers such as Gasparo Contarini who presented the uniqueness of Venice's social qualities through its orderly governance and law. Fundamental to Paruta's incorporation of architecture to the conceptualization of Venice was Daniele Barbaro's interpretation of Vitruvius' representation of the body-of-state, being reflected in the architectural makeup of the city. However, Vitruvius' text, De architectura, described the monarch's body reflected in the architecture and urban strategies of the late Roman Republic. Paruta's use of the text and of Daniele Barbaro aimed to transfer these values to the Venetian Republic and its social formations. Subtly forging links between the radicalism of Doge Andrea Gritti's renovatio programmes and the power struggles of the young patricians, Paruta's aim for architecture was to support the preservation of Venetian values as distinct from those of Rome. Indications are that Paruta's message was understood. To examine the comprehensibility of Paruta's political propositions, his terms and arguments are analysed in the context of three different architectural composition types used in Venetian houses of the mid-sixteenth century. © 2011 Taylor & Francis.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Angelaki - Journal of the Theoretical Humanities	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/0969725X.2011.564363	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Literary Studies	en_US
dc.title	Between sky and water	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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utslib.for	2002 Cultural Studies	en_US
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utslib.for	2203 Philosophy	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CCDP - Contemporary Design Practice
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Abstract:

Represented as the face of Venice, the houses of the Grand Canal were used during the Renaissance to support the portrayal of the Venetian Republic's unique structure of governance. Paolo Paruta's dialogue, Della perfettione della vita politica, a work of political theory on the Venetian Republic, is one such text used here to examine how in a changing context of modernization, architecture has been presented as a representation of state. Paruta's use of architecture as a representation of state was conceptually different from those earlier writers such as Gasparo Contarini who presented the uniqueness of Venice's social qualities through its orderly governance and law. Fundamental to Paruta's incorporation of architecture to the conceptualization of Venice was Daniele Barbaro's interpretation of Vitruvius' representation of the body-of-state, being reflected in the architectural makeup of the city. However, Vitruvius' text, De architectura, described the monarch's body reflected in the architecture and urban strategies of the late Roman Republic. Paruta's use of the text and of Daniele Barbaro aimed to transfer these values to the Venetian Republic and its social formations. Subtly forging links between the radicalism of Doge Andrea Gritti's renovatio programmes and the power struggles of the young patricians, Paruta's aim for architecture was to support the preservation of Venetian values as distinct from those of Rome. Indications are that Paruta's message was understood. To examine the comprehensibility of Paruta's political propositions, his terms and arguments are analysed in the context of three different architectural composition types used in Venetian houses of the mid-sixteenth century. © 2011 Taylor & Francis.

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