Venice illuminated: power and painting in Renaissance manuscripts /
"For patricians in the Republic of Venice, paintings in manuscripts marking their appointment to high office expressed a tension between selfless service and individual ambition. Originally of value solely in confirming an elected officer, these unique documents were transformed through art int...
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New Haven ; London :
Yale University Press,
2018.
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