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| Introduction | |
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| Origins (400-810) | |
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| An Arc of Splendid Roman Cities | |
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| Constantine the Great | |
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| Flight to the Lagoon | |
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| Rival Settlements | |
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| The Shift to Rivoaltus | |
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| New Beginnings (811-976) | |
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| Reflections of the New Doge | |
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| The Original San Marco Site | |
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| The Theft of Saint Mark | |
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| The Original Church of San Marco | |
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| The Construction Process | |
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| Threats to the Lagoon | |
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| The Revolt Against the Candiano Dynasty | |
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| Saint Mark's Basilica (976-1094) | |
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| The Aftermath of the Revolt | |
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| Architectural Recovery | |
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| Survival of the Relics | |
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| Factional Warfare | |
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| A Leader of Genius | |
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| Robert Guiscard and the Normans of Southern Italy | |
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| A Lingering Political Dilemma | |
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| The Third Church of San Marco | |
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| Architectural Dilemmas and Necessary Adjustments | |
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| The Miraculous Reappearance of the Relics | |
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| The Spirit of Justinian Art | |
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| Venice the Vanguard State | |
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| Medieval Florence | |
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| Medieval Rome | |
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| Venetian Exceptionalism | |
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| The Growth of Communal Government in Venice | |
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| Embellishing the Basilica Interior | |
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| Another Audacious Leap Into the Future | |
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| A World Stage (1095-1200) | |
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| Western Crusaders Arrive in Constantinople | |
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| The Collapsing Byzantine Alliance | |
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| Origins of the Medieval Piazza San Marco | |
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| Constantinople's Great Classical Square | |
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| Adapting the Byzantine Model | |
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| The Piazza Project in the Twelfth Century | |
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| Sailing for Byzantium (1201-1204) | |
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| A Contract with Venice | |
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| Stranded on the Lido | |
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| A Third Diversion | |
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| The Still Beating Heart of Antiquity | |
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| The First Assault | |
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| The Final Conquest | |
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| An Imperial Dream (1205-1280) | |
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| Dandolo's Achievement | |
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| A Wealth of Precious Stone | |
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| Completing the Medieval Piazza San Marco | |
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| The Role of the Procuracy of Saint Mark | |
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| Reconstructing the Basilica | |
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| The Use of Trophies | |
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| The Molo Pillars | |
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| The Basilica Entrance Mosaics | |
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| VIII A New Ducal Palace (1261-1348) | |
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| Venetian Fortunes in the East | |
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| The Venetian Political Constitution | |
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| Creation of the Council of Ten | |
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| The Ducal Palace | |
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| The Building Process | |
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| By the Skin of Her Teeth (1348-1423) | |
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| The Black Death | |
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| Filippo Calendario | |
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| The Fourth Genoese War | |
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| Venetian Recovery | |
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| Completion of the Ducal Palace | |
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| The Nature of the Architectural Achievement | |
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| A Shift to the Mainland and the Renaissance Revolution (1423-1501) | |
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| Warning From a Dying Doge | |
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| The Florentine Awakening | |
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| The Renaissance and the Venetian Response to It | |
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| A New Ceremonial Entrance to the Ducal Palace | |
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| Rebuilding the Eastern Wing of the Ducal Palace | |
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| The Clock Tower | |
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| Embattled Maturity (1502-1529) | |
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| Adopting Mainland Values | |
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| The Turkish Vise and Other Calamities | |
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| Psychological Transformation and Protective Coloration | |
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| Reconstructing the Campanile and the North Face of the Piazza | |
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| The Roman Renaissance Comes to Venice (1527-1607) | |
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| The Arrival of Jacopo Sansovino | |
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| The Marciana Library | |
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| Sansovino's Assimilation of the Assemblage Art Tradition | |
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| Beyond the Piazza | |
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| The Venetian Career of Andrea Palladio | |
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| Palladio's Successor | |
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| One of Her Finest Hours | |
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| Challenging a Fundamental Paradigm | |
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| Western Communal Art | |
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| The Rise of the Procuracy of Saint Mark | |
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| State Architectural Patronage in Venice | |
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| Joint Projects and Border Disputes | |
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| Procuratorial Misconduct | |
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| The Persistence of Communal Ideals | |
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| The Special Genius of Venice | |
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| A Vanguard State | |
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| A Rare Synthetic Talent | |
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| A Longstanding Bias | |
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| The Quality of Mind of the Venetian Patriciate | |
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| The Tangible Presence of the Past | |
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| An Apparent Enigma | |
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| Unbridled Egotism | |
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| Papal Vandalism | |
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| The Florentine Example | |
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| Culture and Politics | |
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| Notes | |
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| Index | |