Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations xi
4. Abbreviations xviii
5. Acknowledgments xx
6. Prologue xxiv
7. Plates xxviii
8. Introduction. The View as an Urban Portrait 1
9. I The View as a Printed Cartographic and Artistic Visualization
10. 1 The View of Venice in a Genealogy of City Views and Government Mapping 25
11. 2 A City as a World. Jacopo de’ Barbari’s View in 1500 40
12. 3 A Perspectival Investigation of Jacopo de’ Barbari’s View of Venice 50
13. 4 An Artist’s Address Book. Notes on Venice’s Artistic Geography 62
14. 5 Beyond Venice. At the Margins of the View 75
15. 6 Vessels of Political Communication 86
16. 7 Navigating the Business of Print in Venice with Jacopo de’ Barbari 96
17. 8 On the Collection History of the View’s Matrices 107
18. 9 The Graphic Inventions of Jacopo de’ Barbari 119
19. 10 Revisiting “lontani et altra fantaxia”. An Eyckian Perspective on Giovanni Bellini and Jacopo de’ Barbari 136
20. 11 Jacopo de’ Barbari, a Wandering Court Artist in the North. Changing Perspectives on His Role in Northern Renaissance Art 150
21. II The View as a Reflection of Venice and Venetian Life
22. 12 Toward the Perfect City Urban Development in the Quattrocento 163
23. 13 The Wellhead as an Amenity of Venetian Urban Space 176
24. 14 Hidden in Plain Sight (and Hearing) Venetian Bells and Their Towers 189
25. 15 Santa Lucia and Corpus Domini at the Turn of the Sixteenth Century. The View and Urban Patterns 199
26. 16 Monastic and Convent Life as a City Phenomenon 212
27. 17 Gendered Space(s) and the View 226
28. 18 Wifely Mobility in Renaissance Venice 238
29. 19 Two Palaces, a Chapel, and an Art Collection on the Grand Canal. The World of Domenico di Piero in Jacopo de’ Barbari’s View of Venice 250
30. 20 Luxury Goods in Jacopo de’ Barbari’s Venice 260
31. 21 “Both by Sea and Land”. Venetian Trade and Retail in the View 273
32. 22 Imagining Social and Political Relations in the View. From Piazza San Marco to Murano 284
33. 23 Cosmopolitanism in Venice and State Strategies 295
34. Epilogue 307
35. Appendix 1. The View and Its Relevance Today. Venice Then and Now 315
36. Appendix 2. Anton Kolb’s Copyright Permission and Export License Request for the View of Venice 336
37. Appendix 3. Will of Anton Kolb, October 12, 1541 338
38. Bibliography 341
39. Contributors 381
40. Index 391
41. Image Credits 409