Venice: lion city Book

	Key to Brief Citations	9
	Introduction: Athens of the Renaissance	11
Part 1	Imperial Disciplines	25
Chapter 1	Contract with Mark	27
Chapter 2	Declarations of Independence	37
Chapter 3	The Lion's Wings	47
Chapter 4	The Lion's Tread	61
Chapter 5	Disciplines of Time	73
Chapter 6	Disciplines of Work	85
Part 2	Imperial Personnel	93
Chapter 7	Doge	95
Chapter 8	Patricians (Nobili)	111
Chapter 9	Notables (Cittadini)	123
Chapter 10	Golden Youth	135
Chapter 11	Commoners (Popolani)	149
Chapter 12	Women	157
Chapter 13	Artists	169
Chapter 14	Outsiders	181
Part 3	Imperial Piety	193
Chapter 15	Christ's Blood	195
Chapter 16	Christ's Cross	207
Chapter 17	Venetian Annunciations	215
Chapter 18	The Vulnerable Mary	225
Chapter 19	Mark: The Relic	235
Chapter 20	Mark: The Life	247
Chapter 21	War Saints: George and Theodore	253
Chapter 22	Plague Saints	263
Chapter 23	The Other Lion: Jerome's	271
Part 4	Imperial Learning	283
Chapter 24	Franciscan Learning	285
Chapter 25	Dominican Learning	297
Chapter 26	Book Learning	305
Chapter 27	Learned Architecture: Codussi	315
Chapter 28	Learned Architecture: Sansovino, Palladio	325
Chapter 29	Learned Sculpture	335
Chapter 30	Learned Politics	341
Chapter 31	Learned History	357
	Epilogue: A Farewell to Empire	367
	Notes	373
	Some Leading Dates	399
	Acknowledgments	401
	Index	402
	Photo Credits	416