Item Number: 149386 Title: Treviso urbs picta : frescoed facades of the city from the 13th to the 21st century : knowledge and future of a common good Author: Riscica, Rossella ; Chiara Voltarel (eds) Price: Not Available ISBN: 9788884350473 Description: Treviso-Crocetta del Montello: Fondazione Benetton studi ricerche, Antiga edizioni, 2018. 31cm., hardcover, 206pp., 244 color illus. English edition. Contents: Lionello Puppi, "Urbs picta"- some meek instructions for use ; Andrea Bellieni, Treviso, from the medieval towards the modern- urban evolution and architecture between the 15th and 18th centuries ; Chiara Voltarel, Treviso frescoed over the centuries- colours, decorative types, historic and artistic subjects ; Rossella Riscica, Frescoed facades between deterioration and conservation. History and modernity ; Massimo Rossi, Historic geography of Treviso's urbs picta. From the city guides to the map of the painted buildings ; Treviso, contemporary images of a painted city, photographs by Arcangelo Piai and Corrado Piccoli ; Chiara Voltarel, An open-air art gallery- works and artists ; Chiara Voltarel, From the first decorations with friezes to the modular motifs of the "fabrics" ; Chiara Voltarel, Heraldic decorations ; Rossella Riscica, Plaster, fresco and wall decorations- some notes on the techniques ; Afterword, by Eugenio Manzato ; Treviso urbs picta- from the project to the publication of a study, by Patrizia Boschiero. ; General bibliography, List of the 475 extant frescoed buildings, List of the 139 no longer existing frescoed buildings, List of tables, References to the illustrations, Index of names and places.
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