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The Likeness of Venice A Life of Doge Francesco Foscari ~ Immortalized in later centuries in works by Lord Byron Giuseppe Verdi Eugène Delacroix and others Francesco Foscari reigned as the powerful doge of Venice during tumultuous years from 1423 to 1457
The Likeness of Venice A Life of Doge Francesco Foscari ~ In The Likeness of Venice this is a central theme Romano raises the issue first in his preface where he discusses his choice of title ‘The Likeness of Venice’ In a debate held in July 1447 the Venetian Council of Ten described the doge Francesco Foscari as ‘that Imago which represents the government dominium of the Venetians … and by whose means the entire government of our state is administered’
Dennis Romano The Likeness of Venice A Life of Doge ~ Francesco Foscari is among the handful of Venetian doges whose name is still remembered Lord Byrons play “The Two Foscari” and Giuseppe Verdis opera “I due Foscari” made the tragedy of the doge and his son Jacopo known to a wider audience as have canvases by nineteenthcentury Romantic painters
The likeness of Venice a life of Doge Francesco Foscari ~ The likeness of Venice a life of Doge Francesco Foscari 13731457 Dennis Romano Immortalized in later centuries in works by Lord Byron Giuseppe Verdi Eugene Delacroix and others Francesco Foscari reigned as the powerful doge of Venice during tumultuous years from 1423 Your Web browser is not enabled for JavaScript
Project MUSE The Likeness of Venice A Life of Doge ~ Rarely do books live up to their enthusiastic dustjacket endorsements but Dennis Romano’s learned detailed and sophisticated study of the life and rule of Doge Francesco Foscari is an exception Touted as “the best book ever written about Venetian politics and political culture” The Likeness of Venice is certainly that It is also the best biography ever of a Venetian doge and a subtle investigation of intersection of high politics family ambition and artistic production in
Francesco Foscari doge of Venice Britannica ~ Francesco Foscari born c 1373—died October 31November 1 1457 Venice Italy doge of Venice who led the city in a long and ruinous series of wars against Milan His life story is the subject of the tragedy The Two Foscari by Lord Byron and of an opera by Giuseppe Verdi
The Likeness of Venice A Life of Doge Francesco Foscari ~ The Likeness of Venice A Life of Doge Francesco Foscari 13731457 by Professor Dennis Romano Be the first to review this item Immortalized in later centuries in works by Lord Byron Giuseppe Verdi Eugene Delacroix and others Francesco Foscari reigned as the powerful
Francesco Foscari Wikipedia ~ Francesco Foscari 19 June 1373 – 1 November 1457 was the 65th Doge of the Republic of Venice from 1423 to 1457 His reign the longest of all Doges in Venetian history lasted 34 years 6 months and 8 days and coincided with the inception of the Italian Renaissance citation needed
Foscari Wikipedia ~ The family reached its apogee under Francesco Foscari Doge of Venice from 1423 to 1457 when he was forced to abdicate by the Council of Ten Francesco Foscaris dogeship was marked by Venices expansion in the terraferma and its wars with the Duchy of Milan but also by the increasingly autocratic rule of the Doge and the trials and exile of his son Jacopo Foscari for bribery and corruption
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