This delightful volume surveys the rich visual record of sirens and mermaids in Venetian art of the Renaissance. The lengthy prologue gives a history of the artistic theme, detailing its
origins in Greek mythology and variations in the Middle Ages. The Venetian works are grouped into themes and media, including manuscript illumination, tomb sculpture, triumphal imagery, and
decorative works. Heavily illustrated with b&w plates throughout the text and concluding with a section of color plates, all of superb quality, the volume is impressive for its scope,
presenting a thorough guide to the production of arts in all their forms in the extraordinarily rich milieu of late 15th and 16th-century Venice. Distributed in North America by The David Brown
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