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Myths of Venice: The Figuration of a State (Bettie Allison Rand Lectures in Art History (Paperback)) (Updated Edition) by Professor David Rosand Paperback, 216 Pages, Published 2005 ISBN-10: 0-8078-5663-0 / 0807856630 ISBN-13: 978-0-8078-5663-5 / 9780807856635 Over the course of several centuries, Venice fashioned and refined a portrait of itself that responded to and exploited historical circumstance. Never conquered and taking its enduring independence as a sign of divine favor, free of civil strife and proud of its internal stability, Venice broadcast |