Liberal Venice
Site Visit
The Fortuny Factory, the Molino Stucky, and Sacca FisolaLink opens in a new window
Seminar Questions
- "Venice was perceived not in terms of regeneration, modernity and progress, but of degeneration." (Sean Brady) Is this perception correct for the period between 1866 and 1900?
- What factors shaped contemporary representations of Venice between 1866 and 1900?
Core Reading
NB Each of you should read BOTH Bosworth AND Romano. Each of you should also read EITHER Hopkinson Smith OR James.
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Bosworth, R.J.B., "Chapter 2: The Lights and Shadows of Liberal Improvement in Venice, 1866鈥�1900" in (New Haven, 2015)
- Romano, Dennis, "Chapter 18 Italian Venice, 1866鈥�1920" in (New York, 2024)
- Hopkinson Smith, Francis, Gondola Days (Boston and New York, 1897) [Read and analyse the chapter ""]
- James, Henry "Venice" in (Boston, 1909) [This essay was first published in 1882]
Recommended Reading
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Electronic Resources
Monument to King Vittorio Emanuele II in the Piazzetta di San Marco, 1887