The Myth and the City
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Seminar Question
- How and why did the Myth of Venice evolve?
- What do contemporary textual and visual representations reveal about the city of Venice in the Renaissance?
Core Reading
You should each read all three of the following items:
- Chambers, David, and Brian Pullan (eds), Venice: A Documentary History 1450-1630 (Oxford, 1992; rept. Toronto, 2001), pp. 1-35. (pp. 4-21 have been scannedLink opens in a new window)
- Crouzet-Pavan, Elisabeth, 'Venice and its Surroundings', in Eric R. Dursteler (ed.), (Leiden, 2013), pp. 25-46. Brill e-book
- Toffolo, Sandra, Describing the City, Describing the State: Representations of Venice and the Venetian Terraferma in the Renaissance (Leiden, 2020). .
In addition, you should each choose and analyse one of the VISUAL sources listed here.
Recommended Further Reading
- Ammerman, Albert J., '', Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome 48 (2003), 141-158
- Hopkins, Andrew, 鈥�Architecture and Memory in VeniceLink opens in a new window鈥�, in J枚rg Oberste and Sabine Reichert (eds), Stadtgeschichte(n): Erinnerungskulturen der vormodernen Stadt (Regensburg: Verlag Schnell & Steiner, 2017), pp. 249-76.
- Muir, Edward, (Princeton, NJ, 1981), pp. 23-55.
- J', Art Bulletin 60.3 (1978), 425-74.
Indications for Further Reading
E-resources
- de' Barbari, Jacopo, , 1500Map of Venetian expansion on the TerrafermaLink opens in a new window
