Venice Rediscovered
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1995
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-820501-2 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-820501-2 (ISBN)
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What are the origins of the modern passion for Venice? This study analyzes the appeal of Venice to novelists, historians and apostles of "culture", and in doing so reveals much about the development of Western sensibility.
How does a city become an icon? During the 200 years since its political extinction, the shabby relic of a despised tyranny has been transformed into a great modern cultural symbol by the work of such eminent Venetophiles as Ruskin, Proust, Mann, and Henry James. John Pemble shows how American and European outsiders developed an obsession with the idea of a dying city which must be preserved at all costs; how they reconstructed the imagery as well as the architecture of Venice, and how the Victorian need to restore was supplanted by a wish to conserve without altering the remains of this fragile inheritance. This engaging and novel interpretation links the transfiguration of Venice to social and intellectual changes in Europe and North America. Analysing the appeal of the city to novelists, historians, and apostles of `culture', the author demonstrates how changing perceptions of the city reveal much about the development of modern Western sensibility. This book is intended for readers of modern cultural history, historiography, visitors to Venice, and general readers with an interest in Italy.
How does a city become an icon? During the 200 years since its political extinction, the shabby relic of a despised tyranny has been transformed into a great modern cultural symbol by the work of such eminent Venetophiles as Ruskin, Proust, Mann, and Henry James. John Pemble shows how American and European outsiders developed an obsession with the idea of a dying city which must be preserved at all costs; how they reconstructed the imagery as well as the architecture of Venice, and how the Victorian need to restore was supplanted by a wish to conserve without altering the remains of this fragile inheritance. This engaging and novel interpretation links the transfiguration of Venice to social and intellectual changes in Europe and North America. Analysing the appeal of the city to novelists, historians, and apostles of `culture', the author demonstrates how changing perceptions of the city reveal much about the development of modern Western sensibility. This book is intended for readers of modern cultural history, historiography, visitors to Venice, and general readers with an interest in Italy.
About the Author John Pemble is a Reader in History at the University of Bristol. Educated at Cambridge, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Paris, he has travelled extensively. Pemble's last book, The Mediterranean Passion, won the Wolfson Literary Award for History.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 16.2.1995 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 16pp plates |
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 150 x 230 mm |
| Gewicht | 573 g |
| Themenwelt | Reiseführer ► Europa ► Italien |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-820501-5 / 0198205015 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-820501-2 / 9780198205012 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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