Belle Époque Venice
Site Visits
- The Fortuny Factory, the Molino Stucky, and Sacca FisolaLink opens in a new window
- The Lido (the Grande Albergo Ausonia & Hungaria; the Liberty Villa Romanelli and Villa dei Padri Armeni; the Grand Hotel des Bains; the Palazzo del Casinò; and the Palazzo del Cinema)Link opens in a new window
Seminar Questions
- How valid were Filippo Tommaso Marinetti's critiques of Venice?
- What factors shaped contemporary representations of Venice between 1900 and 1914?
Core Reading
NB Each of you should read Bosworth AND Marinetti. Each of you should also read EITHER Mann OR Proust.
- Bosworth, R.J.B., "Chapter 3: Venice in the Belle Époque" in Italian Venice: A HistoryLink opens in a new window (New Haven, 2015)
- Marinetti, Filippo Tommaso, "Against Past-loving Venice" and "Marinetti's Futurist Speech to the Venetians" in Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Selected Writings (London, 1972).
- Mann, Thomas, "Chapter 5" in Death in VeniceLink opens in a new window, trans. Michael Henry Heim (New York, 2004)
- Proust, Marcel, "Chapter 3: Sojourn in Venice" in The Captive and the Fugitive: In Search of Lost TimeLink opens in a new window, ed. William C. Carter (New Haven, 2023)
Recommended Reading
See the Talis Reading List.Link opens in a new window
Electronic Resources
Death in VeniceLink opens in a new window. Directed by Luchino Visconti. Warner Brothers, 1971.
The History of MestreLink opens in a new window
The Inauguration of the Rebuilt Belltower of St Mark's, 25 April 1912Link opens in a new window (a short film)
The Lido, 1910