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Warwick writing
A VenetianMiscellany
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ConTenTs
04 nigl Thrift: Foreword
09 sua Batt FRsL: A Very Venetian Aair
15 Lui Burdua: Lunch on Expenses: Travelling Friars in the 14th Century Veneto
21 Humfry Buttr FRHs: Florence and Venice: A Tale of Two Cities
27 A Hallamr Caar:Americans Writing Venice:Edith Wharton and Henry James
33 Lady Frac Clark CBe: Venice in Peril
39 Jatha Davi FRHs: Goliardia Popular Graduation Festivities in Venice
43 Michal Hul:Writers Venice
47 sir Richard Lambrt: The Numbers Sound Terrible
51 Mari-Lui Lillywhit: Working Miracles: the Statue of the Madonna dellOrto
55 Paul Mar: We Felt the Spirit of the R enai ssance
59 Critia Maritti: Andemo bever unombra: the Venetian Dialect
63 Richard Parkr:Making Music in Venice
67 Lrdaa Plzzi:Sixteen Cats on One Tree
71 Carl Ruttr: Shakespeares Venice
77 sarah shalgky: The Venice Biennale
83 Margart shwrig ad Ri Mulry:A Venetian Evening at the Palazzo
89 nicla Whybrw: Performing Venice
95 A Venetian Feast
98 References
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A Venetian
Miscellany
Warwick in Venice
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profeSSor nigel thrift
foreWord
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...a prgramme nwrmly embedded in the Warwikrrilm and taght in rpermanent base in Venie, thePalazz Pesar Papafava.
Palazzo Pesaro Papafava; photo by Tim Ball
Students at work in the Palazzo Pesaro Papafava; photoby Tim Ball
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paas cs(John rUSKin, diAry entry for 8 MAy 1841)
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profeSSor SUSAn BASSnett frSl
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The city is not only a setting for the doomed love story of the
two protagonists ... it also assumes the role of a character,
and as the mood of Venice changes with the end of summer
and the onset of winter, so DAnnunzios extravagantly sensualdescriptions mirror the stages of the break-up of
the relationship.
Susan Bassnett FRSL has just retired from Warwick where she was
Professor of Comparative Literature and a former Pro-Vice-Chancellor.
She began her academic career in Italy, moving via the United States to
the University of Warwick. She is one of the leading gures and founding
scholars in the discipline of Translation Studies. She is author of over 20
books, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a council memberof the Academia Europaea. Her translation of DAnnunzios The Flame
appeared in 1991.
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Gabriele DAnnunzio Mary Evans Picture Library Eleonora Duse Mary Evans Picture Library
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profeSSor SUSAn BASSnett frSl
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dr loUiSe BoUrdUA
lUnCh on expenSeS
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The mendicant friars were some of the greatest travellers of
the later Middle Ages. The purposes of their journeys ranged
from the spiritual to the relatively mundane such as acting as
testamentary executors to full the posthumous wishes of thedeceased. This article explores the journeys in the Veneto of two
fourteenth century friars, Pace da Lugo and Tomaso da Camerino,
as the executors of the will of a Venetian nobleman accused of
trying (and failing) to poison Pope John XXII.
Dr Louise Bourdua is Reader in the Department of History of Art and
regularly teaches on the Venice Term. Her research has focused on the
artistic patronage and iconography of mendicant orders in late medieval/
early Renaissance Italy. She is currently exploring the production ofart in Padua over the hundred years on either side of the Black Death.
Louises book The Franciscans and Art Patronage in Late Medieval Italy
(Cambridge, 2004) contains more information about Brother Pace da
Lugo and his artistic commission.
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Opposite: Death and the Mendicant Friar by Hans Holbein
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dr hUMfrey BUtterS frhS
florenCe And VeniCe: A tAle of tWo CitieS
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One signal feature of northern and central Italy in the period
1100 to 1600 was the revival of the city state. A second
unusual characteristic of that part of Italy was the scale and
sophistication of the economic undertakings of its principalcities which marked an early stage in the development of
commercial capitalism. Of this interesting class Florence and
Venice were exceptional members.
Dr Humfrey Butters FRHS is a Reader in Warwicks Department of History
and co-ordinator of the Venice Programme for third year history students.
His research interests lie in the political history of Florence during its
last 50 years as a republic (1480-1530); the writings of Machiavelli,
and public law and the state in Italy, 1100-1300. He was one of aninternational group of scholars working to produce a complete edition,
with historical commentary, of the correspondence of Lorenzo de Medici.
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Opposite: The lions of Florence (left) and Venice (right)
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Brunelleschi's cupola for Florence cathedral, Santa Maria del Fiore; photo by Jebulon
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The Church of the Rendentore by Palladio; photo by Norbert Nagel
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It is the novel, above all the nineteenth and early twentieth
century novel, that communicates a sense of place more
powerfully than any other written medium. But why do writers
choose one place in preference to another? In other novels byWharton and James we nd ourselves in London, New York,
Boston, Rome, Paris. What leads to the choice of Venice? What
are the particular associations of a location that contribute to
the narrative as a whole? How is late-nineteenth century Venice
a city of decline and decay deployed in their writing?
Ann Hallamore Caesar is the Universitys Pro-Vice-Chancellor for
Teaching and Student Experience. She is also a professor in the
Department of Italian. Her research interests centre on the literary andcultural history of the novel in Italy. In particular, she is interested in
the rise of a female reading public and the development of the domestic
novel in Italy in the period immediately after unication. Professor Caesar
is also exploring the emergence of an Italian novel of entertainment in
eighteenth century Venice.
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AMeriCAnS Writing VeniCe: edith WhArton And henry JAMeS
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Opposite: American novelists Edith Wharton and Henry James Mary Evans Picture Library
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in a fine ccasu ca Vc au, t ta u a was ms a cs av ws pas asBaac, l dcks, dub Jc, a ts Svv Vc s. h abus s ac a s m v cam a v m w Vc was c. hwv, umbs wsw av aw sa m a w abu Vc a ma, mpus a tmas Ma u m cm ws suc as Mcadb a da l.
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a c Mus C ss cu csum,sac m s a asus cu Vc bda bu b na.
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Fashionable Venice in the 1920s the setting for Edith Whartons novel, The Children Mary Evans Picture Library
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m ab yak. f Jams, Vc was av a acuawu assca w a a a v cs , Csacfm Ws, k s b w s m ww aaa ss bw.
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profeSSor Ann CAeSAr
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AMeriCAnS Writing VeniCe: edith WhArton And henry JAMeS
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h Jams s a w s a wa masss abu Vcs cu bw a u. t s as a ua aw w ca w cw s a vcssu as u a cm m s w waks as usk uu, w ss v wa u. t ac as caac a mms ccv aam, wc paa Sa Mac s msam c ... As u s u a was a caas caas assum mac a sa, m a sam a, a Va us, mv a ... sk u
as mmbs a ss amac u.h Jams cmm av s ssa abu h Baac
a w sm as s c s as ma as vs s awas a ca bw s a ac. i was a c, b e Wa a h JamsVc was jus a eua c, a back a s. isa saccu, wawas a v qua bcm vc as quss abu a a, ma a s, a, ba mw w w, ca, va a ma.
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lAdy frAnCeS ClArKe CBe
VeniCe in peril
A Venetian Misellan y
Since the early 1970s VIP [Venice in Peril] has undertaken
a programme to adopt projects on the waiting list of the
Superintendencies, whether these involved buildings, sculptures
or paintings of high aesthetic value, or work considered worthyof scholarly or scientic investigation all located in Venice and
on the islands of the Lagoon.
Lady Frances Clarke CBE is Co-President of Venice in Peril, which she
founded with her late husband, Sir Ashley Clarke. She was awarded the
CBE in 2000, in recognition of her work for Venetian culture. In 2010
she was named Ambassador for the culture of the Veneto region, and
was made a member of the Istituto Veneto. In 2007 she was proclaimed
Venetian of the Year by the Settemari Association. Lady Clarke has anhonorary DLitt from the University of Warwick, and is a member of
Warwicks Venice Advisory Board.
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the existence of Wawck Vc pamm s back
sc s fc a Vc 4 nvmb 1966 wcaumas b cs, bu was a w vs -mcs. t amac tV cumas b fac z c, v, vasa fc ubcs aa aaauc b iaa gvm u UneSCo, wc Bsvm s b ask s m ambassa rm, S AsCak, s u a Aa. ts was csu 5 nvmb 1966 as iaa A a Acvs rscu fu (iAArf). is cmm scca
cu s a csva m Bs lba, sc a majvcm A vw s baks was Sa Acvs. n iaa am, bu a vua aa am sus, sss acs, cu ma Bs, a aa , suc ac a a w as f aus w ab v aaks w s, a Amca asssac m CriA(Cmm rscu iaa A), a ss iAArfs .
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A s Va Su Wks A, d.facsc Vacav, cam m us fc, mak a cas asma av b auc Vc, w was a aa , a u wa s w ju b cma ca.A csua w iAArf Cmm, was a ssv f a, as su us a w b uss, Vc p fu, csu 1971. Vc p (Vip) sa mmb Assca pva Cmms Saua Vca amwk UneSCo ra Buau Scc a
euca eu, sabs Vc 1976.t s maj jc uak b Vip, ws as a awas
ca u w ca savs Ms B Cuua,was a cuc Maa o. Sua Caa, w s scv cama mas fam nuv as va aacs m la, s cucwas a am b rusk. i 1966, wv, aa was b vss, s s b ts as cuc, c b sa as cac a m a s, w mu v
ac sacs. VipS cmmm csva scuc, awas caba w Sus Mums aWks A, as ccu w sa Baa a.t cuc s w a ccu cucs uu am b Cus oasa, w av aa a sma musum u b w c k w Vip.
fm Caa dsu, w Vip k u aa m Suc Mums ack bm cuc Sa nc Mc a wa was a m
ws aac c m la. nw aa s b mam Sa Bas, w s ua s gc, aa acs cas qu cus s mv swa gucca Caa.
t k a w Va mab Sa nc was ak u aam-, w sv w us su ss as a au cuc, a c a sw Sncas , w a s u as 1972 1977. Aa, aaa c a aqu, bu b a m sus c,
a b bu c a aca sc vs,v b vm m Cc c ac a va aa c acs Vc Uvs Accu.
Sc a 1970s Vip as uak a amm a jcs wa s Sucs, w s vvbus, scuus as asc vau, wk csw sca scc vsa a ca Vc a
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Armstrong Mitchells crane for the Italian navy, built in 1866 Venice in Peril
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sas la.A maj jc was
tc, w aa cmms
j Vip cabaw Suca Cua paaca m a csa vas as msacs
Ws Wa a as Basca Saa Maa Assua. o cm sa SaMc isa, Vip, wa maj a m Mp B, uk cu sucua jc csa cua
a Caaema a mumaca aac cuc ws uasa csa a b was as vaass wa Mua,Bua a tc. Sc cuc s as u a maj sa 2010, ac b
Muca, Caa ema as b us va cmas, sc s a cmaum sa. t s as ra evac, a sca aa ams b Aca, luaa Vasa cucs Vc, ca avs a mums umus sca us w v , b cac, Vc,c ma aas w s . ts buau, w s sc avs a vab css s, s cu subjc a jc am bw Muca a psa cmmus v s csva a maac a
ma bass.Cu Vip jcs, subjc u aca ssbs, cu
m c mum Cava cuc fa, su m a m s am wc as caus suac mab us a v bck am sca.Aass b Suc Mums, a b s m pauaa awa b a cs s ma cssa ac.
lAdy frAnCeS ClArKe CBe
VeniCe in peril
A Venetian Misellan y
Monument to Antonio Canova in the church of Santa MariaGloriosa dei Frari; photo by Matthew Clemente
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Bu cu u ma s sva uqu aucca bu iaa av 1886 b Ams Mc nwcas-u-t, a s ma bas Asa, u us. fm umbs wc w a v w bAmss, s suvv am a acua m. iscsva, wc qus a csab aca cmmm b Vip,wu b a wss c a a wc cas sc acvms Asa vus cus.
Vip s u b pss J ha, fu pss
hs a Wawck, a us ws acamc scasa Vas, csa b s acca as w as maav aac c bms Vc, was vauab. t fu, as w as Uvs Wawck, as b mmasuab m cmmm s succss, a pss Mca Ma, cu Wawckamm Vc. i s amm w a, vacca caba w Uvs Ca fsca u as s amc rc, pss Caa.
Sc as 1966 mc, Vc as ca mmasuab,
as bcaus us ua Ms wc s, cus, w s Vc Muca. t uvss b Cafsca a Uvs Accu a a va, v smmscvsa, sa as, wc i Wawck w a asca a.
Warwicks Founding Professor of History, Sir John Hale, originally intended
his undergraduate Italian programme to take place in Florence. However, the
oods, severely damaging libraries and archives, forced him to think again. Inthe aftermath of the oods, a campaign was launched in Venice to welcome
foreign students to the city. In the light of this potential support, and with the
offer of teaching space in the Palazzo Brandolini, Sir John changed his venue
and the rest, as they say, is history.
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dr JonAthAn dAVieS frhS
goliArdiA
A Venetian Misellan y
Visitors to Venice during the winter months are often bemused
by the many unruly degree festivities which are held in the area
around the university faculties, especially Calle Larga Foscari,
Campiello dei Squellini, and Campo Santa Margherita. Thesefestivities belong to a tradition dating back to the earliest
universities. To an extent, todays graduates are descendants
of the goliards, poor clerical students who rst appeared at
universities across Europe in the twelfth century.
Dr Jonathan Davies FRHS is a Senior Lecturer in the History Department
and regularly teaches on the Venice Programme. His research centres on
the history of the Italian states, especially Tuscany, between 1350 and
1600, focussing particularly on universities. Currently, he is concentratingon the study of violence in early modern Europe, again using students and
professors as a focus.
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Sixteenth century Italian students Mary Evans Picture Library
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dr JonAthAn dAVieS frhS
goliArdiA
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ByJonAthAn dAVieS frhS
Visitors to Venice u w ms a bmus b ma uu svs wc a aa au uvs acus, sca Ca laa fsca, Cam Squ,a Cam Saa Maa. Suu b am a s, aua s usua ss uwa. t a c a manifest di larea papir, a a bsc m wcscbs , bavu, a ama mac. As a, aua mus k w ac a subm
aks s, w w s, u, , kcu, acum w, sav am. t aua k, bs qua wa smms as. A svs, saua us u ss a ba w a v m ac.As u, aua us u jss m s w sa bsc s b d, ... A svs, aua s ca u, us wa m a ab ua,
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a mas aua aas was acss c. lcass a awas as b svs, wc ca av ss a squas as.Bu a j b uss asw as b auas am as.
ts svs b a
a a back asuvss. t a , asauas a scas
as, cca sus ws aa a uvss acsseu w cu. ov usuvs, a m m, s sus u asus u. lv, k, a ams a subjcs umus msa ss w b as, wc ms amus a carmina
Brana, wc m Ca os caaa. t ms as cac ccsm mva cuc a as wu ak assasm Mass a aa m saca uss. t bavu wasus a Uvs pas cma k fac a
pss a cks... ac c ss as wm... swa ss. t a back u a aa s, w cbas sa Mass. t a c aa. t cs w sk smkm ss ss. t u a a uu cuc,wu a bus w sam. fa v abu w
a s as sabb caas a cas, a us au ws a bsas amus macs, w csus a w scuus a ucas ws.
Usus cuc s s s ca m wa 1289 a cks sa b jus, as bus.
Au a aa a , s s cu. ica b s a s wc w a au su uvss a mva a a m eu, w smawas c qu v s caus, ams,
w su a. A pava a w sus au s ava v s cs s a a a- ppillagine, wccms cua vas s m a ccasa as k. A b acamc a sus sac Sa w qu a a a a w s. t a a k w accma b jks, aks, a c bsc . Sus a Sa as aca a
dr JonAthAn dAVieS frhS
goliArdiA
A Venetian Misellan y
Two hats symbolising the Goliardia; photo byrinina25 and Twice 25
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serra. i was usua a b Cava mask sus wak u ss Sa cc m a svs.As w, c sa! sa! (su! su!). ts ac cusm su ss a w css u a b a sus. t serra 1565 v a maj bw sus a as cv Sa As. twm w k a ma s w ju. Subsqu sacs serra w aa bu w s uu. f am, 1584 sus ss u as cs a ask as Sa sam
uc. t serra 1590 cu a ca wc Mu Vuwas s. A Mu was a m a ca acam .
W aa was vv iaa sas cu was k w c mvm, rsm. psssa sus wu m cas cu fa
Vc. os as wsabs wc vvmacua as w as awa papir. tss w suss b fascss bu s a WWa tw. i A 1946 d Ca fsca cv a m Vc as
ac s a ma iaa uvss. A fa s asam wc mvm:
Gliardia is ltre and intelligene.
It is the lve f freedm and the nderstanding f nes sial respnsibilities withrespet t nes shl tday and nes prfessin tmrrw;
it is the veneratin f the spirit whih prdes a partilar way f nderstanding life in
the light f an abslte freedm t ritiise men and instittins, witht any prejdie;it is nally the veneratin f the very anient traditins whih will arry thrght thewrld the name f r free niversities.
ta a - ac s a iaa uvss,cu Vcs Sssmus gacus o pcs, Ms Sgac o p.
dr JonAthAn dAVieS frhS
goliArdiA
A Venetian Misellan y
Caff Florian; photo by Jeanne Boleyn
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MiChAel hUlSe
WriterS VeniCe
A Venetian Misellan y
The Wings of the Dove, Death in Venice, Dont Look Now and other
modern treatments have perhaps conditioned us to expect the
Venice of writers to be doom-laden. The imperilled state of the
city has been familiar for a very long time indeed, and the useof Venice as an emblem of fragility, decay and death has surely
become a clich.
Michael Hulse is a poet and translator, and teaches in the Warwick
Writing Programme. He has won many awards for his poetry including
rst prize in the National Poetry Competition. At Warwick, he
co-founded the Hippocrates Prize for a poem on a medical subject
(www.hippocrates-poetry.org), and this is a continuing area of research.
Michaels most recent publications include The Secret History (poems,Arc, 2009), The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge (translation of Rilkes
novel, Penguin Classics, 2009) and The Twentieth Century in Poetry,
an anthology co-edited with Simon Rae (Random House / Ebury Press,
2011). For further information, see www.contemporarywriters.com
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Above: photo by Sophie KandaouroffOpposite: Photo by Jon and Tina Reid; www.nomadicvision.com
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MiChAel hUlSe
WriterS VeniCe
A Venetian Misellan y
Ws VcBy MiChAel hUlSe
goethes father had bu back m s w ju ia am a a, wc ccasa aw s s a w. Vcwas iaa sas a g ms uu sa s, a w s a s a av, b ba w Ba, s ua su a : i was w, , ma Bk fa a a v a w- a Smb a 1786, i su s Vc s m.
The Wings f the Dve, Death in Venie, Dnt Lk Nw a mams av as c us c Vc ws b m-a. t m sa c as b ama a v m , a us Vc as a mbm a, ca aa as su bcm a cc. g, awas s , a s m. h usu s v aa w accu paa; bsv d a aua sv cmmma Ba
... s, w/s aavs c k as k a w
s as w sw .
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la; w a, a a a (wc u b a), a k a as a scuu; a ma aams a amus s bam, w ca vss b tass aAs w ms. ts as as a acua ac, bcausw B was Vc, as a, u cusm av, as s us childe Harlds Pilgrimage. t sm sw vss c maks as wsss c abauu a.
Bs Vc s bs savu Bepp, s squb- ss-asa
c Dn Jan. t as a mss, wk b s a s w, s ma aus w bsk scbs as k a c ca a ca a, cus, B s a u, a, W ca mak u wa u sa . Bepp s a m cava, a ss , as, ac, k, masqu, / A swc ma b a ask. B cbas ac, a s, asa, a ba as w as mm, a ms cava, a jcs s sa-b c [...] a as s caa.
tw cus a g, Bs asu s ws
macab a msus was mas Pinhi in Venie, a uusua,ba saw b Amca vs rb Cv. Vc s a sabb bubjw a a c, a caacsc sc cas a
Sa g Ma, w s sa cks, cabucua m, a sc-ca cama a s a [...], ss av a ac k a u w a cus ssuus am. A maa u assuus cus s amak Cvs w, a s s s Buss
MiChAel hUlSe
WriterS VeniCe
A Venetian Misellan y
Murano glass-blower; photo by Mex3
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sa vcabua (as a am Sama rus cas ). i cavs a css w Bsc, a C, a b a uw as w acs su b a acs bw s,uba asss Vc: M ucum! M ba! M s! M u a uus ucuus! fa s m ac! M sca, ,us, a a! M sk! M sua! gss.
Cvs bk avs Va s uu; cc as s a c vs s us-s Vc. Cmaw ca Vc as c w cu a v cuc,
a a aa as m s k, v awa as bw sm b umbss uss. hw a w a? BaMaamus fma bs aMua ass-bw a ass ca: gv bubb a mua bcam bak, w, vas,ama bua u, a mu , a s, bw cu bw. Wam
las Mabeth in Venie, a bk Va ms a s uusuacas ms w uama, bass s squc cuus ccumsac a Jamsi ( Vi) s a a vs
Mabeth d s a usa guw p.tw s w av w abu Vc av a sca ac m
acs. o , a nw zaa A Cuw, sus w
m Vc w w a a s ms scuss; a, sw m a J a avu saua za, ia savu as russa ss / a-sw u gucca as cam cs s u am macw.A, Ausaa rb ga, was m bs ma w Ka a ima Vc 2005. t m w us as a w bsb s ga Caa mas as a swas ck, a a bsvs aVc as su b s; s cuss scs mbs, aus w acs aa, s, w,
/ s a avs c k as k a w s asw sw ; a cas, Vc s a ass. i am b aa bu sass s bsva a mss s k a aua, rbs t Sc Vc sms m usa a ss c s a.
Fr a list f the wrks mentined r disssed here, please see page 98.
MiChAel hUlSe
WriterS VeniCe
A Venetian Misellan y
A ship on the Giudecca; photo by Joan Sol
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Sir riChArd lAMBert
the nUMBerS SoUnd terriBle
A Venetian Misellan y
Around 16.5 million tourists now visit Venice every year;
enormous cruise ships maritime skyscrapers dominate the
Giudecca canal; tacky mask shops abound. But you can still nd
the essence of the city if you stick to a few simple rules: avoidthe peak of the tourist season; dont plan on just a eeting visit;
dont feel you have to storm around to see all those beautiful
things that no-one can possibly afford to miss. Instead, pick
them off slowly one after the other, and revisit them when
necessary time and again. And on the way, you will nd wonders
that you have never heard of, and may not even rate a paragraph
in the guidebooks.
Sir Richard Lambert is Chancellor of the University of Warwick. Formerlyeditor of the Financial Times, he became Chairman of the Confederation
of British Industry the CBI in 2006. On his retirement from the CBI at
the end of 2010, he and his wife spent three months living in Venice and
just as Warwick students do during the Venice Term got to know the
city from an entirely different perspective.
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Sir riChArd lAMBert
the nUMBerS SoUnd terriBle
A Venetian Misellan y
t numbsSu tbBy Sir riChArd lAMBert
Back in the 1950s, a m a m uss a a wcm Vc: a ms c cu, u was 16.5 m as. o bus as u Cava, sac, a summ aa au S Maks ca u a vas uma ac jam,a ac s m k a ba saum a la Sssma.
M a m ms a b v v b a bakas, a va m aacs ga Caa a b cv s vu c accmma css. Bcaus s as
us a c jbs maa, umb ma ss sc c as b sk a a aam a, w m a ak v 170,000 1950s sm k 60,000 ss a.
ts vab as a a mac caac ac. evm u vs, sms, a avu c as cs w a bu a ack mask s. A s a a a s wu s caks a a w css As savu.
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Sir riChArd lAMBert
the nUMBerS SoUnd terriBle
A Venetian Misellan y
t a u cas cm s v a, a s s
wws a m k b u acka s a a kmus a sm a cam u v a m.
Ws a, as, a mus cus ss wc aa u bu k Basa gaacca, a w v wucucs gucca a sw w was l. o wa, s uss a umbs, w sm s mucm a ca b av a u b sju c.
ev ms acc bsvs w a sm a Sa sk ck auc a wu sac cus s a u
smk c s sa b Sa g Ma.Bu s a s, c smw a as caac a
as awas a cam a ca. S Maks Squa ma b sub a avs as, a mask ss ma av sa a u m c a v as a. Bu u av a scv a s mas ms bauu c w. Aa abu 10m, w a s av m a uss avmv , u s av v a as ac m ss us.
t mssa s w wa scv vs mac
ac s sm. Av ak us sas, w s ca v jamm a sck. A a jus a vs.
i u a jus a a w a kw u wa au vw, cacs a a u w s b s a w ams vs. tw wks a b a , a a m s b s. i u aa v uck, a ca maa sa ms, u jusabu bs v.
Go out of your way to nd that lovely cake shop; photo by Deror avi
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Sir riChArd lAMBert
the nUMBerS SoUnd terriBle
A Venetian Misellan y
A leisurely cappuccino in the Campo San Stefano; photo by Tina L. Vierra
t s ma cuc uv b vs suc cs: a as Vc, s aa mw, wk. d am a m b uv aka s w za, a a a su caucc Cam SaSa. A s, u u wa a v cak s uvb abu: aks a , bu s ss.
d u av sm au s a s bauu s a- ca ssb a mss. isa, ck m sw a , a vs m w cssa m a aa. A wa,
u w ws a u av v a , a ma v a aaaa ubks.
t Uvs Wawck as a a Vc m a as, a s a ma aw a b caus s ac a s u-m bas, paa psa paaava. dw a v mssv a a aac a as back cu; a ac a a ks k sm u a Vsc mv; u sas pian nbile a ba s su vw u v Caa a Msca as as s wa u a.
hs s a au u, a s jus mask ss a su a v wa awa: s , cus, s Cv. ts uasus w av s as bas auum m a scv Vc a s cs ms s vss. As a ac scas, scuss, jus sm s au, s qu sm a au s w.
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MArie-loUiSe lillyWhite
WorKing MirACleS: the StAtUe of the MAdonnA dellorto
A Venetian Misellan y
The statue of the Madonna dellOrto was created by the
stonemason Giovanni de Santi, son of the masterful Andriolo
de Santi, for the prior of Santa Maria Formosa. When the prior
refused to pay for the sculpture, nding it crude and unsightly,the frustrated Giovanni abandoned it to suffer the elements in
the garden of his house in the parish of Santa Fosca. Giovannis
observant wife noticed strange noises coming from the statue
at night, followed by shafts of bright light emanating from the
Madonna's head. The work quickly became the subject of
intense veneration.
Marie-Louise Lillywhite achieved rst class honours in her BA in Art
History at Warwick and was awarded a distinction in her MA in Venetianart history and architecture. She has remained at Warwick to work on
her PhD, which investigates the effects of the Council of Trent and the
Counter-Reformation on the visual culture of Venice during the late
sixteenth century.
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Opposite: The statue of Madonna dellOrto; photo by Valendur
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Maa o
MArie-loUiSe lillyWhite
WorKing MirACleS: the StAtUe of the MAdonnA dellorto
A Venetian Misellan y
By MArie-loUiSe lillyWhite
one of the ms bauu a Vcs cucs a sua cs Wawcks c Vc, paa psa paaava, cuc Maa o s usua mmb s mssv aca a a-sca wks b Jac t. y sau V s ca Sa Mau s k usa am bu, Maa oca, bu as au mac-wk
mas u cu Vc.i bcam s cuc Maa o ws cm
a ssa m MA Va a s a accu w WawckUvs. du auum m wc s s v a acasss Vc, i c cca sau V Maa o wc i u b v c as a subjc, s saa mac as bjc c k am cuc.
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As a vs cuc w kw, Maa o s bv bam a a mac-wk ma Maa wc was u aab ca u cu. y sau was , as wu av , u a ca, bu was ac ca b smasgva Sa, s masu A Sa, Saa Maa fmsa. W us a scuu, cu a us, usa gva aba su ms a s us as Saa fsca. gvasbsva w c sa ss cm m sau a ,
w b sas b maa m Maa's a. twk quck bcam subjc s va a Bs Cas, au a a cu m v, av gva a umaum a cmmuca. h cu mv sau s s us,w wu b vsb ubc, cu cm a amw a cuc wc m b s ucas sau.
o ca ma gvas a sus w as ucav aca us wc m b a m sa sMaa. h v a a baa w bs huma o,
w ccu s s-a cuc, v cs gvasw us. i ca s scuu ma am u a ucas, a Mass sa s su v a ua s a a b bu a aa, scuu s ca. Ws as w a b m a w quss, av sucs a wk as aa Ca, Scua, Mcas, w a cb av b Cuc t a w ccu bu aj cuc. tus, Scua, wc gva was a mmb, cam b
cab k a scuu Maa 'o a huma sc Vc.
M ccs v bau qua sau wu avb va b Scua a huma o w wuav b cscus bs a w a mac-wk macu bsw u m. f c m Scua was a cac msa s wa, s a . f Bs aswc wu b va v a aca mv a wu a as us bu wk b mas a cuc. tus,
was Scua w a scuu 3 Auus 1377, cs a as sv u cuc v ssb wa a c acqu sau. t, acqus sau Sa vs a s am w scu a us swk muua b b as.
fa, b cuc huma a Scua w aca Sa Cs, a usc ma a s
MArie-loUiSe lillyWhite
WorKing MirACleS: the StAtUe of the MAdonnA dellorto
A Venetian Misellan y
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ca Va ( acm S t S Mak as uasa c b ms sa am), a cawas v m a bcam kw as Maa o u sau a s suvvs a. Ca v va bau, cu cs maks a u w s avMaa av aa, s s sau msas a swas v ma Vas. W kw, am, a s was
ca w cus jws a ss s amasks a sks.Ws ws suc cu mas s aa cua, c a v uma s a ma aac v.gva Sas s Maa msas w suc wks cus v a u va w a cmmu a sau sa a am k mac-wk mas a wu bcmcas va w cus.
The church of Madonna dellOrto; photo by Nino Barbieri
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pAUl MAnSer
We felt the Spirit of the renAiSSAnCe
A Venetian Misellan y
Paul Manser was one of the rst Warwick students to experience
what is still a unique feature of our undergraduate education
the Venice Term. At a time when regular and affordable
international travel was still in its infancy, the luxury of threemonths abroad was almost unimaginable. The gift of this course
was to transport us to live amongst the history, the art, the
culture of Venice which we were studying: the idea was both
inspired and inspirational.
Paul Manser studied history at Warwick from 1969 to 1972. He has had a
distinguished career in law and has continued to support the University:
he has served on Warwicks Arts Faculty Board and is currently a member
of the Venice Advisory Board. His wife, Lindy, is also a Warwick graduate,with a BA in French Studies (1969-72).
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Opposite: Venice in 1970; photo by H Grobe
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W f S rassac
pAUl MAnSer
We felt the Spirit of the renAiSSAnCe
A Venetian Misellan y
By pAUl MAnSer
i commenced my s sus a Wawck 1969, av b sucb s uqu s , a m Vc. A a m w ua aaab aa av was s s ac, uu ms aba was ams umaab. t s cus was as us v ams s, a, cuu Vcwc w w su: a was b s a saa. B
a w su a paa Ba vk ga Caa. B w w ss a wk ams, as a sma sacss c a l. i was bas Caa, a Ca o, a ca Va : a aw, ac, cumb, a cma was wu! t sa accmma, as cacc cma, wu av a b s. Sa daa, a s,ccc a svs, was u aa a m jm
a aw, ac, cumb,a c ma
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was a a am b us a w, s ack cas ac sss. W w uck cs a sca acks. tVc m ma Uvs a csa sa a w a sucs bks a acamc csss, bu as suab
s 30 us sus ac a. nwsa, Wawck, kSa daa, awas cam u ums.
o auab uss v Vc as a s su was c m a jus cua. o u waks v m paa Ba, w w suu b a accu, a, su a a au Vc. W s rassac. da, w css Accama B, avs squasa sau w as. W saw cumb bau a v vm smas a aa. W saw a Vc
aw m s was am as ga Caa. Wc js a m ca v, sa a a cba a as auc iaa ssss.
ou a cs cu bu sks, s, acqua aa a va. W w as uss. W k avaa cuua s b vs umus cucs, musums aas, cu Accama (w w saw mascs b B,
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The Palazzo Brandolini: Warwicks rst teaching base in Venice
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g, t a ta) as w as m a cc p gum.W wak, w w ab j m as Vc jus va. W m w ms ac, ss a ca busssm,a a sam m s, cw caaa ba. W u sv usa scus cus, bu w aca
ca usa a , ukw, ava ssm.
W as su. ts was a as ab UK. t Vc m was a va uca ss a wa w aa a abu cus, w w saw, a c in sit a a. f ms, w w a abc Vc, aw a s-a m u u sss Mca Ma a Ma
lw (b w sa a) s asca s a s uqucas uu. W absb ams a w a bab usa sca, ca a asc as iaarassac, as c acua Vc, a su backm.
t ws acqua aa a b v as b u vs s w wa v cscus csa a abc Vc a as subsc. f w ma uu as cu Vc, asw saw , suvv? A s us w v muc m m w i
asa a am iaa w m Vc p,a asa w wc Wawck as awas b cs assca aas vus su. ts was bu mas b wc w w ab u aua sks, usa Vc a aca s mmscbu eua cvsa a ssb ma as vs.
t aua auum m Vc as w bcm v muca acamc a sca c. t Uvs asv, v as, cs caba w acamc a
cuua sus Vc as w as ubc sc aus. As asu, Uvs as cbu , a bcm a , cuvu Vc. W w u a w m bu w wu c b c. hw uck w w as acs w Vc amm. hw v b ab bm s Uvs a v acamc saw av su s cu succss.
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Professor Michael MallettFRHS, receiving an honorarydegree at a ceremony in Venicein 2007; Professor Mallett diedin 2008.
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dr CriStinA MArinetti
AndeMo BeVer UnoMBrA: the VenetiAn diAleCt
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For the boatman as for the shopkeeper, the librarian and the
civil servant, Venetian (often intermixed with Standard Italian)
is still the principal medium of communication throughout the
six historic districts (sestieri) of Venice and functions as a verypowerful marker of identity in everyday life that distinguishes
the natives (venessiani) from the non-Venetians (foresti, lit.
woodlanders).
Dr Cristina Marinetti is an Assistant Professor in Warwicks Centre for
Applied Linguistics and in the Department of English and Comparative
Literary Studies. She studied foreign languages at Ca Foscari the
University of Venice and also has a PhD in Translation Studies from
the University of Warwick. Cristinas research interests include Italianand British theatre history, with a specialisation in Goldoni and the
Commedia dellArte, and philosophical and cultural approaches to
translation.
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Opposite: The origins of un ombra depicted in this painting by Canalettoof the Piazza San Marco; photo by Web Gallery of Art
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Am bv umba:
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By CriStinA MArinetti
When asked to asa Ca gs Le bare chizztte (tCa Baws) es sa, C Ba a gsck Va ac was uasaab, us a es wub mak w asas ak k k, a us a es acwu b k m as a hu. W bauu csa vab cmms vv s a mak accssb was usca a cuua , Bas cuum as s auama asc Va a cuu a s sm ak abu
us ia: Va ac.Uk Va a, a a accu, wc av a
aa cuc bcaus sca uc eu ab, aua Vc sm aus aa scusss cs s a cuua a. A , a sa tMum, Va mas av aua ms 63,000 s abas c, a ms sus ias acs.
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W aua sa a sus, as was cas w cu, Va s v w sk macs, b w a us am. f bama as sk, baa a cv sva, Va ( mw Saa iaa) s s ca mum cmmucauu s sc scs (sestieri) Vc a ucs as a vwu mak va a suss avs(venessiani) m -Vas (fresti, . was).
Au i am ma a iaa sak, w v a wk ms
es, i ms u m Vass w s aam w i back Vc, a k wam a umu a m a a m aas ks bu as as a wa msam b, mak ms u as a av. lk ss w a -s c a us ck va, Va saks bs abs a sauas a vs as w as b as ss a cas
s-ca press da Venessian (Va c), wc was a a aumaca a abs Va saks. i a c a as s sbucs a baks u mask ss a akawa a us a
s cmmu cs cv buqu s b vus us csum, Va ac vs avs a wa cam back a c b mak u sacs a a accssb mass usm.
Bu v as a us s mssb sca Va ac, wcs vw c, mb v a a uquasca a as ma vua uca us as. Swak au Vc, ma a, u us w a ava aalli (ss) a fndamente (mbakms), u a stprteg
(uass), acss a ampie ( squa) a s a a baar (ba) ambra de vin (ass w). A as, s s cuus u sk uccs bw aua, s a cuu, s w u a sri ter a mav a ac a ss w wak a sc a wcwas c a (sma caa) a was cam back ( ter) usus ms w cs ua was cas b usas.
t uc Va ac Va a s vasvbu as cca. Vcs asca a accu av a a uc aua wc s mas va cvsa. t cmm
ss andem bever nmbra (s a k) cms m a bak u m a wk b k a ass ww s sa (mbra) campanile S. Maks. lkws, saa Va a qus cs s n pnte e na ae (v b a w alle) wc s u m abu smwamsc c sac avs a cc ava scus a abu w ac u sa.
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t cc a Va sak s v uusua cma ia, w ac sak s saa avu a saa a, sca u as, s asscaw w uca a sca saus. Vcs uqu as a w
a s ma av sm wa s suc cc bu ss a ms k u us as Sssma rubc.i s cu, a rubcs cmc w ama m, Va was ms ua macauas eu a was sk acss eas Maa b mcas a as bu as b ascas a us, cuamus oma Sua. Sm v sus uss v susa a Vc va aas eua ws lau Camba bw 1508 a 1515, Va a a tusca wu av
bcm bass cma iaa.Au Vc s a a tusca w u as m
w aua, Va as ma a cb c a uaaua, sca sk m. t ms c a cmsvsca ca Va, su cas sac Vca acss Maa, s a cu s-cu Vaas a ba aua, asaa a bs, wc b us w cca a tusca ma b a cs a mu vcs a csma c a. A s s
aua a w Va rassac cm a a, cu, g, w caacs ac mu us,aa aua sm a ascas w ss tusca,Sas, mck-tuks a Ama. i Ba w w w, sa a w cu, ma av -k uasaab Va a s mu-a a bs aua g av sk aa w ms u csma c.
Un ponte e na cae (over the bridge and down the calle); photo by Dr Roberta Warman
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On the Sunday evening wed arranged to sing Mass in Santo
Stefano. Often these arrangements are a bit ad hoc: we have
a pretty free hand what to perform, and we often dont meet
the priest until just before the service. What are you singing?he asked Richard. Weve got a Laudate Dominum by Monteverdi,
for bass and organ, and with the full choir well give you some
Gabrieli, if thats all right... Excellent, said the priest, and very
appropriate hes buried just over there.
Richard Parker came to work as a librarian in Warwick in 1980 and was
Head of the Arts Faculty liaison team and subject support specialist for
the Departments of German, History and History of Art. He sings with
ensemble 1685 a group of about 20 singers based in Coventry whoperform across the Midlands. Richard retired from Warwick in 2011.
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Opposite: Copy of a portrait of Claudio Monteverdi by Bernardo Strozzi, hanging in theGalleria dell'Accademia in Venice (1640); photo by Celeron
vs smb 1685s wbs a: www.smb1685..uk
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Mak Musc Vc
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As subject specialist u c s a a s aWawck lba, iv a cacs w u ac amm Vc. S w as avsa aum u wauc i mma svcs c i s w,ensemble 1685. ou s was v musc a
ca wc wu ak ac u u, bu ww as a a w musca accmam acuc vss. ensemble 1685, c b rca Jca, a am b-a b Bac a ha, ms a w a musc ma rassac a rmac, s rca was su smaa w cu m m u .
rca a v vs Vc b, s w u a aavs. hs was s ba a was ubc as u,s c wak m Mac p A c ( was a
). hs cmsa was s s v vw paa Sa Mac as su s; ck wak v s c b wasc a u ca us u sa a.
h ensemble 1685s vs m was a v vs SaMac. W ba a s ca w a mvm m u-auaccma mass b Mv, ak Basca s -a m Jbilate De b gva gab b cmss
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Titians Assumption of the Virgin in the Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari; photo by The Yorck Project
W sa (gusAve Virg Santissima)ac tasAssmptin f the Virgin
fa as s .
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w c maestr di appella . o auc mmb a m wasa ms mv c; s a v b Sa Mac b,a was vwm b vsa ms c m.
A was a vs fa, w w accmaaks b Ja A a da C. fs w sa c, ssuus
Ave virg santissima b facsc gu (1525-99). ts was cs s a as s Maa ms, a w sa ac tasaa Assmptin f the Virgin as s . (o Wawck as cu was aa s mv s s s u aac
a a w sc w s ca s fa.) t aks w abu uca sac w cuc, a ww ab usa s b s m s, ac wcav a acusc ss bu: Mvs s-a cantateDmin bw c sas, a a v aw sacua pasas bauu Sit ervs vca s w k wabks a s .
o Saua Wawcks cm k ac paapsa paaava, w a s w awa pss Mca
Ma a la facs Cak. t s sum a k paa s a musc wu av b uaccma. B cm w sa sm (es) maas c Va, bu quw-kw a as cab as as ms. tJbilate De aa cm s us a suc sus a ms wk w as cssa musc. As css wu s sa wa u sas a a pian nbile, rca was k a cs sss v s su wu v av Vc-Cac wak as acs sc... taks a avaa (a cm
auc) rallentand v as w as w (a VC) jus ma .o Sua v w aa s mass Sa Sa.
o s aams a a b ad h: w av a a wa m, a w m s u jus b svc.
Wa a u s? ask rca. Wv a Ladate Dminmb Mv, bass a a, a w u c w v usm gab, as a ... ec, sa s, a vaa s bu jus v .
du aum amm w as u m s Saa Maa
Mac, macuus mab cuc a m Sa za, bu suc a sma s a caa a b u mak m ; a Scu Sa Mac a Sa rcc, a Sa facsc a Va Cas;a ucas S gs Aca cuc, w w sa a acuw mass b ha. Cmms w cv a m a subsquma ca jus w muc w a a jm v wa u. A wa a a c was us...
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Like Italo Calvinos timeless invisible cities (all bearing the
imprint of Venice), the city evokes its old, even archaic self,
yet only through the lens of our contemporary sense of it. In
Calvinos words, it is a city of memory, a city of desire, a city ofsigns and of trade, a hidden and a continuous city, a citt sottile
thin, but also light and subtle and a city of visions.
Dr Loredana Polezzi is an Associate Professor in Warwicks Department
of Italian Studies. She studied Modern Languages at Venice and Siena
and has an MA in Italian Studies and a PhD in Translation Studies from
Warwick. Her research focuses on the history of travel writing and
the connection between geography and social mobility, as well as
theories and practices of translation. Loredana is Director of WarwicksVenice Centre.
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Sixteen CAtS on one tree
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Opposite: Paco, the Palazzo Pesaro Papafavas neighbourhood cat;photo by Dr Roberta Warman
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it may seem k s sa a c abu Vc b m s sca vas, bu s a s abu ga wc awas msm m m w Vc. i was w b pa C (a pms)a scbs mav a sck s cu w a c wa sm w was as awa m sa (pa C, Genvaper ni, 1974). i m Vc w i was , as i av m tusca
su a Vcs Ca fsca Uvs a a. i a w u cus. M ascas w ma ws a asv vas.M cv c was fc, w s ass a s uas asw v a cus u . Vc ma sa a wak wa, suu bu as c b . A ma, k Csga, sa cu w a ac s s a awas mv,
anhe di ntte v a .
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Tiziano Scarpa likened Venice to a sh; image courtesy of NASA
M ma mas Vc a awas avas. B a s a.i v Vc as a su, bu w am s paua,av v a w cmmus, css b v a,s u Saa luca sa, a wak c. Wak Vc was a scc c sm us asab sas, vsas, mc ss a a as
wc iaa cs usua s u a u a mv m c s. Vc a s, aw saac; bck u wa w sus bauu bjcs a ams vu. is sa sm muc m ac, a s, k s taScaa, a cma Va w, as k . nava c ma a mas ua a a b ss c w s i a v a b. A v s s a m, qu u us a ac ss. (yasa, was a sa asu scv a v g Mas
ca c w Vcs ca as a sma sacs: bu as ma u u vs u, a u ask sm, jus waau, aa, as a b s, saua u jus bk u ab .)
Wak c a cmu c. ev w wks, aa m, i av as, s a cu us Basa, a av Vc a v m. ias anni di pimb,
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as sm abmbs, w a awa,a a sas w vss v a usua. Si wak c, wa s ba , a a c ak cma m a as su m
sma a a ass aa. i wakv um bs au stprteghi, k amp.Vc cu b susm, bu as u uc scs. twas cua i k
cm acss, w a waa s, a a,a a .ta cua was a a Va cas, a a sm k a . i wak as a cu: c was s cas . t w a, c sas, bu ac as aa bacs as a sa cvsa. t w a c c oa Vc.
A a a, i u ams w cas. W i back
Vc, i aac b sa, ava a. i -w m ma,a a cu wc c s a m s. A ak a a cc wak sm am us.Vc aa av sa s, s s. lk ia Cavsmss vsb cs (a ba m Vc), c vks s, v acac s, u s u cma ss . i Cavs ws, s a c mm, a c s, a c ss a a, a a a cuus c, a itt sttile , bu as asub a a c vss. W i w back, i k m w vsa
ma Vc: cua, a, a s cas a sma .i u cas sas tc, V, Sa easm a a w c s. t w awas c, a k. Bu i vsaw s ma a s ac aa. A Va u abu amus: ys, us b s cas au ....
Fr the wrks mentined here, please see page 98.
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Sixteen CAtS on one tree
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I walked... under sotoporteghi looking for the light of thenext campo; photo by Dr Roberta Warman
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To the Elizabethans, Venice had both a grave and glamorous
reputation. It was at once Venice the Wise; Venice the
Just; Venice the Rich and the citt galante offering innite
superuities of all pleasure and delights. What did WilliamShakespeare, the country boy from Stratford-upon-Avon,
know of this dazzling Renaissance capital of culture,
commerce and sleaze?
Carol Rutter is Professor of Shakespeare and Performance Studies. She is a
historian of the early modern playhouse, who also studies contemporary
Shakespeare performance on both stage and screen. From 2006 to 2011
she was Director of the Universitys prestigious CAPITAL (Creativity and
Performance in Teaching and Learning) Centre a partnership with theRoyal Shakespeare Company which used theatre and performance skills
and experience to enhance student learning, and now forms the core of
Warwicks Institute for Advanced Teaching and Learning.
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ShAKeSpeAreS VeniCe
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Two Venetian Ladies by Vittore Carpaccio, (also known as The Courtesans),in the Correr Museum, Venice
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for any Elizabethan k-a w- u a a euaga tu w-cc u scu a ass av, Vcwas a am sa.t c a b a av a amus ua. i was a ubc,
a s aw a es su bsv ca ssms au su a vm cm m s wc mac absu u a tu qu. i a a Vc Ws, a a s ca wsm s
s ca ac, sa la Sssmas sca as av. Bu was as kw as Vc Jus s ua amsa sv bu maa aws (v s a wcasss) a w sa b rubc s, v m cv (as, rma) aw. A was ca Vc rc scacua waamass as a su s ac s, wa sa accu a a as w as makacs a baaas.
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Vc was cmmca css-bw as a ws, a as c cw, ms cus mcas v c amus mcas lva ass u Vc. ts cmcw was a ma as,mak Vc a vsb csma cw, w a av, u a cuus s m m a as w, ac
ss s m, paa Sa Mac ra. t u wus gks, Saas, fs, tuks. Aesm: a a-cu a 1580s u es sus v ; 1593, w s ma es cs as, psas v Vc a pssu a ma cma (usa) d.
Ms ssaa, u, Vc a a ua as itt galante.S was bav ( ba). S was asu caa eu, (as es vs w) -am wcm sas a suus a asu a s. o s asuab s wass. i as b sma a 10% cs ua 1600 a as cusas meretrii de lghi pblii m s a wws;c ss Vc ac a m a sks; wa am ss ca hpines; a bac a ; acsa w w a-bas csmcs a s w cam;
bass ba. fasca, a mak u us k w cas wm aa, s sam as was w as b cs scab wm, s dsmas a Cas, w w k,c, csa ca, s b Va as a usbasw w us jaus.
Wa was ? W, cs amasm was suc a,u maa a a s sca a ca sus, awa s s b bu kw s bs wu b as, a c cvc ma bas m a w u. ta s, c was ab
c u amc a sc s vs c msccuu b a, v cua c ac w mc.tus, Vc s a aaca c am vaus. tcs ss-u ascs, u maa, wv m suc wvs a w vs ssasw cu a s. S: c css. lcs cusss.Wa a - es su aba!
Nuremberg and Venetian Womenby Drer. The Venetian woman iswearing chopines which is why shelooks taller.
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p S, , cu, a eaba b, vsVc, a 18, 1572. t u b s av cmawu muc a b sa as ambassa m Cu K
Jams (1604). S c s cu; h W, scs s a sacs, cu sw bsva abu saca ss, a rubc was a as a-paa as waspsa ea: ua Sa, w, a a (as sm) ams s a ua . fs Mscum s ju Vc 1593; a tmas Ca, s crdities
(1611). i 1599 lws lwk ubs aasa gasa Cas 1543 De
Magistratibs et Repblia Venetrm, w asum us, a a m
ru gu c a s ss. Jfs es/iaa ca, A Wrldf Wrds, cam u 1598. ta sam a, aw aa Csa VcsDe gli habiti antihi et mderni di diverse parti del
mnd usa w s wcus cma Va sca s c sas, aws, cs, asab w a k-ak, cusa w, ac a, a scacmma ac . S, us,a s ru gu a --s cvc cus.
Muc, , was kw ea Vc, m m -wss
accu a-ac sa. Wa Wam Saksa, cu b m Sa-u-Av, kw s arassac caa cuu, cmmc, a sa? d v vsVc? pbab . fs Ms sma a 50-60 su cv aas avs a va ma; S, mak muc m a ubc sas, s ms a muc. W wu a wkma cm u w suc a bak? Aua was s a mcs,sws a vs, mmb, w b eaba sau a 5 aum. A aw was a 6 sc.
Ms bab, Saksa a a ubs accus mMs Ca a m: ga Cs Va a -acamaa a a w-mu wc a aa es. As aa was acv a av, a w acss aus a cs,absb a css s a, a u s w. hsw a as s rubc, The Merhant f Venie a othell: The Mrf Venie, a sca w as v suca ca cu: ws
Sir Henry Wotton (1568-1639),King Jamess ambassador to Venice
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ca u ra; a a ucas; a cw ca gbb (a ucback gbb ra mak); a m cuc b akav cmm , a .
M sca, wv, ac s as Vaa ma: k abu c a cmmca ss c a a v a bak; k abu am,aac, ws as a av c cvc su;k abu ws uss a w a ca a a a. A back c ias maa uac cus s sms kw, wa vb kws abu Va wm: i kw
The Rialto Bridge, completed in 1591; photo by Nino Barbieri
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u cu ss w. / i Vc g s aks/ t a sw usbas. A aus c Scksa was s as? i am a Jw. ha a Jw s? a
quss abu w a m Vc Jus s.i Lves Labrs Lst Saksa as a hs (as a
a s w a) s, Va, Va: C v, a:W ss Vc ca sm . J f sus vb: Ma c v, b csa: Bu a ss , as w . i Merhant a othell Saksa s us s Vc, a cus cs wa w s.
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SArAh ShAlgoSKy
the VeniCe BiennAle
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Beyond the pavilions in the cool gardens, and the wide spaces
of the Arsenale, there are exhibitions in domestic, institutional
and industrial buildings and open places throughout the whole
city and region.
Sarah Shalgosky is Curator of the Universitys Mead Gallery,
situated in Warwick Arts Centre. Under Sarahs direction, the Mead
shows a programme of contemporary and modern art which is of
national signicance, and is particularly known for its commissioning
of new work.
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Opposite: An exhibit at the Venice Biennale, 2009; photo by Dr Roberta Warman
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t Vc BaBy SArAh ShAlgoSKy
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Above and following page: Mike Nelson: I, IMPOSTOR (2011) Installation, British Pavilion;Venice Biennale 2011; photos by Cristiano Corte
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9th International Venice Architecture Biennale Exhibition Design; photo by Christian Richters,courtesy of Asymptote Architecture
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Warwicks base in Venice the envy of universities across the UK
has unquestionably inspired Warwick research in Renaissance
Studies and stimulated its international scope. The long
association of History and History of Art with Venice, and latterlythe Renaissance Centres association, have been to an extent
responsible for Warwicks leading reputation among British
universities as a hub of Renaissance Studies.
Dr Margaret Shewring is a Reader in the School of Theatre, Performance
and Cultural Policy Studies. She specialises in the theatre of the
Renaissance and Restoration periods, Modernism in Europe and
Shakespeare on the contemporary stage. Ronnie Mulryne is Emeritus
Professor in the Department of English and Comparative LiteraryStudies. His research focuses on Shakespeare and Renaissance drama,
especially drama in performance. Both have had a long connection with
Warwicks Centre for the Study of the Renaissance. In March 2010 they
organised the conference on Waterborne Pageants and Festivities of the
Renaissance at the Palazzo Pesaro Papafava.
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Mascherata: Catherine Groom, Adrian Horsewood and Richard Mackenzie
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The battle between the Castellani and the Nicoloti at the Carmine Bridge, in the presence of Henri III.Etching by Luca Carlevaris, 1703 The Trustees of the British Museum
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Venices inescapable casting as tourist ville-ain points ...
also to the importance of recognising that, like it or not, the
amorphous tourist presence uniquely constitutes the populace of
the city. In that sense, to attempt to talk of a residents-versus-tourists dichotomy is misleading, since the latter represents a
form of itinerant population upon which the former is hugely
dependent ... With those kinds of tension in mind, a group of
24 nal year undergraduate students from Warwicks School of
Theatre and Performance Studies recently undertook under
my direction to spend a long weekend engaging with the city
of Venice with the ultimate aim of producing a studio-based
performative cartography of their experience of the city back at
the University.
Dr Nicolas Whybrow is a Reader in Warwicks School of Theatre and
Performance Studies. His research revolves round site-specic practices,
particularly performances relationship with the city. In 2009, Warwicks
Reinvention Centre for Undergraduate Research awarded Nicolas an
academic fellowship to carry out a research project with third year
students from his department. This involved them embarking on a eld
trip to Venice to create a psychogeographical mapping of the city. In
2010, he won a Warwick Award for Teaching Excellence, made on therecommendation of both staff and students.
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cs,mb s,cuc su ssa, v, css- suss. i aa b Performing Venice project installation detail
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Bruce Nauman, Heads and Hands series, US Pavilion, Venice Biennale, 2009; photo Nicolas Whybrow
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Fr the wrks mentined here, please see page 98.
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Antipasti
Shie n plenta (tiny shrimps frm the Lagn with sft plenta)
Baal manteat (reamy pt made f dried d)
Sarde in sar (sardines in a sweet/sr sae)
Primi piatti
Spaghetti n le vngle (spaghetti with lams)
Bigli in salsa (pasta frm the Venet regin in a sae f ninsand anhvies)
Ristt di g (traditinal ristt made with lal sh)
Secondi
Frittra mista (a plate f mixed fried sh, sh as shrimps, babytps, sle, sqid, served with lemn)
Fegat alla veneziana (thinly slied liver ked with nins, servedwith slied plenta)
Dolci
Tiramis (ld dessert made with ee, spnge ake andmasarpne heese)
Essi Branelli n fraglin (traditinal S shaped bisits frmBran, dipped in a sweet lal wine)
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bs ava, asssus, uvs su us w
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The University of Warwick 2011
ISBN 978-0-9570404-0-3
Edited and produced by Dr Roberta Warman,Communications Ofce,The University of Warwick
Design by Mustard: www.mustardhot.comOpposite and cover images by Tim Ball
References
Pages 43 -45: t wks m scuss s ac a: B,Bepp a childe Harlds Pilgrimage; rb Cv, Pinhi in Venie; ACuw, M Assassa, Early Days Yet. New and clleted Pems 1941-1997;da u Mau, Dnt Lk Nw and other Stries; g, Italian Jrneyasa b W. h. Au a eab Ma; rb ga, t Sc Vc, Nameless Earth; h Jams, The Wings f the Dve; Wam la,Mabeth in Venie; Ba Maamu, Pitres f Fidelman; tmas Ma, Deathin Veni.
Page 68: ta Scaa, Venie is a Fish, as. Sau Ws (nw yk:gam Bks, 2008)
Page 69: ia Cav, Invisible cities, as. W. Wav (l: Va,1997)
Page 89: Ba Cus a Ca pajackwska, Vc: Mask ra, The Hierglyphis f Spae: Reading and Experiening the Mdern Metrplis, . n.lac (l a nw yk: ru, 2002), 152-63; h Jams, Italian
Hrs, . J. Auca (psvaa: psvaa Sa Uvs pss,1992)
Page 90: Ma McCa, Venie observed (l: hma, 1961), 7,12
Page 91: ia Cav, Invisible cities, as. W. Wav (l: Va,1997), 44; As Am a n t (2002) cities: Re-imagining the urban(Camb: p pss, 2002), 84-87
Page 92: ncas Wbw, Sua Vc: twas a pmave-aa a C, Researh in Drama Edatin, 16.2 (Ma 2011), 277-95;ncas Wbw,ls Vc: Cvsas a Sk C, Perfrmane and the Glbal city, . K. Sa a d. J. hks (Bassk:paav Macma, cm)
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