Belle 脡poque 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 Casin貌; 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 脡poque" in (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 , trans. Michael Henry Heim (New York, 2004)
- Proust, Marcel, "Chapter 3: Sojourn in Venice" in , ed. William C. Carter (New Haven, 2023)
Recommended Reading
See the
Electronic Resources
. Directed by Luchino Visconti. Warner Brothers, 1971.
(a short film)
The Lido, 1910