“Water City” -- Venice Introduction Venice is a famous “water” city that is located in the northern Italy and the Adriatic Sea. It is full of historical colors, and now becomes to a well-known tourist city. The urban area of Venice is less than eight square kilometers. It consists of 118 islands and 170 canals, which is distributed over the Venice like a spider web. These islands and canals are connected by about 400 kinds of various bridges. Boat is the only transportation in this city, and the
In the play Othello by William Shakespeare, the character Othello is portrayed as a fairly good man. By some, he may be known as a bad person but he has become greatly beneficial to the growth of Venice and the state of Cyprus. Othello is a good man even if he committed murder to his wife because he is a great war general and contributed to Cyprus in time of need. While Othello murdered his wife Desdemona, he did it purely from misunderstanding and jealousy. Iago made Othello believe Desdemona is
artwork has been an indication of the values of the society from which it originated. The Republic of Venice in the 1500s was beginning a cultural revolution known as the Renaissance. The arts were able to thrive due to Venice’s status as a wealthy port and trading location. During this period, the Catholic Church remained a dominant force. Tiziano Vecelli, known as Titian, was regarded as the preeminent artist in Venice when he painted The Assumption of the Virgin. Painted between 1515 and 1518, the
and Artistic Sites of Venice The masterpieces of four visual artists, Bellini (1430-1516), Titian (1485-1576), Tintoretto (1518-1594), and Tiepolo (1696-1770), dominate the religious and artistic sites found in the island city of Venice. The city is divided into six districts. Each contains historical sites, however, the most notable are located in the districts of San Marco, San Polo, and Dorsoduro that border the Grand Canal. The artistic and religious sites of Venice are appreciated as part
Venetian masks have been used on many occasions for such purposes. The mask wearer can carry about freely and interact with others without the boundaries of their identity and social structure to keep them apart. The mask has an extensive history in Venice, Italy. There are several designs, all serving different purposes. Shakespeare often incorporated masks into his plays, including Romeo and Juliet and Othello. In Othello, Shakespeare uses the concept of a mask throughout the play to reveal the different
Chapter 1—Birth of Glass and Emergence of Diversified Glassware Believed to date back about as many as 5,000 years, the birth of glass had something to do with a copper-refining technique. Glass was reportedly generated when substances contained in fire clay, stone, and other materials in a copper refining kiln, started to melt and mix with each other at high temperature. It is considered that, in early days after the birth of glass, people mainly produced glass beads to use them as accessories,
Economic and Political Developments/Commercial Developments Florence is considered to be the heart of the artistic advancements during the Renaissance Northern city-states like Venice, Milan, and Genoa grew wealthy because they had great access to the seas and the Middle Eastern trade routes Genoa and Venice made faster ships by using the innovations of the Middle East. It allowed them to ship more goods better economy During the
city Venice is portrayed in a blissful way through Robert Langdin’s encounters with the monuments, the city’s character, and the people. Dan Brown’s knowledge of literature and history vividly described which allow us, the reader, to relive each scene’s emotions and brings the book to life. The main spots in Venice were described in great detail with metaphors and personification. Saint Marks Basilica and Doge’s place mentioned in the book in detail are the main points of interest in Venice. As a
around 17th, when there was a rebirth of art and culture. Venice Italy was one of the most affected by the Renaissance because many new ideas were introduced through the constant trade running through. Venice came to power through its strong navy forces and were nearly impossible to be attacked because of it; during the sixteenth century, the republic of Venice reigned as one of the wealthiest and most powerful cities in Europe. In Venice there were many new artists and painters that were discovered
states of the renaissance. Florence and Venice, being the powerhouses, speedup the renaissance and developed along the way. Florence being the main hub of influence in the europe(Italy), during the renaissance along with Venice. Florence could be characterized as a financial central , with their banking system which was considered extraordinary at the time. Also, their focus of wool making, being the main producer of wool making gave them a chance to do trade. Venice was considered a biggest center of
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY!! Oh goodness the 18th century… There is so much to say about the 1700s such as it was a time of enlightenment! Now now do not let the word enlightenment take you for a loop and think this was a time for strictly gaining knowledge and understanding because…Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Yes, that’s right Wars! Throughout the 18th there were numerous wars such as the Seven Years War and the War of the Spanish Succession in which we will discuss farther down. This timeline will
The Prince and the Discourses on Livy, when followed, will lead to a successful state. In particular, he refers to the Roman Republic a great deal in the Discourses, which are focused around Livy's account of Rome's history, to demonstrate what about this ancient society was so unique and worthy of repeating in terms of its existence as a republic. In fact, the Roman Republic serves as Machiavelli's central example in the work. In The Prince, however, since Machiavelli was more concerned with the
background, whereas Shakespeare's play explores the relationship of the lovers, as well as the villain's plans to destroy that relationship. The opening act of Othello takes place in Venice, but the primary setting is Cyprus. Venice is a city-state of enormous wealth and the center of Christian resistance to the Turks, Venice was an important port, like London, and there was commercial competition between the two. Its trade was being blocked by the growing power of the Turkish Empire in the 16th Century
A Closer Examination of Paolo Sarpi and the Uses of Information in the Seventeenth-Century Venice Paolo Sarpi was a scholarly friar who was a driving force in trying to change government policy concerning the distribution of information and played a significant role in the politics of seventeenth-century Venice. Through his political ties and extensive information networks, he managed to make known his thoughts on just how powerful information could be in the proper as well as improper hands. Looking
not only be independent, but also an integrated republic. Italyhad been left completely fragmented by the settlements reached at Congress of Vienna in 1815. The congress had divided territory among the victors of the Napoleonic Wars. Italy was divided up, but most people wanted to see it re-united as one country, including Garibaldi. In 1815, Italyfaced three obstacles to unity. The first was the Austrian occupation of Lombardy and Venice in the North and the northeast of the Italian
their old feudal ties and obligations. Then when Napoleon was defeated and the restoration of the old regime and monarchs was started, Italy again became a country divided into eleven independent states, excluding the tiny principalities and the Republic of San Marino. So Italy was not unified after the Congress of Vienna due to a number of reasons, such as the foreign influence of the Central European Powers, parochialism within the states, the lack of a common language and a strong economy coupled
Venetian Masks are a centuries-old tradition of Venice, Italy. These masks were typically worn during the Carnival of Venice, but have been used on many other occasions in the past, usually as a disguise or for social status. The mask would sometimes boost the wearers confidence for socializing. The mask was useful for criminal or illicit purposes, or for the wearers personal use, such as romantic. The Venetian Masks are characterized by their ordinate design, featuring metallic and bright colors
The revolutionaries in Italy had longstanding grievances, some were nationalists and some were liberals. Despite all having different ideas and aims they all resoundingly agreed that Italy needed change. The hopes of the various revolutionary groups had been raised by the election of Pope Pius and Charles Albert the King of Piedmont Sardinia. However, their hopes and resulting revolutions were crushed due to many concerning factors. A crushing factor of the failure of the revolutions was the trouncing
Marco Polo and His Courageous Journey to China Marco Polo was born in 1254 in Venice, Italy. Venice was the center of commerce in the Mediterranean Sea, where the Polos had lived for a very long time since Marco was just a little boy. The Polo family was full of great nobles, but yet the family was not complete. When Marco Polo was young, his mother had passed away, and his father and uncle became successful jewel merchants, who had lived in Asia for almost all of his childhood. Because of the many
seems to be particularly interesting, because it gives us a perspective of the idea of Ghetto that has been transformed and adapted to different realities, but unexpectedly it demonstrates the opposite of what was the Jewish experience of it in Venice. First of all, it can be inferred that Jewish people of that time was not representative neither of just one class, nor than a particular “race”, but rather it was a complex reality of different ethnic groups that was forced to give itself a particular