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The Souls of Venice

Janet Sethre

出版	McFarland, 2003-01-01
主題	History / Europe / ItalyHistory / WorldHistory / Civilization
ISBN	07864157389780786415731
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=5M7nwV0DvBYC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋

People who have helped shape and been shaped by Venice are considered in five groups: the "mutilated culture heroes" (e.g., the eunuch Narses) who with some great sacrifice helped the city define itself; the "fugitives from splendor" (such as St. Pietro Orseolo or El Greco), so overwhelmed by beauty they fled the city; the "prisoners of Venice--the convicts, the cloistered, the mad; the "symbiotics" in communion with the city for long periods (Titian was one), and the "fugitives from self" (e.g., Igor Stravinsky), who have come from elsewhere seeking a new identity, and who ended up helping to create a new identity for the city itself. More than a collection of biographies, this richly textured and insightful work examines the roots of people's "Venice-ness" as well as the city's own humanity.