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Describing the City, Describing the State
Sandra Toffolo
其他書名
Representations of Venice and the Venetian Terraferma in the Renaissance
出版BRILL, 2020-07-15
主題History / Europe / GeneralHistory / Europe / RenaissanceScience / Earth Sciences / GeographyTechnology & Engineering / Cartography
ISBN90044282089789004428201
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=hgT1DwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋In Describing the City, Describing the State Sandra Toffolo presents a comprehensive analysis of descriptions of the city of Venice and the Venetian Terraferma in the Renaissance, when the Venetian mainland state was being created. Working with an extensive variety of descriptions, the book demonstrates that no one narrative of Venice prevailed in the early modern European imagination, and that authors continuously adapted geographical descriptions to changing political circumstances. This in turn illustrates the importance of studying geographical representation and early modern state formation together. Moreover, it challenges the long-standing concept of the myth of Venice, by showing that Renaissance observers never saw the city of Venice and the Venetian Terraferma in a monolithic way.