Venice and its lagoon
Where is it / what is it
Venice and its lagoon are in a small bay in north east of Italy on the Adriatic
Venice is the capital of the Veneto region of Italy. Venice and its lagoon covers 50,000 km2. There is only one road into Venice though most chose to catch a boat in as you cannot drive around it as the roads are to small and most of them are canals as Venice is 108 islands clumped together.
In Venice there are 400 bridges and 150 canals. There is also another line of islands farther out which is what makes it a lagoon.
Venice traces its origins back to around 100-200 AD
Venice was a powerful city state particularly in the 13th to 17th centuries. Its power and wealth came from trade and the sailing skills
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Why it meets criteria:
Venice is an artwork that is built over 118 small islands making it unforgettable. It has many historic buildings including many great churches
Venice was a great influence over the whole of Europe and the world in both painting and architecture.
Venice links the east and the west as well as Islam and Christianity.
Venice has a great number of architectural building from a span of history / time.
It is an example of how great work will always be affected by nature.
It also represents humans struggle against nature to save Venice
Impact / threats
Venice faces a number of
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When there is a high water the water rises above the normal sea level and usualy floods part of Venice.
Rising sea levels have meant that whilst in 1900 only 7 floods per year, by 1996 there were 99 floods
At king tides every year almost the whole city floods
Flooding is expected to get worse with global warming and rising sea levels
The MOSE (Modulo Sperimentale Elettromeccanico) project is an idea that could stop high tides and limit the effects of rising sea levels caused by global warming. It involves many tidal gates being placed in the three main entrances to the lagoon - on one side the water will be low enough so that there isn’t any floods and on the other side it will be much higher.
The barriers will lie down and allow ships to pass until there is a high tide or a storm forecast when air will be pumped into them to make the lift up. The barriers can move freely to allow them to deal with waves then after it has passed they will be lowered again
The Italians shave started building the system but there have been some delays
Bib http://www.livescience.com/19195-venice-sinking-slowly.html World
As can be seen, there is a large fetch distance between Hastings and the French coastline much further south of this map. For over a hundred years, there have been rapid coastal problems at Hastings. However within the last 30 years, there have been drastic measures taken at Hastings to improve the coast and protect the town by implementing strategic coastal management plans where some have been successful and others not so successful. The main idea behind the coastal engineering was to protect the cliff face at certain areas along the coast, and the beach and pier at Hastings.
This piece of art really impressed me. I can’t stress enough how realistic the painting is. One can see what was going on that day in Venice. Like is said that a photograph is worth a 1,000 words this painting is a photograph for its time. My interpretation of the art work was for Canal to show daily life in his city of Venice, Italy. Using the building in the foreground to the right still stands in Venice, Italy and is called the Palazzo Ducale. Giovanni Antonio Canal responded to his historical context by taking a “picture” for future generations to view, look at, admire and ponder upon
He settled for the Western half and gave the Eastern half to Venice. He then headed southward to Naples, which he had agreed to jointly rule with Ferdinand.
Both Othello and Volpone are set in Venice, well known for its wealth, power, and justice. Shakespeare called Venice the Whore of the Adriatic, for many different reasons: it is a port city, with many ships coming and going; it is also a corrupt city , with much pollution--not only of the actual enviornment but the soul as well.
Brown, Patricia Fortini. Art and Life In Renaissance Venice. New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1997.
Through historical and economic data this research paper will express how Florence flourished from a mercantile economy in the Renaissance.
Some of the main economic powers of the renaissance were Italian city states. The first, Milan, was in northern Italy. Milan, the center of trade and money with a large tax, was ruled by Visconti and was later taken over by Sforza. Next was Venice, which was the link of Asia and the western world. Venice was a republic with a doge, or an elected leader, and was ruled by merchants and aristocrats. Lastly, was Florence which became the cul...
Florence, Italy was a city just like any other during the Renaissance. It was city of 50,000 people, less than there were in Paris and Venice but more than most other European cities. The busiest parts of the city were the Ponte Vecchio, a place lined with markets and houses, the neighborhood of the Orsanmichele and Mercato Vecchio, or the Old Market. Florence was a place of beauty and leisure. A Venetian visitor once said, “There is in my opinion no region more sweeter than that wherein Florence is a placed for Florence is situated in a plain surrounded on all sides by hills and mountains…And the hills are fertile cultivated, pleasant…” (Unger, pg. 1). Florence was a very prosperous city; it made fortunes off of wool and banking trades. A certain Florentine family contributed to the vast wealth as well. The Medici family was no doubt the foundation of prosperity for Florence.
The first and most obvious instance of aestheticism and decadence as correlating themes in this story is the title, Death in Venice. By fore-grounding the name of the city in the title, Mann is highlighting the city's key role in the unfolding narrative. Mann aligns the word 'Venice' with the word 'death' in the title. This creates a relationship between these two words - the word 'death' strongly infuses the word 'Venice' with all its connotations. Death and decay are important ideas within the context of decadence. By shear nature the title relates the concepts of death and dying to the city of Venice, which implies that the location is where a death will occur. However, this is paralleled by the opening of the story when Mann drearily tells of Aschenbach’s stroll through Munich. In the reading of this passage it ...
This helped the trade become more accessible and easier to distribute from cities to cities. This is what helped spike its political and economic changes in the society during the Renaissance. The trade was brining is so much wealth for the merchants that the cities began to grew, and then they began to start taxing the people which brought it more wealth. It is also been said that Italy was divided into smaller cities at that time then eventually spread to the other cities when they became wealthy and began to gain more
Death in Venice explores the relationship between an artist, namely Gustave von Aschenbach, and the world in which he lives. Aschenbach, destined to be an artist from a young age, represents art, while his surroundings represent life.
The Merchant of Venice is a romantic comedy which was written between 1596 and 1597. It opens on the streets of Venice and throughout the comedy, the setting shifts between Venice and Belmont.
In many of Shakespeare’s plays, Shakespeare uses multiple settings to contrast opposing ideas that are central to the meaning of the work. In The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare uses the settings of Venice and Belmont to represent opposing ideas. The city of Venice is an international marketplace. Venice is diverse and full of people from many countries who practice their own religions. Venice is marked by its cultural melting pot and friction, along with its focus on business and greed.
In England, during the lifetime of William Shakespeare, oppression was occurring against people of different races, ethnicities, and even genders. The religious conflicts stemmed from the differing translations of G-d's word. This created conflicts and segregation by religion, turning some people into aliens in their own country. The battles existed between Catholics, Jews, and Protestants although, for the majority of the time, the Protestants pitted the Jews and Catholics on the same side, against themselves. In The Merchant of Venice, a play that was later dubbed a comedy, tragedy was just as evident. I believe that the tragedy of the play was the reality of the situation the play encompassed.
Thomas Mann's Death in Venice presents an artist with a fascination for beauty that overpowers all of his senses. Aschenbach's attraction to Tadzio can be viewed as a symbol for his love for the city of Venice. The city, however, is also filled with corruption, and it is this corruptive element that kills him.