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December 14, 2006
Bronwen Wilson The World in Venice: Print, the City, and Early Modern Identity Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2004. 406 pp.; 100 b/w ills. Cloth $70.00 (0802087256)
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Studies of Venice, including surveys of art, architecture, politics, and business, often hinge on an author’s understanding or characterization of Venezianità, or the concept of being Venetian. Bronwen Wilson directly addresses this facet of early modern Venetian studies in her erudite explication of the evolution of Venetian identity in an era featuring the dynamic growth of the printing industry and the increasing use of prints by illustrators and artists. For Wilson, Venetians learned to read...