Leakage, Contagion, and Containment in Early Modern Venice
The French philosopher Michel de Certeau was an astute observer of cities and their inhabitants. His image is a compelling one: a city’s walkers writing a urban text – or better still from my perspective as an art historian, painting a picture, step by step, stroke by stroke – of a city they cannot...
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| Published in | Contamination and Purity in Early Modern Art and Architecture p. 243 |
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| Format | Book Chapter |
| Language | English |
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The Netherlands
Amsterdam University Press
06.05.2021
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| Summary: | The French philosopher Michel de Certeau was an astute observer of cities and their inhabitants. His image is a compelling one: a city’s walkers writing a urban text – or better still from my perspective as an art historian, painting a picture, step by step, stroke by stroke – of a city they cannot see. Yet, as even the most casual visitor to Venice knows, tracing out the thicks and thins of the Venetian The French philosopher Michel de Certeau was an astute observer of cities and their inhabitants. His image is a compelling one: a city’s walkers writing a |
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| DOI: | 10.2307/j.ctv1k76jq6.11 |