HISTORY 326 - Mr . BARKER VENI CE AND THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC IN HISTORY AND CULTURE 8: 50 a . m. MWF Spri ng 1988 1641 Humanities Tentative Schedule of Topics I . Medieval Venice: The Rise to Empi re and Glor y (5th- 14th Centuries) : Jan. 20 - 1. I ntroduction J an. 22 - 2. Venice as a Site: Topography and General Aspect Jan. 25 - 3. Origins of the City , of the Republic, and of its Institutions Jan. 27 - 4. Early Economic and Commercial Development Jan. 29 - 5. Venice, Byzantium, and the Crusades Feb. 1 - 6. The New Maritime Empi re Feb. 3 - 7. The Emerging Venetian Constitution and Society Feb. 5 - 8. Venetian Colonial Government and Diplomacy Feb. 8 - 9. Venetian Maritime Technology Feb. 10 - 10. Early Veneti an Art: Between Byzantine and Gothic Feb. 12 - 11. The Serenissima' s Shrine: San Mar co Feb. 15 - FIRST EXAMINATION (On the material of Lectures 1- 11) II. Renaissance Venice: The Zenith of Empire and Glory (15th- 16th Centuries): Feb. 17 - 12o Venice, t he Turks, and Maritime Empire, to 1571 Feb. 19 - 13. The Changing Venetian Economy Feb. 22 - 14. Venice, the Terraferma, and Renaissance Italian Power Politics Feb. 24 - 15. The Venetian Consti tution: Refinement, Practice, and Analysis Feb. 26 - 16. Renaissance Venetian Society Feb. 29 - 17. Ethnic Communities in Venice: Greeks and Jews M~r . 2 - 18. Renaissance Humanism im Venice Mar. 4 - 19. The Emergence of Venetian Painting: To Giovanni Bellini Mar. 7 - 20. Painting and Painters in 16th- Century Venice Mar. 9 - 21. Titian Mar. 11 - 22. Tintoretto and Veronese SPRING RECESS (Mar. 12- 20) Mar. 21 - 23. Architecture and Architects in Venice Mar. 23 - 24. Venetian Domestic Architecture : House, Palazzo, and Villa Mar. 25 - 25. Venetian Polit ical Iconography: The Pala zzo Duca l e Mar. 28 - 26. Venetian Ceremonial and Music: Giovanni Gabrieli Mar. 30 - SECOND EXAMINATION (On the material of Lectures 12- 26) Apr. 1 - Holi day recess, GOOD FRIDAY (No class) IIIo Baroque and Modern Venice: Transformation, Decl ine, Apotheosis (17th- 20th Centuries): Apr. 4 - 27. Venice as Empi re and State in the 17th Century Apr. 6 - 28. Venetian Trade and Industry: Glassware as Art and Commodity Apr. 8 - (To be announced) Apr. 11 - 30. 17th- Century Venetian Music and Theatre: Mont everdi and Venetian Opera Apr. 13 - 31. 17th-Century Venetian Painting: Ricci Apro 15 - 32. 18th- Century Venetian Painting : Tiepolo Apr. 18 - 33. The Vedutisti and Canaletto Apr. 20 - 34. Society and Life in the Age of Casanova and Goldoni Apr. 22 - 35. Musical Life in 18th- Century Venice Apr. 25 - 36. Antonio Vivaldi Apr. 27 - 37. The Decline of Venetian Society and the End of the Republic Apr. 29 - 38. Venice as a Latter- Day Cultural Center History 326: VENICE AND THE VENEriAN REPUBLIC m HISTORY AND CULTURE - Mr. Barker 2 May 2 - 39. Venice as a Latter-Day Cultural Symbol May 4 - 4o. Venice and the Threat of Disintegration May 6 - (To be announced) May 12 - FINAL ElCAMINATION (On the entire c:ourse, but stressing the material of Lec- tures 27-40: Thursday afternoon, 12:25 p. m., in a room to be announced.) Cour~• Work and Reading Aeeignuent~: m students a.re to buy and read the following cour~• textbook: Frederic C. Lane, Venice, A Maritime Reuublic (John.e Hopkins Univer~ity Preee paperback, 1973). Inerltably, this book's treatment doee not correspond exactly to what the claes lectures will offer, and it would be be~t to read the book through aa early in the course aa i!! found feasible. But it !light be suggested that at least PP• 1-223 should be read by the Fir!!t Examination, PP• 225-388 by the Second Examination, and PP• 391-457 by the Final Ex;irr1nation. In addition to reading the Lane book, all students are expected to read ~ more books during the eemester. The~• books are to be choeen !rom among the following: One o! these, to be read by the Fir~t Examination: a. w. H. McNeill, Venice: ~ Hinge o! Europe, lo8.l-l79? (Chicago: Univer~ity of Chicago Press, 1974) b. D. a. Chamber~, The Imoerial Age o! Venice, 1380..1580~ (New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jo..-a­ novich paperback, 1970) One o! the~•, to be read by the Second EX4mination: a. o. Logan, Culture and Society in Venice1 1470-1790: ~ Renaissance and ite Heritage (New York: Scribner's, 1972) b;· J. Steer,! Conci~e Hietorz £!Venetian Painting (New York: Praeger paperback, 1970) One of thee•, to be read by the Final Exarrination: a. John ~kin, The Stones of Venice, in one or another edition or abridgement (recommended is that by J. G. Linke, New York: Hill & Wang, 1960) . , b. J. Morrie, The World o! Venice (Revi~ed Edition, New York: Harcourt Brace Jova01ovich1 . 1974).---- . Copies of these books are placed on reserve, and the earliest start ehould be made on reading the~, ae chosen, to avoid the prees of coapetition. Thee• books will be drawn upon in exam questions, while they alec proTide important supplements to the text and the leoturee in ways that will help you get more out of the course. Substitution !or these books of other titles is not encouraged, and would be acceptable only with the instructor's express permission. Attendence at the lectures, doing the reading outlined above, and taking the three exami­ nations ie the work required !or .!!tudent~ tald.ng the course !or three credits. Those regis­ tered for ~ credits are expected, in addition to fulfilling t~ree-credit workload, to write a term paper under the instructor'.!! :supervision. Th.eee papers ce to be between ten and twenty-five pages in length, on a topic that ~~Uet be approved by the int~tructor. The papers are to be :subllitted in the original (ribbon copy) typescript, with full footnoting and bibli­ ograPhical apparat1UI1 according to standard procedures (follow the Modern Language Association Style~heet, or other euch guides). They are to be submitted on or by claes-time, May 2; any papers not handed in by that time (unleee allo..,ed in adTance with the consent of the irustruc­ tor) will be treated as l..ate and will be subject to lose o! credit. GradUAte .!!tudente are ex­ pected to fulfill the four-credit workload, but will receive only three· credits for the course. All students ~ be registered for the correct nuaber of credits they expect, and are respon­ sible for the ..,ork appropriate to the credits registered !or. Honore ~tudente may earn the ad­ ditional credit under the Honore Program by doing reading or research work to be arranged with the inetructor. Any student, regardless o! etatue in the above categories, may substitute a written term paper (exclusive or regardlee~ o! any obligation to. write !or the fourth credit or not) in place o! the Second Examination, to be due at the same time as the other papers, under the eame etand.ard8 indicated ·above, and by agreement made with the in!!tructor before the Second Examination date. Some further acttivitie~ in connection with the cour.!!e ~e under con.!!ideration, and ..ill be diecueeed eubeequently. The inetructor'e o!fice ie 4119 Humanities: o!!ice houre ..ill b~ 9:55- ' 10:45 ~WF, ~r by individual ap~ointaent . other-.Lee. History 554: VENICE AND THE VENE:riAN REPUBLIC IN HISTORY AND CULTURE - Mr. _Barker 3 Supplemental Bibliography ., .. I.J"!:·.. .1 ••• '- f • •• .. ,.. • • The followinJ is me.:1nt merely to supplement the rniporb b_ib:l.iographical npparatus in Lane's book, by _ a~ding titles either thot he ooitted or .thnt have appeared since hio • •• • • • • • ' or • r . publication. The listiilGs below ohould not .be regarded as self-sufficient,- but should be used in conjunction with Lane's citntions. ._· . Brion, Marcel - Venice, ~ Masque £! Italy. N~w Yerk: Crown, 1962. -.. Brown, Horntio F. - Studies ~ !!:!£ Hiotory of Venice,· ·2 vols. London·,- 1907• ..- Venice: An Hiotorical Sketch £! ~ Republic. - ~•ndon, 1895· Feist, Aubrey - The Lion of St. Mark# Venice: The Story of n City from Attila to Napo- leon. Indianopolio:Bobi)'S'-Mcrrill, 1971.-- --:--- - -- .. -· Godfrey, John - 12o4, The Unholy Cruoade. Now York: . Oxford Univ. ..Press, 1980.. ., .. Hazlitt~ W. C. ·:_--The- Veneti~~ Repubiic, 421-1797, 2 'v.ols. ·London, 1900i- 4th cd., ~19i5. - .. Hod3son, · F. c. -The Early History of Venice. London, 1901• .. ----- --~-.;....;.....;. - Venice in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries. London, 1910. Lauritzen, Peter - Venice: A Thouonnd Years of CUlture nnd Civilization. New York: Athenaeum, ~978. -- - Morris, Jan (fqrmerly James)- The Venetian Empire.,New York: Harcourt Brace Yovanovich. 1980 • . ' Norwich, John Julius Venice: The Rise ~ Dnpire. ~o!!don, 197 • - Venice; The Greatness nnd ~ Fnll. L~ndon, 1981. Okcy, Thomns - The Story ~ Venice ("Medieval Towns" oorieo). London: .Dent, 1905. Queller, Donald E. - The Fourth Cruoade: The Conquest of Conotnntinople, 1201-1204. Philadelphia: _Univ. of_Pennsylvania Press, 1977. RagG, Laura M. -Crisco in Venetian History.· New Yerk: Dutton, 1928. Richarrioon, Jeruoha D. (Mro. Aubrey) - ~ Do~es of Venice. L-ondon: Methuen, ' 1914. Smith, c. Mar.shall - The Seven Age~ ,.,f Venice: A Romantic Rendcrinr; of Venetian History. London: Blake & Son, 1927.--- - Staley, Edgcumbe - · ~ Dogareooas of Venice. New York (no date). Wicl, Alethea - Venice ("Story of the Nationo11 Series). London & New York, 1~94. B. Inotitutiono, Society, nnd Economy Burko, Peter·- Venice and Anotcrdae~: A Study of Sevcntcenth-'dcntury; :t:litcs. London: Temple Smi ~h, 1974. -- . .. Chojnacki, Stanley - "Crioe, Punishment, and the Treccrito Venctinn Stute," in Violence nnd. Civil Dioorder in Italian Citieo, 1200-1500, cd. ·by ·.Lauro ~r.tinco. Bcrkclo:;{ & J,os Angeleo: Univ. of California Preas, 1972, pp. 184-228c · D:lvio, Jameo :.. ! V~netion Family and ito Fortunes, 1500:..1900. Philadelphia: ·Arns:rican Philosophi,cal_Society 1 1975.