The Control of Space
Dealing with Diversity in Early Modern Venice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16474561 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alexandra Bamji (0000-0003-3256-7979, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 175-188 |
| Publication date | 2007-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Italian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0075-1634 • E-ISSN: 1748-6181 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1179/007516307x227640 |
| OpenAlex | W1992742583 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 5 |
Venice, a city precariously perched on wooden poles, has always been distinguished for its urban environment. In the early modern period, the city's elites attempted to control multiple aspects of the urban landscape, both the physical environment — in terms of land, air and waters — and also the people within the city. This article argues that the key factors which motivated the definition of space were often tied to concerns about health. It suggests that the control of space was not the expression of a policy of social control, but was instead a pragmatic response to the diversity of people in the city; an attempt to impose order and congruity onto a huge urban metropolis
Aesthetics · Art · Cartography · Control (management · Diversity (politics · Environmental planning · Geography · Period (music · Physical space · Social control · Social science · Sociology · Space (punctuation) · Urban space · Anthropology · Computer Science · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Influence and Diplomacy · Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |