Ephemeral City Cheap Print and Urban Culture in Renaissance Venice

Informationen zum Autor Rosa Salzberg is Assistant Professor of Italian Renaissance History at the University of Warwick Klappentext Explores the rapid rise of cheap print and how it permeated Venetian urban culture in the Renaissance Zusammenfassung Explores the rapid rise of cheap print and how it permeated Venetian urban culture in the Renaissance -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. 'Every piece of rubbish given to the press': defining and debating cheap print2. 'Through the piazzas and on the Rialto Bridge': the landscape of the ephemeral city 3. 'A trade open to any mortal man': mobility and versatility in the Venetian printing industry4. 'In the mouths of charlatans': pamphlets from print shop to piazza5. 'Extreme disorder and confusion': policing the ephemeral cityConclusion BibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Rosa Salzberg, Salzberg Rosa, Salzberg Rosa
• Assisted by: Rosa Salzberg (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 31.10.2014
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous
• EAN: 9780719087035
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-8703-5
• Pages: 216
• Subjects: Renaissance, Italien, 16. Jahrhundert (1500 bis 1599 n. Chr.), Europäische Geschichte, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Art History, European History, Verlagswesen und Buchhandel, Presse und Journalismus, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, Italy, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, Publishing industry & book trade, Publishing and book trade, Venice; Renaissance; art studies; Art history, art studies