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Monthly Archives: October 2016
More Casanova Appropriation
A while back I posted a bunch of images of book covers featuring Casanova as a title or subject or image or icon. Here are some new images I’ve come across, both books and films, and even a musical. First, … Continue reading
Posted in Casanova, Venice, Writing
Tagged books, Casanova, film, history, History of my Life, love, publishing, seductive venice, venezia, Venice, writing
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Learn about Sarra Copia this Weekend!
I’ll be sharing my research into the life of Sarra Copia Sulam this weekend at the Jewish Community Library in San Francisco. This free program runs from 1:30 to 3:00 on Sunday, October 30. See details here: http://www.jewishlearningworks.org/events/2016/10/30/venice-jewish-poet-sarra-copia-sulam-a-presentation-by-kathleen-ann-gonzalez or click … Continue reading
Posted in A Beautiful Woman in Venice
Tagged books, ebook, history, Italian history, Italian men, Italian women, italy, Jewish history, research, San Francisco, Sarra Copia Sulam, the Ghetto, travel, venezia, Venice, Venice history, writing
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Thomas Coryat on Canals
Englishman Thomas Coryat visited Venice in 1611 and described the canals: “The channels (which are called in Latin euripi or the channels, aestuaria, that is, pretty little armes of the Sea, because they ebbe and flow every sixe houres) are very … Continue reading
Posted in Gondolas, Venice, Writing
Tagged canals, gondola, gondolier, history, Italian history, Thomas Coryat, travel, venezia, Venice, Venice history, writing
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Where Am I?
Your latest location to puzzle over. Here are a couple shots I took while looking out the windows: And here’s the ceiling… And the floor. So where am I? Can you name the building?
Posted in Venice
Tagged Grand Canal, history, palaces, palazzo, Rialto Bridge, travel, vaporetto, venezia, Venice, writing
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Little Italy, California
A few photos from the Little Italy street fair in San Jose, California. They’re raising funds for a new museum of Italian American history in our valley. The neighborhood was chosen in large part because of this building: Henry’s Hi-Life … Continue reading
Redefining Beauty Videos: Isabella Teotochi Albrizzi
I managed to get up early enough one morning in Venice in order to avoid the crowds and make an uninterrupted video in Campiello Cignogna, just off the Calle Larga XXII Marzo. Behind me is the building that housed Isabella Teotochi … Continue reading
Posted in A Beautiful Woman in Venice, Venice, Writing
Tagged books, campo, Elisabeth Vigee, history, Isabella Albrizzi, Italian history, Italian women, italy, literary academies, Literary salons, literature, Lord Byron, research, travel, venezia, Venice, Venice history, video, women writers, women's equality, women's history, writing
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Ghetto Etymology
Dr. John Peter Maher, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago, recently shared with me his research into the origins, or etymology, of the term “ghetto.” Since I’ve been sharing information about Venice’s Ghetto here, I thought … Continue reading
Posted in Venice, Writing
Tagged campo, etymology, ghetto, history, Italian history, Italian language, italy, Jewish history, research, the Ghetto, travel, venezia, Venice, writing
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