The Jewish Ghetto and the Visual Imagination of Early Modern Venice by Dana E. Katz

The Jewish Ghetto and the Visual Imagination of Early Modern Venice

Dana E. Katz

202 pages paperback

3 editions

nonfiction history religion medium-paced
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Dana E. Katz examines the Jewish ghetto of Venice as a paradox of urban space. In 1516, the Senate established the ghetto on the periphery of the city and legislated nocturnal curfews to reduce the Jews' visibility in Venice. Katz argues that it w...

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