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The Aesthetics of Water: Wellheads, Cisterns, and Fountains in the Venetian Dominion

Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò (NYU) 24 West 12th Street, New York City

  A lecture by Patricia Fortini Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton University and Director, Save Venice Inc. When we think of Venice, we think of a city in the sea, surrounded by water. And yet, before the modern era, the city had no source of fresh water other than the rain from heaven or barges from the mainland. Therein lies the paradox:…