Discuss one aspect of Venice’s cultural attributes dating to the 18th century, or it’s government and the governing class as it evolved during those

Discuss one aspect of Venice’s cultural attributes dating to the 18th century, or it’s government and the governing class as it evolved during those years; it’s trade – what did it consist of; it’s outer lands’ involvements in the War of Spanish Succession, or anything pertaining to 18th Century Venice, – the Villas and estates on the mainland; trade, the Grand Tour; you can include a work of literature by writers such as Henry James, who wrote about Venice during his own time spent there — maybe you can find a poet or other writer from that era?