Venetian art

Vittore Carpaccio’s paintings in Venice are well known to the English speaking world still because of John Ruskin’s and Henry James’ praising words. Do you remember? Ruskin used expressions such [...]

Winter in Venice: pros and cons for a visit Winter in Venice is a special time for several reasons. First of all, the city is quiet(er than normally). Nowadays most tourists choose to visit the [...]

Holy relics and disbelief Holy relics create curiosity and even when disbelief prevails, wouldn’t you still feel like checking as St. Thomas did? At the Accademia Galleries in Venice you can [...]

Antonio Canova’s Orpheus and Eurydice at the Correr Museum in Venice Antonio Canova started his career as a sculptor thanks to senator Giovanni Falier. In 1775 at the age of 18 his Orpheus [...]

Angels in Venetian paintings are easy to find.  One of my favorite paintings with angels can be admired in the church of San Giovanni in Bragora. In the altar, Cima da Conegliano has left us the [...]

Stars in Venetian history played a major role. They would help navigators find their routes in the Adriatic and Mediterranean Sea. They would direct travellers of the kind of Marco Polo to the [...]

Equestrian statues are not as common as winged lions. And yet they happen to mark pivotal historical events in Venice, although in different and sometimes “embarrassing” ways.  The quadriga of St [...]

Nativity or Christmas, some commonplaces Nativity is one of those great religious motives in Christianity that apparently gets less interest in art than you expect. You will find a lot of [...]

The Venezia Pavilion is an exception in the history of the Venice Biennale. Designed in 1932 during Fascism on the island of Sant’Elena, the reason why it was built is quite interesting and very [...]

Virtual reality is not illusory When it comes to three-dimensional effects in art we talk about space that exists just as “real” space does. As there are different spatial dimensions and space is [...]