Venice - a resource for artists and art lovers
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Introducing Venice to artists and art lovers
The site is about Venice and provides resources for artists and art lovers visiting Venice. The information it contains is based on the suggestions of artists who have visited Venice or live in Venice.
You can find out about:
- art museums
- art shops
- artists in Venice
- books about artists and Venice
- guide books for Venice
The image is of my drawing of The Pescheria (the fish market) in Venice - a favourite subject of artists painting in Venice because of its striking red hangings. You can buy a print
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- ALL ABOUT VENICE
- Introducing Venice
- Information about Venice
- VENICE AND ART
- History of art and artists in Venice
- Famous Artists who have painted Venice
- Venice: From Canaletto and Turner to Monet
- BOOKS: Art books about Venice
- La Biennale di Venizia - a festival of contemporary arts
- Artists based in Venice
- Famous Artists who paint Venice
- How to find an ART SHOP in Venice
- ART GALLERIES AND MUSEUMS in Venice
- VISITING VENICE
- Blogging about Venice
- VHS videos about Venice - its origins, its buildings and its culture
- What venice looks like
- Venice and Flooding
- Travel Guide to Venice
- Articles about Venice for Visitors
- Venice by Dorling Kindersley
- VIDEOS: Venice on You Tube
- If you like a good art gallery or museum....
- Comments and Suggestions
- Orbitz!
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ALL ABOUT VENICE
Introducing Venice
a digest of facts about Venice
Some key facts about Venice
GEOGRAPHY
* located in north east Italy - in an area called the Veneto
* built on a lagoon
* around 60,000 people live in the historic city of Venice
HISTORY
* it used to be the capital of the Venetian Republic
Information about Venice
- Venice | Wikipedia
- Venice (Italian: Venezia) is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region.
- Republic of Venice - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- The Republic of Venice or Venetian Republic was a state originating from the city of Venice in Northeastern Italy. It existed for over a millennium, from the late 7th century until 1797.
VENICE AND ART
History of art and artists in Venice
- Sixteenth-century Art: Venetian Painting
- Jul 1, 2006 ... Renaissance painters from Venice developed their own distinctive style using light and a rich color palette.
- Artists in Venice
- Venice is an inspiring city for artists and provides plenty of opportunities for plein-air painting, as these photos show.
- List of painters and architects of Venice - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- List of painters and architects of Venice
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Venetian school (art) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- In the 15th century Venetian painting developed through influences from the Paduan School and Antonello da Messina, who introduced the oil painting technique of Early Netherlandish painting. It is typified by a warm colour scale and a picturesque use of colour. Among the leading early masters were the Bellini and Vivarini families, followed by Giorgione and Titian, then Tintoretto and Veronese. By about 1500 Venetian Renaissance painting was the most important school in Italy, along with that of Florence, and sought after by collectors across Europe.
- Giovanni Bellini - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Giovanni Bellini (c. 1430-1516[1]) was an Italian Renaissance painter, probably the best known of the Bellini family of Venetian painters. His father was Jacopo Bellini, his brother was Gentile Bellini, and his brother-in-law was Andrea Mantegna. He is considered to have revolutionized Venetian painting, moving it towards a more sensuous and colouristic style. Through the use of clear, slow-drying oil paints, Giovanni created deep, rich tints and detailed shadings. His sumptuous coloring and fluent, atmospheric landscapes had a great effect on the Venetian painting school, especially on his pupils Giorgione and Titian.
- Andrea Mantegna - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Andrea Mantegna (c. 1431 - September 13, 1506) was a North Italian Renaissance painter, a student of Roman archeology, and son in law of Jacopo Bellini. Like other artists of the time, Mantegna experimented with perspective, e.g., by lowering the horizon in order to create a sense of greater monumentality. His flinty, metallic landscapes and somewhat stony figures give evidence of a fundamentally sculptural approach to painting. He also led a workshop that was the leading producer of prints in Venice before 1500.
- Titian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio (c. 1488/1490[1] - 27 August 1576[2] better known as Titian (play /%u02C8t%u026A%u0283%u0259n/) was an Italian painter, the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, near Belluno (in Veneto), in the Republic of Venice.
- Giorgione - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Giorgione (born Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco; c. 1477/8 - 1510[1]) was an Italian painter of the High Renaissance in Venice. Giorgione is known for the elusive poetic quality of his work, though only about six surviving paintings are acknowledged for certain to be his work. The resulting uncertainty about the identity and meaning of his art has made Giorgione one of the most mysterious figures in European painting
Though he died at the young age of 33, Giorgione left a lasting legacy to be developed by Titian and 17th-century artists. Giorgione never subordinated line and colour to architecture, nor an artistic effect to a sentimental presentation. He was the first to paint landscapes with figures, the first to paint genre - movable pictures in their own frames with no devotional, allegorical, or historical purpose - and the first whose colours possessed that ardent, glowing, and melting intensity which was so soon to typify the work of all the Venetian School.
[edit] - Category:Venetian painters - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- The painters in this category are painters from the Venetian Republic (last doge abdicated in 1797). The majority are mentioned, if not featured in illustrations, in A Concise History of Venetian Painting by John Steer (Thames and Hudson, 1979, London).
- Canaletto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Giovanni Antonio Canal (28 October 1697 - 19 April 1768[1]) better known as Canaletto, was a Venetian painter famous for his landscapes, or vedute, of Venice. He was also an important printmaker in etching.
- The Renaissance in Venice - Art History Basics on the Venetian School - ca 1450-1600
- During the Renaissance Venice gave birth to a distinct school of painting. There was just something about the light there that begged to be captured on canvas.
Famous Artists who have painted Venice
There are those who 'poo poo' the notion of painting Venice - but it's been painted by an awful lot of rather good artists in the past...........
Venice: From Canaletto and Turner to Monet
Venice was truly a laboratory of perception in the nineteenth century, with its beguiling interplay of light, water, land and architecture. Of course, its fame as a muse for great artists goes further back, but the optical preoccupations of Impressionist and Neoimpressionist painters like Claude Monet and Paul Signac were especially suited to its singular virtues. Monet was inspired to create his famous Venice cycle in the autumn of 1908, and his Venetian paintings mark a turning point in his work as he embraced an increasingly abstract pictorial vocabulary.
It is therefore safe to say that Venice made a considerable, if rarely acknowledged, contribution to this chapter of art history, poised as it was on the threshold of Modernity.
This volume, filled with large-format color illustrations, is the first to provide a comprehensive examination of Venice's image in European and American painting of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. At the center of this well-informed exploration is Monet's aforementioned Venice cycle, supplemented by masterpieces by his predecessors and contemporaries, ranging from Canaletto to Turner to Signac.
Venice: From Canaletto and Turner to Monet
Amazon Price: $43.45 (as of 05/27/2012)
This is a superb book produced by those highly renowned art book publishers Hatje Cantz. I like their books as they combine superb production values - in terms of the quality of reproductions - with authors whose narrative text is based on in-depth research and yet still remains readable - even in translation
I own this book and highly recommend it to anybody who loves Venice or any of the artists who have painted Venice.
Release Date: 12/31/1969
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BOOKS: Art books about Venice
La Biennale di Venizia - a festival of contemporary arts
The Venice Bienalle
- La Biennale di Venezia - Home
- The Venice Biennale is world-beating for the International Film Festival, for the International Art Exhibition and for the International Architecture Exhibition, and continues the great tradition of the Festival of Contemporary Music and of the International Theatre Festival, flanked in the last ten years by the Festival of Contemporary Dance.
Artists based in Venice
- Livio De Marchi
- Salizzada S.Samuele S.Marco n°3157/A
30124 - Venezia (Italia)
(Take the No 3, 4 or 82 vaporetto to San Samuele and head up Calle delle Carrozze)
Email: gallery@liviodemarchi.com
Phone: +39 041 528 56 94
Other Information: Livio de Marchi
Livio de Marchi was born in venice, trained in Venice and now has his own gallery for his sculptures in wood. - Artist Roster
- Visual artists who live in Venice or did in the past; or who visited and made art depicting Venice; or who made murals or designed buildings that are an ...
- Artists in Venice
- I took the photos while wandering around the Dorsoduro area of Venice, and it felt as if there was another artist around every other corner, with different ...
- biennale venice
- Venice biennale, the participating artists, Venice biennale 2007.
- Venice Biennale - Art - British Council - Arts
- Venice Biennale site - everything you need to know about the UK presence at the Venice Biennale from the 30's to the present.
- Venice Artists' Residencies
- Artist in residence program in Venice, Italy.
- Art of Venice, murano glass galley: goblets, vases, sculptures ...
- Art of Venice is a Venetian company specialized in Murano Glass, contemporary artworks, classic Venetian objects and glass jewellery. ...
Famous Artists who paint Venice
This section is gradually going to accumulate more and more links to paintings of Venice by artists who have visited Venice.
- Ken Howard RA - Paintings of Venice
- The Official Website of Professor Ken Howard, R.A.
- Venice Paintings
Text and pictures © Ken Howard.
Ken Howard has a studio in Cannareggio and is renowned for his paintings, in both oil and watercolour, of Venice.
How to find an ART SHOP in Venice
addresses of known art shops
Cartoleria Accademia
Dorsoduro
Accademia, 1044
Venezia, Italia
Tel: 141 5285283
Cartoleria Accademia
Dorsoduro
Campo S. Margherita, 2928
Venezia, Italia
Tel: 141 5285283
Cartoleria Arte and Design,
Santa Croce 53, Campiello Mosca,
- the location of the pigment shop in Venice
- Googlemaps provides an overhead photo and a map of the location of the pigment shop
Arcobaleno Pigmenti de Nube Massimo,
San. Marco, 3457
Calle delle Botteghe.
30124 Venezia (VE), Italy
041 5236818
ART GALLERIES AND MUSEUMS in Venice
Details for each entry in relation to location, vaporetto stops and entry come from the first entry for Venice Museums
- Venice museums
- a concise guide to museums in venice, italy
- Guggenheim
- The Peggy Guggenheim Collection is the most important museum in Italy for European and American art of the first half of the 20th century. It is located in Peggy Guggenheim's former home, Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, on the Grand Canal in Venice.
Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, S. Gregorio 701, Dorsoduro (SALUTE boat stop) Phone 041.520.62.88
Masterpieces by representatives of the main 20th-century art currents and avant-garde movements.
Weekdays, weekends and holidays, 11am-6pm; closed on Tuesdays. Tickets 12,000 lire (discounts, L. 8,000). - Doge's Palace, Venice (Wikipedia)
- Palazzo Ducale Piazzetta San Marco (S.MARCO boat stop) Phone 041.522.49.51
Old seat of the government and law courts; Doges' residence from the 9th century to the fall of the Serenissima Republic. Important works of art in richly decorated halls. Guided tours of secret trails upon request. Weekdays, weekends and holidays, 8.45am-7pm. Last admission at 5.30pm. Tickets (including Museum Correr, Glass Museum, Lace Museum, Palazzo Mocenigo and Ca' Rezzonico), L. 18,000 (discounts, L. 10,000). - Gallerie dell'Accademia
- Italian only website about the Accademia Galleries
- City of Venice - Exhibitions and museums - Giorgio Franchetti Gallery at Ca' d'Oro
- Ca' d'Oro, a 14th-century patrician palace, houses the art collection donated by Baron Giorgio Franchetti. In this Venetian-Gothic-style house, it is possible to admire Venetian-school paintings, such as the famous "Saint Sebastian" by Andrea Mantegna, Tuscanian and Dutch school works, wonderful small bronzes and Renaissance sculptures.
- City of Venice - Culture - Exhibitions and museums - Musei Civici Veneziani - Ca' Pesaro
- The International Gallery of Modern Art contains important nineteenth- and twentieth-century collections of paintings and sculptures, including masterpieces by Klimt, Chagall and remarkable works by such artists as Kandinsky, Klee, Matisse and Moore, as well as a rich selection of works by Italian artists and an important section of graphic art.
The lay-out has been completely redesigned, along with the information-apparatus, and it provides an illuminating introduction to a crucial period in art-history. - Musei Civici Veneziani
- La Sede e la Storia | Percorsi e Collezioni | Restauri | Servizi Scientifici | Attivit%uFFFD educative | Eventi | InfoenglishPalazzo DucaleMuseo CorrerTorre dell'OrologioCa' Rezzonico - Museo del Settecento venezianoPalazzo MocenigoCasa di Carlo GoldoniCa' Pesaro - Galleria Internazionale d'Arte ModernaM
Making A Mark
Artist and author Katherine Tyrrell draws and writes about art for artists and art lovers.
Topics include: artists, art exhibitions, art blogs; art history; art techniques and tips; art business and marketing; art economy and making a mark with pastels, coloured pencils and pen and ink.
VISITING VENICE
Blogging about Venice
- Travels with a Sketchbook in.......: Venice 2005 - Summary
- This blog post summary provides links to all the individual posts relating to my trip to Venice in May 2005.
1. Sketching in Venice - May 2005 - introduction
2. Venice - Sunday 8th May 2005 - sightseeing, a boat race, Harry's Bar, the Dogana and the Salute
3. Venice - Monday 9th May 2005 - what to do when it's wet and windy; the pescheria and Desdemona's house
4. Venice - Tuesday 10th May 2005 (morning) - the view from the Arsenal
5. Venice - Tuesday 10th May 2005 (afternoon) - a shopping trolley, pigments and wooden pears
6. Venice - Wednesday 11th May 2005 - Piazza San Marco, lunch and sketching at Quadris and the Palazzos Dario and Barbero on the Grand Canal (both associated with Monet painting in Venice)
7. Venice - Thursday 12th May 2005 - the Friary Church and the Ca D'Oro
8. Venice - Friday 13th May 2005 (morning) - the market, the Rialto Bridge
9. Venice - Friday 13th May 2005 (lunch and afternoon) - lunch and sketching waiters, more Rialto and noisy gondoliers, exhibition
10. Venice - Conclusions - The Venice Blog
- Guide to events in Venice and hotels reviews
- Veniceblog
- A personal blog about a visit to Venice, Italy.
- Venice Daily Photo
- Venice Daily Photo by Pierre Pareja
VHS videos about Venice - its origins, its buildings and its culture
These are typically USA and Canada only
What venice looks like
- Artist Reference Photos: Colors of Venice
- Venice is a city made for artists, as this collection of reference photos from Venice showing the city's colours shows.
Venice and Flooding
- Venice in Peril - The British Committee for the Preservation of Venice
- Venice in Peril finances restoration, research into the flooding problem and lobbies for the long-term defence of the city, both as a monument and a living community.
Travel Guide to Venice
- City of Venice - Home - City of Venice - Official website of the Municipality of Venice
- Official website of the Municipality of Venice, Italy. News, information and tools available to citizens and visitors
- VeNETia - The Web Site of Venice Italy Guide - Venise - Venedig
- Venice Hotels, Accommodation, Restaurants, History and map of Venezia
- Venice Travel Guide and Travel Information - Lonely Planet
- Lonely Planet Venice Travel Guide. Venice travel information, advice, hotels, reviews, maps and itineraries.
- Weather in Venice, Veneto - Weather forecasts from Italy
- Weather forecasts from Italy. Weather for Venice, Veneto
Articles about Venice for Visitors
- Tourists to contribute to cost of Venice | The Art Newspaper
- A new draft law proposes that ALL 17.5 tourist visitors to Venice - arriving via flights into Marco Polo Airport, long distance trains or on the 500 cruise ships which sail into Venice each year - should contribute to the cost of looking after Venice via a charge per indidivual person.
Venice by Dorling Kindersley
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JaguarJulie Sep 20, 2010 @ 6:49 pm | delete
- Oh my goodness, but our visit to Venice was one of those highlight memories of my life. It is hard to put it into words to express the great joy I felt there -- perhaps part of it was all the water that surrounds Venice? And, being a water sign? LOVED the fact that we also visited Murano and watched authentic glass blowing up close and personal. Nice presented!
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- I've wanted to visit Venice for a long time - but I'm afraid the Venice in my mind is too much better than the real thing as it is now. Blessed your lens.
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makingamark
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Tom Leonardo
Jan 13, 2009 @ 3:20 pm | delete
- Don't know if you can help, but last night on The Travel Channel, Anthony Bourdain's "No Reservations" show featured Venice Italy, as non-tourists would see it. One part of the broadcast featured an English artist whose first name is Jeff. He has lived in Venice for 40 years and paints figures in either oils or acrylics. I wasn't able to catch his last name. I would like to view his work, and perhaps purchase one. If I could find out his last name I might be able to do so. Could you be of any help to me?
Thank you.
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