The Venetian Lagoon and its Ecosystem. The Venetian Lagoon and its Ecosystem. It is the most important survivor of a system of estuarine lagoons, that in Roman times extended from Ravenna north to Trieste. During the 5th to 6th century, the lagoon gave security to...
Monet in Venice. Monet in Venice. The French impressionist painter (1840-1926) and wife visited Venice in October 1908; staying for two months. He produced only 37 oil-on-canvas paintings, in preliminary form, featuring around a dozen different views; all taken around...
Whistler in Venice. Whistler in Venice. The American artist living in England, arrived in Venice bankrupt, after a sensational libel trial against John Ruskin. Venice proved restorative and transformational; releasing a flood of creativity, that enabled him to...
Turner in Venice Turner in Venice. The artIst made three trips to Venice, in the late summers of 1819, 1833, and 1840 and his resulting paintings are widely celebrated. Joseph Mallord William Turner (b.1775 – d.1851), was just one of many distinguished artists...
The Venetian School of Music The Venetian School of Music. It describes both the composers working in Venice from about 1550 to around 1610 and the music they produced. The Venetian “polychoral” compositions of the late 16th century, involved spatially...
