Index of Blog Posts
This Index of Blog Posts gives an “at a glance” overview and quick access, to all the blog posts currently available. I have arranged the posts into these arbitrary categories, to give viewers an easier appreciation of the wide variety of information available.
Currently, there are 214 blog posts.
Choose a category, then click on the selected post link.
Acqua Alta – The Great Flood
Art Music Literature (General)
- “Antonio Vivaldi – Life and Legacy”
- “Peggy Guggenheim – The Last Dogaressa”
- “Peggy Guggenheim in Venice”
- “Peggy Guggenheim – Images and Quotes”
- “Teatro La Fenice”
- “Quotes about Venice”
- “Casanova-Life and Times”
- “Byron in Italy”
- “Wagner in Venice”
- “The Venetian School of Art”
- “Tempera Painting on Wooden Panels”
- “The Malibran Theatre”
- “Venice – Great Poetry and Images”
Depicting Venice in Art
Photographing Venice
- “Why I love Venice?”
- “Venice – Developing a personal vision”
- “Depicting Venice – Ian Coulling”
- “Depicting Venice 2 – Ian Coulling”
- “Depicting Venice 3 – Ian Coulling”
- “Characters in Stone”
Foreign Artists working in Venice
Festival-Regattas-Events (see also Venice Carnival)
- “The Regatta Storica of Venice”
- “The Vogalonga”
- “The Festa della Sensa”
- “The Festa del Redentore”
- “The Venice Art Biennale”
- “The Venice Architecture Biennale”
- “The Venice Dance Biennale”
- “The Venice Music Biennale”
- “The Venice Film Festival”
- “The Venice Theatre Biennale”
Food and Drink
Garden History
Getting Around- Basic Terminology
- “Getting Around – Basic Terminology”
- “Useful Apps for Venice”
- “Santa Lucia Train Station”
- “Piazzale Roma Bus Terminal”
History of Venice
- “History of Venice”
- “History of Venice-Timeline”
- “Mythical Beasts and their Symbolism”
- “The Arsenal of Venice”
- “The Castellani and Nicolotti”
- “The Lion of St Mark”
- “The Language of Venice”
- “Prostitutes and Courtesans of Venice”
- “Marco Polo”
- “Political Empire through Trade”
- “History of Travel Posters”
History and Architecture
- “Canal Poles – Pali di Casada”
- “Chimneys, Roof Terraces and Aerials”
- “Doge’s Palace – Column Capitals”
- “Mouths of the Lion”
- “Rialto Fish Market”
- “Palazzo Dario – A Strange Curse”
- “Pateras – Small Circular Reliefs”
- “Rio Tera – Canals into Streets”
- “Sacred Geometry”
- “St Mark – The Shoemakers Patron”
- “The Clock Tower in St Mark’s Square”
- “St Mark’s Campanile”
- “The Doge’s Palace”
- “The Four Horses of St Marks”
- “Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore”
- “Scala Contarini del Bovolo”
- “Palazzo Lezze and Alchemic Symbolism“
- “La Maddalena and Masonic Symbolism”
- “Kabbalah and San Francesco della Vigna”
- “The Silk Trade of Venice”
- “Symbolism of the Venetian Cross”
- “The “Ospedali Grandi” of Venice”
- “Casinos and Ridotti of Venice”
- “Palazzo Agnusdio – Religious Symbolism”
- “La Zecca” (The Mint)
- “Venice – Door Knobs and Knockers”
- “Venice – Characters in Stone”
Introduction to Venice
Islands of the Lagoon
- “The Island of Torcello”
- “The Island of San Michele”
- “San Francesco del Deserto”
- “The island of Torcello”
- “San Lazzaro degli Armeni”
- “The Island of Poveglia”
- “Lazzaretto Nuovo”
- “Lazaretto Vecchio”
- “The Island of Sant’Erasmo”
- “The Island of Burano”
- “The Island of Murano”
- “The Island of Le Vignole”
- “The Island of San Servolo”
- “The island of Santa Cristina”
- “The Island of Sacca Sessola”
- “The Island of La Certosa”
- “The island of San Clemente”
- “Santa Maria delle Grazie”
- “Lido di Pellestrina”
- “Lido di Venezia: Part 1”
- “Lido di Venezia: Part 2”
- “The Island of Mazzorbo”
My Favourite Churches
- “Santa Maria della Salute”
- “Santa Maria dei Miracoli”
- “St Mark’s Basilica”
- “Santa Maria Formosa”
- “San Pantalon”
- “Madonna dell’Orto”
- “Santa Maria Glorioso dei Frari”
- “San Francesco della Vigna”
- “Santi Giovanni e Paolo”
- “San Zaccaria”
- “San Giorgio di Maggiore”
Palace Architectural Styles
Potions and Medicines
The Doges of Venice
The Gondolas of Venice
The Grand Canal
The Lagoon and Ecosystem
The Jewish Ghetto
The Scuola System
- “Scuole Grandi of Venice – Introduction”
- “Scuola Grande dei Carmini”
- “Scuola Grande della Carita”
- “Scuola Grande della Misericordia”
- “Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista”
- “Scuola Grande di San Marco”
- “Scuola Grande di San Rocco”
- “Scuola Grand di San Teodoro”
- “Scuola degli Schiavoni (Minor School)”
Venetian Artists of the 18th Century
- “Venetian Artists-18th Century (Introduction) “
- “Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto)”
- “Francesco Lazzaro Guardi”
- “Rosalba Carriera”
- “Pietro Longhi”
- “Giovanni Battista Tiepolo”
- “Marco Ricci”
- “Giovanni Battista Pittoni”
- “Giovanni Battista Piazzetta”
- “Bernardo Bellotto”
- “Michele Marieschi”
- “Jacopo Amigoni”
- “Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini”
- “Sebastiano Ricci”
- “Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo”
Venice Museum Guide
- Venice Museum Guide
- 1 – Palazzo Ducale (The Doge’s Palace)
- 2 – Peggy Guggenheim Collection
- 3 – Ca’ Pesaro
- 4 – The Correr Museum
- 5 – Galleria dell’Accademia
- 6 – Scuola Grande di San Rocco
- 7 – San Servolo Insane Asylum Museum
- 8 – Palazzo Grassi (Francois Pinault Collection)
- 9 – Museo Fortuny
- 10 – Leonardo da Vinci Museum
- 11 – Fondazione Querini Stampalia
- 12 – Museo del Vetro
- 13 – Museo del Merletto
- 14 – Punta della Dogana
- 15 – Casa di Carlo Goldoni
- 16 – Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia
- 17 – Museo Palazzo Mocenigo
- 18 – Museo Storico Navale di Venezia
- 19 – Museo della Musica
- 20 – Fondazione Emilio e Annabianca Vedova
- 21 – Museo di San Marco
- 22 – Museo Ebraico di Venezia
- 23 – Palazzo Cini
- 24 – Museo Provinciale di Torcello
- 25 – Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Venezia
Venetian School of Art (15th-16th C)
History of Venetian Glass
Venetian School of Music (c.1550-1610)
- “Introduction – “The Venetian School of Music”
- “Adrian Willaert”
- “Giovanni Gabrieli”
- “Claudio Monteverdi”
- “Giovanni Bassano”
- “Giovanni Croce”
- “Baldassare Donato”
- “Gioseffo Zarlino”
- “Girolamo Diruta”
- “Claudio Merulo”
- “Jacques Buus”
- “Andrea Gabrieli”
- “Cipriano de Rore”
- “Nicola Vincentino”
- “Girolamo Dalla Casa”
- “Gioseffo Guami”
- “Annibale Padovano”
- “Giulio Cesare Martinengo”
- “Constanzo Porta”
- “Vincenzo Bellavere”
Venetian Wells-Drinking Water
Venice Carnival
Venice District & Attractions
- “Introduction – Districts and Attractions”
- “Cannaregio – District and Attractions”
- “Castello – District and Attractions”
- “Dorsoduro – District and Attractions”
- “San Croce – District and Attractions”
- “San Marco – District and Attractions”
- “San Polo – District and Attractions”
Visitor Taxes – Responsible Tourism
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