It is estimated that in 1600 were present in the Venetian Lagoon 10,000 boats taht today we call today "typical": from grand parade gondolas , common gondolas, caorline, sandoli. But with the advent of motor boats Venice has undergone a rapid change, and most of the typical boats disused, once they were used as firewood.
Pietro Bellotti, 18th century landscapist, Bernardo Bellotti's brother and nephew of Canaletto, with autonomous and personal styling elaborates the inventions of Canaletto, expanding the Venetian repertoire with many views of the most important cities of Europe. And in the 18th century museum Rezzonico in Venice, sponsored by project "archives of landscape painting", opens the exhibition dedicated to him.
The 21st of November is a special date for Venice, the celebration of Madonna della Salute feast.
From the 1st November until the 26th of January, the Grimani Museum in Campo Santa Maria Formosa is hosting La Bella, one of Titian's most famous paintings, a very important masterpiece of the Renaissance
Until the 1st of December Fondazione Cini is hosting on San Giorgio Maggiore Island the exhibition Napoleone Martinuzzi: Venini 1925-1931; the second appointment of the series Le stanze del vetro (The Rooms of Glass) that, after his collaboration with Scarpa, highlights its work with the Murano sculptor.
A year after the artist’s passing, the Musei Civici di Venezia Foundation and the Vervoordt Foundation pay a homage to him with the ‘Artist’s Look’ exhibition, until the 24th of November at Palazzo Fortuny.
Special Offers!
Dinner with view in a very exclusive location? Yes you can! Venice is not famous only for its history, culture and gondolas.
