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Tomb with an equestrian statue of condottiero Nicolo Orsini-(1442-1510)-Captain General of Venice, San Zanipolo

 

Blue and gold Venetian Murano Glass Compote –  Scene of Neptune and Venice

 

 

 

Murano nude sculpture by Stefano Toso

 

 

Jaume Plensa- Venice Biennale

Flickr–Rui Rui

 

 

 

La Palla dOro Sculpture atop the Dogana building in Venice

 

 

 

 Manfred Kielnhofer- Guardians Of Time

Venice Biennale 2013

 

 

 

Sculpture by Sculpture by Khaled Zaki  © Khaled ZakiVenice Biennale’s Encyclopaedic Palace  © Khaled Zaki

Venice Biennale’s Encyclopaedic Palace

 

 

 

San Zanipolo, medieval tomb

 

 

 

Well in the courtyard of the Ca’-D’Oro. The Ca’ d’Oro (House of Gold), which is situated on the Grand Canal, is one of the oldest palaces in Venice. It was built in the early 15th century.

Photo Nino Barbieri – wikimedia

 

 

Pala d’Oro, centro—Christus Pantocrator & four Evangelists, Venice

 

 

 

Doges palace, venice

 

 

 

Basilica di San Marco, north facade, Venice

 

 

 

Venetian Crescent Moon mask

 

 

 

Glazed terracotta figurines – Otello Rosa — San Polo, Venice

 

 

 

Venetian mask with canal scene

 

 

 

Venetian art glass blackamore figural candleholder

 

 

 

‘Venice Samarkanda dream’ – Victor Panchenko  

Gallartroma

 

 

Conjoined vases – San Polo, Venice

 

 

 

Boat on Venetian Canal  –  Henri Cartier Bresson

 

 

 

Venetian water jug

 

 

Mid Century cat sculpture – San Polo

1950’s

 

 

 

Matching pair of Blackamoor’s with Shell Trays

 

 

 

Vase with abstract motif – San Polo

 

 

Carnevale Di Venezia

 

The famous Carnevale Di Venezia has a traditon that dates back over a thousand years to 1094 where carnivale festivities as public entertainment in the days leading up to Lent were decreed by the Government of the Doge Vitale Falier. The carnivale lasted for over a month up to Ash Wedensday and the Venetians celebrated wearing masks and colourful costumes. The beginning of the carnivale starts with special traditional celebrations such as the warrior dance of the ” Morescoa” and the “Svolo del Turco ” ( flight of the Turk ), which is a dangerous stunt. Carnival represents a sort of  ” time out of time ” in which fortunes are reversed: the poor become rich, the powerless become powerful. Social customs are overturned; women aggressively pursue men, for example. During the time of Carnevale, it’s important to remain anonymous, so when “real time” returns, it returns to exactly the same place.

Venice Carnivale

 

 

 

Red carnivale costume

kuprat on Flickr

 

 

Venice Museo Storico Navale. Bucentaur

“This lavishly decorated boat with the Goddess Libra ( who is ruled by Venus), was used every year on Ascension Day up to 1798 to take the doge out to the Adriatic Sea to perform the ‘Marriage of the Sea’ – a ceremony that symbolically wedded Venice to the sea every year on the ‘Festa della Sensa’

1331

 

 

 

Carnivale mask – Venice

 

 

 

Venice carnival costume- minube

 

 

Venice Carnival on canal

Susanna – minube

 

 

 

Carnival of Venice and the four Tetrarchs

Susanna – minube

 

 

 

 

Carnival of Venice–Maria Cabrera Lozano – minube

 

 

 

Staircase at Ca Segredo Hotel, Venice.

 

 

Venice gothic architeture

‘Svolo del Turco’

“The Flight of the Angel” from the tower of St Mark’s Campanile Bianca Brandolini D’Adda

( www.ilreporter.com )

 

 

 

Carnival in Venice, Veneto, Italia.

pedro lastr – flickr, 2012

Venice Italy carnivale

( alessandro 1948 – flickr )

Sources cited : http://www.venicethefuture.com

 

 

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