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The Bicentenary of Gallerie dell’Accademia – Canova, Hayez, Cicognara
The year just passed saw the celebration of the bicentennial of the Gallerie dell’Academia, one of
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2 years and still going strong: happy birthday Plum Plum Creations!
SAVE THE DATE: APRIL 7th It seems like only yesterday when I opened my studio, among problems and hi
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The Venetian “Fondamenta”
Venice is a unique and special city, and the names of its “streets” are different from any other
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Venice place names: Calle, Calle Larga, Salizada, Rio terà, Ramo, Sotoportego
In Venice everything is different from the rest of the world, there’s no doubt. Even the streets a
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Venice place names: Campi, Campielli, Corti
In Venice there are no streets but calli (with a few exceptions, as we learned here), and it’s jus
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Linocutting in Venice
A linocut is a type of relief, or block print, very similar to woodblock printing. When you print a
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James Abbott McNeill Whistler: a true lover of Venice
“If the man who paints only the tree, or the flower, or other surface he sees before him were an [
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The birth of Venice
On 25 March Venice celebrates its birthday. According to Martino Da Canal in his “History of Venic
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The Carnival of Venice
The celebration of the carnival derives from very ancient festivities, such as the Greek Dionysian a
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High water in Venice: we try to do some clarity
A small introduction: I’m writing this article not to refresh notions studied during geography cla
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San Giovanni e Paolo Civil hospital
The San Giovanni e Paolo Civil hospital was previous known as Scuola Grande di San Marco, which is a
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April 25th: St. Mark and the “bocolo”
In Venice, on April 25, there is only one celebration: the feast of Saint Mark the Evangelist, the c
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