The ex Benedictine Monastery of Sant’Appollonia, which was built between the 12th and 13th centuries, became the domicile to the head of the clergy of the Cappella Ducale of Saint Marks Cathedral, the primicerio, in 1473.
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Posts Tagged ‘Paintings’
Sant’Apollonia Cloister : URBIS painting and architecture in modern times.
Monday, March 21st, 2011GIORGIO MORANDI Silence
Friday, November 5th, 2010 
Twentyone still lifes by Giorgio Morandi (Bologna, 1890 – 1964), some of which are from private collections and are on public display for the very first time. “Silent and humble” paintings in which the colours “vibrate with a slightly subdued brilliance that seems to come from within … a style of painting that belongs perfectly in the perceptive and mental space between the visible and invisible” (Francesco Poli, from the exhibition catalogue).
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Giacomo Favretto at Museo Correr in Venice
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010 
The opearas of the venetian painter Giacomo Favretto (1849 – 1887) are finally back in town, after more than 100 year from the last exposition. With more than 80 operas the exibithion explain his artistical life and the relation with the oter artists of the ‘800.
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Madonnina con Bambino di Ca’ Foscari
Thursday, July 1st, 2010 
The “Madonna con Bambino” (”Holy Mary with Child”) is a mural painting discovered, or better discovered again, during the renovating works of Ca’ Foscari finished in 2005 and situated in the main hall of Palazzo Giustinian dei vescovi, set in a niche over a wooden door.
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Felice Carena and the Venetian Years
Friday, April 2nd, 2010Felice Carena (Cumiana, Turin 1879 – Venice, 1966) is an indiscussed lumirary or the italian art of the Twentieth century. This exhibition can be admired until the 18th July 2010 at the wonderfull venue of Palazzo Franchetti in Venice.
This tribute is a great opportunity to rediscover the Carena’s operas in a new perspective, thank to the new assessment completely different from the one of the show held in Turin in 1996. There will be more than 90 artworks coming from many Italian Museums and from private collections. The paintings are exposed in chronoligical order.
All the information about the exhibition can be found in the official site of Felice Carena’s www.felicecarena.it .
Aldo Bovo – Of Waters, Skies and Mirages
Friday, March 19th, 2010This is a great anthological exhibition about the painter Aldo Bovo (1923 – 1995). Many of its artworks are exposed at the Civic Tower of Mestre (the first city you will find in the mainland when you leave Venice), in Ferretto Square.
The entrance is free of charge and the exposition will be open from the 27th March until the 18th of April from 15:00pm until 19:00pm.
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