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Art in eighteenth-century Venice
- September 24, 2022
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The Met museum’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History is a great resource for anyone interested in Venetian art in the eighteenth century. A central essay containing links allows you to explore a wide range of painters, themes and historical contexts – here. ‘Casanova in Paris: The Shadows of the King’ is freely available here. 27 -
Ruskin’s lament – from ‘The Stones of Venice’
- July 16, 2022
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On 12th May, 1797, a year before Casanova died (4th June, 1798), the ancient Republic of Venice capitulated to Napoleon. Immediately he set about sacking the city of as many of its splendours as he could cart back to Paris before handing it over to Austria. By the mid-nineteenth century, although the grand old city -
Casanova’s Europe: Venice
- October 17, 2020
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Interesting lecture (1h 18m) by Frederick Ilchman on eighteenth-century Venice, Casanova and art here. ‘Casanova in Paris: The Shadows of the King’ is freely available here. 27 long form articles on Casanova’s life and times are freely available here. #venice #art #eighteenthcentury
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