Paintings with a view of Venice. Great artists of venice, itinerary through the temples of venice

"Departure of the Venetian Doge for betrothal to the Adriatic Sea".
1730s.

After gloomy Milan, flooded by the Spanish military, “the most illustrious mistress of the Adriatic,” as this amazing city was then called, appeared before travelers in all its glory, emerging from the depths of the sea with its canals and bridges, the splendor of palace facades made of marble lace and a festive multilingual crowd. All this stunned the youth on the very first day of their arrival. The city has not yet come to its senses after the recently ended carnival, when all the inhabitants, young and old, fall into crazy fun for a while, forgetting about everything in the world. Even the last poor man or a beggar did not deny himself the pleasure, putting on a carnival costume and putting on a mask, to feast and have fun with everyone until you drop day and night. The carnival mask equalized everyone, and for a while people became almost members of a single family, equally enjoying life.
The Venice Carnival was widely known, and guests from other cities and countries came to it. As a rule, on the eve of the day, a large landing of prostitutes landed in the lagoon, for whom a real job was waiting for them in the days of the upcoming crazy bacchanalia. According to tradition, it all started with a pig "corrida" - pigs brought in advance were kept in special pens in the courtyard of the Doge's Palace, and, to the sound of bells, as if on command, they were all released at once. In Piazza San Marco and the surrounding streets there was general pandemonium and the hunt was on for pigs squealing with fear. This festival itself was called "carnival" from the Italian word carne- meat, when the meat-eater comes before Lent, it's time for total gluttony and drunkenness.

Alexander Makhov. "Caravaggio".

Alexander Nikolaevich Mordvinov.
"View of Venice".
1851.

Valentin Alexandrovich Serov.
"St. Mark's Square in Venice".
1887.

Venice (Venezia), capital city of the province of Venice and the region of Veneto, Northern Italy. Major port on the Adriatic Sea. 348.2 thousand inhabitants (1960). It is located on 118 islands separated by channels (about 400 bridges). Venice is connected to the mainland by bridges. In Venice and its suburbs, shipyards, electrical engineering, the production of turbines, boilers, weapons, non-ferrous metallurgy, oil refinery, chemical, and textile industries. Handicraft production of art products from glass, mosaic, lace, etc. Venice was founded in 452. In the Middle Ages - the oligarchic Venetian Republic. The architectural ensemble of Venice took shape in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. The city center forms the square of St. Mark with the Cathedral of St. Mark (10th-11th centuries) and the buildings of the Procurations (15th-16th centuries). The ensemble of the center of Venice also includes the bell tower, the Doge's Palace (14-15th century), the San Marco Library (16th century), overlooking Piazzetta. Palaces are located along the banks of the Grand Canal (Ca d'Oro, Rezzonico, Pesaro, etc.).

Encyclopedic Dictionary. "Soviet encyclopedia". 1963.

Vasily Ivanovich Surikov.
"Venice. Church of Saint Mark.
1884.

Blok wrote about Venice (1909):

Cold wind from the Laguna
Gondolas are silent coffins.
I am this night - sick and young -
Prostrated at the lion's pillar.

On the tower, with a cast-iron song,
The giants strike the midnight hour.
Mark drowned in the lunar lagoon
Patterned iconostasis…

Blok spoke of Venice in a letter to his mother:

“I perceived a lot here, living in Venice already completely, as in my own city, and almost all customs, galleries, churches, the sea, canals are mine for me, as if I had been here for a very long time ... The water is all green. All this is known from books, but it is very new, however - a novelty not striking, but soothing and refreshing.

Gumilyov - about Venice (1912):

... a lion on a column, and brightly
Lion's eyes are burning
Holds the gospel of Mark,
Like seraphim, winged...

Now Akhmatova is about Venice (1912. This year she was Gumilyov's wife):

Golden dovecote by the water
Affectionate and whitening green;
The salty breeze sweeps
Black boats narrow footprints ...

... Like on an ancient faded canvas,
The sky is dull blue...
But it's not crowded in this tightness,
And not stuffy in dampness and heat.

Yuri Annenkov. "Diary of my meetings". Moscow, "Fiction". 1991.

Vasily Ivanovich Surikov.
"Venice. Doge's Palazzo.
1900.

Vasily Ivanovich Surikov.
"Venice. Palazzo Dorio.
1900.

Vasily Ivanovich Surikov.
"St. Mark's Cathedral in Venice".
1900.

Vasily Ivanovich Surikov.
"Venice".

Vasily Igorevich Nesterenko.
Corner of old Venice.
1992.

"View of the Venetian Lagoon".
1841.

Ivan Constantinovich Aivazovski.
"Venice".
1842.

Ivan Constantinovich Aivazovski.
“Mkhitarists on the island of St. Lazarus. Venice".
1843.

Ivan Constantinovich Aivazovski.
"Venetian Lagoon. View of the island of San Giorgio.
1844.

Ivan Constantinovich Aivazovski.
"Venice".
1844.

Ivan Constantinovich Aivazovski.
View of Venice from the Lido.
1855.

Ivan Constantinovich Aivazovski.
"Night in Venice"
1861.

Ivan Constantinovich Aivazovski.
"View of Venice from the lagoon at sunset."
1873.

Ivan Constantinovich Aivazovski.
Doge's Palace in Venice by moonlight.
1878.

Ivan Constantinovich Aivazovski.
"Palace Ca d'Ordo in Venice".
1878.

Ivan Constantinovich Aivazovski.
"Venice".
1870s

Ivan Constantinovich Aivazovski.
"Venetian night".

Ivan Constantinovich Aivazovski.
"Night landscape. Venice".

Isaac Ilyich Levitan.
"Venice. Riva degli Schiavoni.
1890.

Isaac Ilyich Levitan.
"Canal in Venice".
1890.

"Venice. Bridge".
1997.

Olga Alexandrovna Krestovskaya.
"Venice. The Age of the Mask.
2003.

Olga Alexandrovna Krestovskaya.
"Venice. Night light".
2003.

Grand Canal, Venice.
1874.
Private collection.

"Grand Canal in Venice".
1875.
Shelbourne City Museum.

In one magazine I read the following advice: when visiting Italian cities, do not go to art galleries, but instead get acquainted with the masterpieces of painting in the places for which they were created, that is, in temples, scuols and palaces. I decided to take this advice when visiting.

Churches of Venice, where you can see paintings by great artists:

• B - Chiesa dei Gesuati o Santa Maria del Rosario
• C-San Sebastiano
• D - San Pantalon
• E - Scuola di San Rocco
• H-San Cassiano
• K - Gesuiti
• N - Chiesa di San Francesco della Vigna
• P - Santa Maria della Salute

The Venetian Renaissance is a special article. Having fallen under the influence of Florence, the artists of Venice created their own style and their own school.

Great Artists of Venice

One of the great Venetian artists - Giovanni Bellini (1427-1516) was from a family of Venetian painters. The Florentine artist Mantegna had a great influence on the Bellini family (he was married to the sister of Giovanni Nicolasia). Despite the similarity of their works, Bellini is much softer, less aggressive than Mantegna.

In Venice, paintings by Giovanni Bellini can be seen in the following churches:

• Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari (F)
• San Francesco dela Vigna (N)- Madonna and Child with Saints
• San Giovanni and Paolo (L)- Saint Vincent Ferret
• San Zaccaria (o)- Madonna and Child with Saints

Pay attention to how the artist uses color. Especially for the presence of blue in his paintings - in those days - a very expensive paint. The presence of blue indicates that the artist was in great demand and his work was well paid.

After Bellini, Titian Vecellio (1488-1567) worked in Venice. Unlike his fellow artists, he lived an unusually long life. It is in the works of Titian that modern pictorial freedom arises. The artist was ahead of his time by many centuries. Titian experimented with technique in order to achieve greater expressiveness, in many works he began to move away from realism. He died of the plague and, at his request, was buried in the Church dei Frari.

Titian's work can be viewed:

• F - Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari - Madanna Pesaro and the Assumption of the Virgin.
• K - Gezuiti - Santa Maria Assunta (Gezuiti - santa Maria Assunta) - the martyrdom of St. Lawrence.
• P - Santa Maria della Salute (Santa Maria Della Salute) - Saint Mark on the throne with Saint Cosmas, Damian, Roch and Sebastian, he also made the ceiling painting.
• I - San Salvador - Annunciation and Transfiguration of the Lord

Tintoretto means "little dyer" (1518-1594). While still young, he announced that he wanted to combine in his works the color of Titian with the drawing of Michelangelo.

In my opinion, a gloomy artist. In his canvases, everything is constantly worried and threatens with a catastrophe; personally, this sharply spoils my mood. Critics call it the art of creating tension.You can see his paintings:

• B - Gesuati - Santa Maria del Rosario - Crucifixion
• J - Madonna del Orto (Madonna del'orto) - a terrible judgment and worship of the holy calf, the Appearance of the Virgin Mary in the temple.
• P - Santa Maria della salute - Marriage at Canna of Galilee
• H - San Cassiano - crucifixion, resurrection and descent into purgatory.
• A - San George Maggiore - The Last Supper. Here one should pay attention to the fact that in this picture the artist is only interested in the position of the holy gifts, all the fuss does not matter, except for Christ and the sacrament of the Eucharist. It is not the real moment that is depicted here, but its sacred meaning. In addition to this famous painting in San Giorgio Maggiore there are paintings of the collection of manna, the removal from the cross.
• G - San Polo - Another version of the Last Supper
• E - Scuola and the church of San Rocco - scenes from the life of St. Roch.

The Last Supper by Tintoretto (Santa Maria Maggiore)
San Cassiano

Veronose (1528-1588) Paolo Cagliari is considered the first "pure" artist, that is, he is indifferent to the relevance of the image and absorbed in abstract colors and shades. The meaning of his paintings is not a reality, but an ideal. Pictures can be viewed:

• N - San Francesco dela Vigna - holy family with saints
• D - San Panteleimon - Saint Panteleimon heals a boy
• C - San Sebastian

INTRODUCTORY LECTURE
GIOVANNI D'ALEMAGNA, ANTONIO VIVARINI


Antonio Vivarini. Virgin with Child. 1441. tree. Tempera. Accademia Gallery, Venice.

Venice in the 15th and early 16th centuries occupies a very special place in Italy. The Venetians themselves were not very willing to contact other regions and provinces of the country. They preferred to keep a little aloof. In Italy, they were not liked, they were considered hucksters, people who were culturally underdeveloped. Such fame, oddly enough, went about them for a very long time.
Humanism in Venice is established much later than in Florence and other Italian cities. The Venetians were very proud of their state system, the fact that Venice is one of the oldest republics in Europe. They called their Republic the Most Serene (Serenissima), and the official name was: "La Serenissima reppublica di Venezia" ("The Most Serene Republic of Venice"). Their patriotism reached the point that at the beginning of the XVII century. their national sentiments were summed up in a reply to Pope Paul V: "We are Venetians first and then Christians." And although this is said somewhere around 1617, such sentiments prevailed in Venice for a very long time.

Antonio Vivarini. "Adoration of the Magi". 1445-1447 Wood, tempera. State Museum, Berlin.
The Jesuits did not take root here in the 16th century. The Venetians simply did not let them into their lands. Here, although the Inquisition formally existed, it was much softer and more indulgent than in other Italian cities, not to mention Spain or Flanders. In the XVI century. Venice really becomes a refuge for many dissidents, for many people who flee to it, emigrate. Here lives Pietro Aretino, the first journalist in Europe, as he was later often called. A very witty, unusually evil scribbler, extremely talented, who kept even the sovereigns of Europe in fear of his sharp word.
Such a well-known arrogance, with the cultural underdevelopment of Venice, characterizes its position in the XIV and the first half of the XV century. Venice is the richest state in Italy, one of the richest cities in the world at that time. Indeed, the Venetians are primarily merchants. For many centuries they concentrated in their hands the trade in the Mediterranean, especially before the fall of Constantinople. And when the Turks took Constantinople, the entire eastern Mediterranean became Turkish. Only in the second half of the XV century. Venetian priorities are beginning to gradually wind down. But by that time, the republic had accumulated such colossal wealth in its chests that the splendor, cultural and secular splendor was enough for the 16th, 17th, and part of the 18th century.

Antonio Vivarini. "The Coronation of Mary". 1444. Wood, tempera. C. San Pantalon, Venice.

For the Venetian artistic culture, there was no such acute dilemma: Renaissance or Gothic, as was typical, say, for Tuscany, as we have seen on the example of the Florentine masters of the early, and mature Quattrocento. Venice had its problems. Papal influence is felt here weaker, weaker and the direct impact of, say, the Florentine art school. But for a very long time, Byzantine influences were very strong in Venice. In fact, the entire first half of the XV century. in Venice strongly byzantized. This is easy to understand if we remember that next to Venice, with its so-called "terra ferma", I note that the territory of Venice consisted of the city itself, which stands on the canals and overlooks the lagoon, and "terra ferma" (literally translated: “strong or solid land”), that is, mainland possessions, mainland regions. So, on the Venetian "terra ferma" there were many monuments of Byzantine art, classical monuments, including the famous temples of Ravenna, decorated with mosaics.

Antonio Vivarini. Polyptych "The Passion of Christ". 1430-1435 Wood, tempera. Franchetti Gallery, Ca d'Oro, Venice.

In Venice itself in the Middle Ages, it was not Gothic, but Byzantium that was relevant. Medieval Venetian churches are covered with Byzantine mosaics, mostly mosaics, because the fresco in Venice could not withstand the humid air. Sometimes the Venetians painted frescoes, but they have hardly survived. We know that Giorgione worked in the fresco technique, painting the German Compound, a quarter where visiting merchants from the northern countries of Europe, conventionally called Germans, lived. But these frescoes have not survived. We can only guess what they were. We even know that Veronese in some Venetian churches, in particular in the church of San Sebastiano, painted frescoes, but ten years later he himself had to replace the damaged painting, withered due to humid air, with large panels painted on canvas with oil, and attach them to the walls. All the monumental painting of Venice is a panel, painted in oil on canvas and inserted into frames attached to the walls, to the ceilings in the temples and palaces of the city, such as, for example, in the Doge's Palace.

Shiny, full of gold medieval mosaics, the Venetians would often reproduce in the 15th and 16th centuries. in his oil painting. The Mother of God with saints, for example in the scenes of "Sacra Conversazione" ("Holy Conversation"), will be depicted against the background of apses decorated with gold, Byzantine ornaments and Byzantine elements of temple decoration. Mosaics of San Marco and other temples were for a long time indisputable examples of craftsmanship, beauty and luxury. And the first features of the new artistic thinking, the first sprouts of the Renaissance, appear in Venice only by the middle of the 15th century.

Antonio Vivarini. Polyptych "The Passion of Christ" (Fragment). 1430-1435 Wood, tempera. Franchetti Gallery, Ca d'Oro, Venice.

One of the most beautiful cities in the world is Venice.
The heyday of Venice began with the Renaissance. During this period, Venice was a major trading city, "the republic of merchant kings." Venice did not wage civil wars, excelled in trade, the religious cult here was not as strict as in other cities. Public life developed very intensively: solemn ceremonies, festivities, brilliant outfits. Venice also had its own pictorial school, which was dominated by a decorative principle, elegance, richness of colors and an abundance of pictorial effects. Venice gave the world many famous painters, among whom were Bernardo Belotto (nicknamed Canaletto), Antonio Canaletto, Francesco Guardi - the greatest masters of the landscape, "portraits of Venice", hymnologists of its ancient palazzos, churches, canals...
This is what Venice looked like in the 17th and 18th centuries of the last millennium.

This beautiful city was not spared by Russian artists either. Among them - Albert Alexandrovich Benois, Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky.
Albert Alexandrovich Benois, after graduating from the Special School of Architecture, traveled around the French Riviera, Corsica, Italy. Throughout his trip, he painted the most skillful watercolors, but most of all, Albert Benois was tempted by Italy and, first of all, Venice, this unique human miracle.
Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky also visited Italy. And like many masters, he was attracted by Venice. Many painters depicted the sea in their paintings, but only he gave his full talent to seascape painting.
Venice in the works of Russian artists.

Speaking of Venice, it is impossible not to note with what love the Venetians themselves treat their city. With what pride they bear the duties of hospitable hosts of this beautiful city. Ancient streets and canals, arches and bridges, all this, although marked with the stamp of time, still attracts artists and tourists from all countries to Venice.
Let's talk about some of them, as well as the Venetians themselves, who are in love with this unique city.

Ruben Bore. Born in 1949 in Tashkent. From early childhood, he began to show interest in art, from the age of 4 he began to draw. In 1965, Ruben graduated from the Tashkent Art School, after which he entered the Academy of Arts. Repin and graduated in 1976.

The artist traveled extensively throughout Europe, expanding his knowledge and gaining the necessary experience. In 1987, Ruben Boret was invited as a designer and restorer of Old Masters to Milan, and in 1996, he was invited to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
He exhibited a lot. His bright, poetic works, full of sunlight, optimism and color, were exhibited in Tokyo and Paris, Rome and Philadelphia, Israel.
In 1998, Ruben Boret opened an art gallery in Rome, where he still works with his son Alberto, and in 1999, another gallery in New York, run by his son Eduard.
Currently, the artist lives in Paris, where he continues to create his magnificent paintings.

Another artist depicting Venice in his paintings is Todd Williams. Todd Williams studied painting and illustration at the Kansas City Art Institute.
A distinctive feature of his works is the spontaneity of brush strokes and creative virtuosity. There is a lot of air in the artist's paintings. It seems to saturate the surface of the canvas with atmosphere and light, taking the viewer into the depths of the picture.

Todd Williams' work is exhibited in many museums and galleries such as: Gilcrease Museum, the Great Plains Art Museum, Montgomery Museum Of Fine Arts, The Maynard Dixon Museum, Cincinnati's Great American Artists Exhibition, and the Oil Painters of America National and Regional Exhibitions.

Born in Naples on August 13, 1961. masters with extraordinary expressiveness of painting technique, characterize his work much brighter, more dynamic than any art historian and critic. By the age of 34, the artist has achieved wide fame and popularity, thanks to his extraordinary vision and undoubted talent as a painter.
Regardless of the author's choice of composition theme - neoclassical ladies or gentlemen in the living room, female nudes, landscape or flower still lifes, his stroke is qualified, dexterous, constructive.
A special sense of light and color palette reflects the reality chosen by the master; this feeling subtly permeates the composition as a whole.
Fiore is also competent in sketching, which is essential for a well-thought-out and fine-grained outline of the motif depicted on the canvas. Excited by the “concreteness” of things, the master skillfully combines in the picture the realistic detailing of the subject with the virtuosity of the brush, this talent determines the bright distinctive feature of his “personal” painting style.

The artist's paintings are diverse in theme, but regardless of the chosen plot, the past and the present come to life in his works with the same power of perception, absorbing the experience and sensuality of this painter, a student and follower of the great masters of the past.
Raffaele Fiore is a gifted, graceful painter, portraitist and landscape painter, having learned the lessons of the old schools, becoming a "hyper-realistic" artist in the modern sense. His works are known and popular both in his native Italy and far beyond its borders.
Fiore is one of the rare, successful artists with a natural talent for inner vision, penetrating deeply into the essence and nature of the world around us, which is displayed in every work of the master.
Every year, the Raffaele Fiore collections are exhibited at the most famous and significant international exhibitions of contemporary fine art.
It would be possible to continue the display of paintings by artists painting Venice. Their creations are picturesque and lyrical, like the ancient city itself. But, perhaps, users themselves will try to search for images of Venice on the Internet and introduce us to the works they like the most.

Venice is a beautiful city located in Europe in northern Italy. Its main feature is that it, like a mosaic, consists of fragmented parts, which are connected by water channels. And, of course, such an architectural solution could not leave the artists unattended. Inspired by these places, they create their landscapes depicting Venice, bringing to light the most beautiful paintings that delight art connoisseurs. Each painting includes a colossal variety of oil colors delicately applied to the canvas with brushes. By placing a landscape with the image of Venice in your interior of your home or office, you will not only decorate your space where you are, but also bring a piece of that very romantic Italy into your interior.

Venice is not just a beautiful city that brings inspiration to thousands of creative people. Venice is also the city of love and romance. Each landscape depicting Venice presented in this section is painted in soft, light colors. These tones were not chosen by chance. When you hear the word Venice, what is the first thing that comes to mind? Of course, beautiful streets separated by water, unhurried people and a romantic measured life, where there is no place for aggressive tones or catchy elements. In such landscapes, only measuredness and calmness can be present.

Surely everyone who has visited this wonderful city remembers how, walking along its streets, it was impossible not to plunge headlong into this fabulous atmosphere of this unusual city. A city divided by waterways. Thousands of artists and writers found themselves and their inspiration in this city. Hundreds of tourists admire this city from year to year. We are sure that by posting a picture of a part of Venice, you will not only find your inspiration in this picture, but also give peace to yourself and your loved ones. Even if you have never been to this city, this landscape will become for you a connecting window between your premises and that amazing city of Italy.

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