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Eight are the cultural itineraries that Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia promotes together with  the official Venice guides and Comune di Venezia to discover the heritage, the history of the city of Venice and its Museums. . Discover the itineraries included in “Museums and more”: Venice and the Theatre: city walk and visit to the historic home of Carlo Goldoni  an itinerary on foot tracing the theatrical history of Venice from past to present.

The Venetian “Risorgimento” and the struggle for liberty: city walk and Correr Museum tour. This itinerary focuses on the French and Austrian domination of Venice in the nineteenth century and the city’s part in the struggle for liberation and the reunification of Italy.

The Frari church and Ca’ Pesaro: Power and Art Let’s explore the Frari church together, to understand the influence of the Pesaro family. We will then visit their sumptuous home on the Grand Canal, Ca’ Pesaro, which is now Venice’s fascinating Museum of Modern Art. Discover 18th century Venice: Giacomo Casanova e Ca’ Rezzonico Let us take a walk together and discover 18th century Venice.

The history of Venice through the halls of the Correr Museum to learn about  the thousand-year-long history of the Venetian Republic just by walking through the halls of the Correr Museum and St. Mark’s Library.

Individual Ambition and Collective Participation: Ca’ Rezzonico and the Scuola Grande dei Carmini the magnificent architectural and decorative works, including the Scuole Grandi’s  majestic headquarters with extraordinary decorative elements.

Aromas and Colours of Eighteenth-Century Venice: Palazzo Mocenigo and the Surrounding Area  to discover the sumptuous eighteenth-century interiors dedicated to fashion, furnishings, art and the aromas of the era.

Venice, Fortuny and the Belle Époque  to discover the process of modernisation of the urban fabric in that period and a visit to the museum which the Spanish artist Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo transformed into both his home and his extraordinary and innovative workshop of experimentation.

“Museums and more” participate in the awareness campaign of the City of Venice #EnjoyRespectVenezia.
 

 

 

Sérénissime Trame: Carpets from the Zaleski Collection and Renaissance Paintings

Carpets, painting and collecting are the three themes proposed by the exhibition, which revolve around Venice, bridge to the Orient and cradle of Renaissance painting. The sacred and secular iconography in the latter contains a complement of metaphors among which the images of carpets also stand out, in harmony with the society and culture of the period. At the same time it is precisely the paintings by European Renaissance artists that document the spread of these luxury items. symbolizing sacredness, grandeur and power.

Until September 10 at the Galleria Giorgio Franchetti at Ca ‘d’Oro you can visit the exhibition dedicated to very rare 15th and 16th cent. carpets displayed along with paintings depicting them. In the past, when it wasn’t easy to assign the origin of an artifact to the country where they were woven, carpets were known by the name of the painter who painted them. So, here are the Holbein, the Lotto, the Bellini, along with rare Persian, Mamluk and Caucasian carpets, of very high quality and in good conservation conditions. Do not miss the small ‘Polonaise’ Persian carpet interwoven with silver and gold. Five similar carpets, donated to the Doges by the Safavid ambassadors of Shah Abbas, are on show in the Treasury of St. Mark.
Among the paintings on display ‘The Birth of the Virgin’ and ‘The Visit’ by Carpaccio, ‘Madonna dell’Ombrello’ by Girolamo dei Libri, ‘The Madonna of the Carpet’ by Vincenzo Foppa: it is of great effect the comparison of the paintings with the carpets on show. Children aged 6 to 12 can learn how to knit on Tuesdays and Fridays, sitting cross-legged with a loom, in the splendid portego of Ca ‘d’Oro. On the first Sunday of August and September: do not miss the opportunity to get free in Galleria Giorgio Franchetti at Ca’ d’Oro!