{"exhibit":{"id":11,"title":"Mythological and Biblical Figures Through a Venetian Lens","description":"

This exhibit will explore how Venetian art portrayed mythological and biblical figures to spread Venetian ideas and ideals. There has always been a lingering notion of Venice as a magnificent city that was blessed by Saint Mark and had a balanced constitution that included republican liberty. Throughout its history, Venice has carefully molded an image of themselves as a magnificent city built on water. Venice distinguished itself through its unique artistic expression, style, and influence. As Patricia Fortini Brown touched upon in The Ceremonial Welcomes of the Venetian Republic<\/em>, Venetians would maintain a proper balance of showing off the real, while maintaining the illusion through different forms of self-presentation [1].<\/p>\n

Many paintings illustrated Venetian ideals and values like justice, wisdom, protection, and fairness that Venice followed throughout its successful times. The use of mythological and biblical figures allowed Venetian artists to use heavenly and god-like figures to emphasize the important messages of the State and Scuola Grandi. During times like the Counter Reformation, which was a period Catholic resurgence, Venetian art reflected prevailing ideals of Catholicism [2]. Mythological and biblical figures became central subjects for painters like Titian, Paolo Veronese, and Jacopo Tintoretto, whose artistic rivalry was known as prime motivation for these artists.<\/p>\n

These subjects were allegories of the resurrection of the soul, the triumph of virtue over evil, the importance of loyalty to the Venetian saints, and continued to provide material for artistic representations of important events and moments that Venice wished to share with the public. \u00a0By exploring these paintings, we can gain a better understanding of how Venice mythologized their city and how Venetian ideals allowed them to have peace and prosperity during the Renaissance. \u00a0<\/p>\n

1. Patricia Fortini Brown, \u201cMeasured Friendship, Calculated Pomp: the Ceremonial Welcomes of the Venetian Republic,\u201d in All the World\u2019s a Stage, ed. Barbara Wisch, pp. 136-50.<\/p>\n

2. Kurtzman, Jeffrey G. \"Lessons Learned from the Iconography of Venetian Ceremonies: Claudio Monteverdi and \"trombe Squarciate\".\" Music in Art 32, no. 1\/2 (2007): 113-32. Accessed November 4, 2020. http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/41818809<\/a>.<\/p>","credits":"Raj Kumar","featured":0,"public":1,"theme":"","theme_options":null,"slug":"venice-figures","added":"2020-11-09 21:05:16","modified":"2020-11-20 07:39:59","owner_id":9,"use_summary_page":1,"cover_image_file_id":null},"item":{"id":57,"item_type_id":null,"collection_id":4,"featured":0,"public":1,"added":"2020-09-23 00:52:45","modified":"2020-11-19 22:38:32","owner_id":9}}