Venice Carnival and the Dolomites in one trip. Part 11. Venice, Correr Museum
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26.02. 17. Museum Correr.
From the Doge's Palace to the Correr Museum on the same square, we made our way through an unthinkable crowd. The reason is the action “Flight of the Eagle” at 12:00. More about him in the next story.
Correr is a 19th century Venetian patron of the arts who bequeathed his collection to the city.
Winged lion at the entrance:
It turned out to be a cafe inside the museum.
The tables near the windows were occupied. But a respite after heavy gold overhead (in the Doge's Palace) was needed.
First, the halls of the royal palace are examined. Empire style, times of Napoleon's bad memory for Venice.
The French plundered Venice (as at one time Venice - Constantinople). But the palace was built. After the French, the Austrians were in charge, and the interior decoration of the halls is from the Habsburg era.
Luxury ballroom:
Next - the rooms of the Austrian Empress Elisabeth, known as Sisi (Sissi), the wife of Franz Joseph (for Italians, Francesco Giuseppe). In 1856-1857 and in 1861-1862 Sisi lived in this palace.
Her secretary is of Venetian work, with wood carvings, polychrome inlays and painted mirrors.
Venice is famous for its Murano glassware. Murano is one of the islands of Venice, where glassblowers still work.
Elegant table:
Library:
What an inlay!
The Correr Museum houses one of the most important Italian collections of Renaissance ceramics. The tastes of the Venetian nobility of the golden, that is, the sixteenth century, are reflected.
On the left - "Aeneas' meeting with his father", on the right - "The eagle carries off Ganymede":
It looks like someone drowned here:
And here too:
The Piazza San Marco is perfectly visible from the windows of the museum. Party what you need:
The hall of the famous Italian sculptor Antonio Canova. "Orpheus" and "Eurydice" he performed in 1775-1776, when he was 17-18 years old.
And this is already a late work - "Italian Venus". Canova showed his work by candlelight. Under the influence of light and shadows on the transparent marble surface, the transitions between the various parts of the statues softened. And there was also the “last touch” process - the unique application of Canova's patina to the surface of the sculpture.
The most interesting thing in the museum is the art gallery. What to say? It's fascinating to look at the photos now,
pay attention to details, learn the history of paintings.
“Musician Angels”, 14th or 15th century:
“Christ at the Column”, 15th or 16th century:
Madonna with Bambino. What just does not happen!
Bartolomeo Montagna, Madonna and Child with St. Joseph. " How do they look at her...
More Madonna (between St. Nicholas and St. Lorenzo). The painting is damaged, but the artist's manner is visible. And I can not believe that the 15th century.
This is also the 15th century. "St. Anthony of Padua". Unusual sky background. And the frame itself is a work of art:
What attracted special attention then in the museum turned out to be masterpieces. We are talking about seven artists of the 15th-16th centuries (Renaissance), the names of two of them were familiar,
and two more - even very good.
The Adoration of the Magi is one of the creative copies made by Pieter Brueghel the Younger from a painting by his father, Pieter Brueghel the Elder. As always, landscapes of small Flemish towns and vibrant folk life in them are recognizable. And Mary with the Child is in the very corner of the picture. The surprise is that already in the 16th century there were ruins.
Cosme (Cosimo) Tura, "Pieta", 1460 Realism on the verge of surrealism:
Two paintings by Giovanni Bellini:
Well, this is my favorite Italian artist - Antonello da Messina. “Pieta with three angels” (1476), even badly damaged, somehow immediately attracted attention. Unusual, expressive composition. And in the background, by the way, Sicily, Messina:
And the most famous painting of the Correr Museum is Vittore Carpaccio, "Two Venetians" (~1495).
For a long time, the painting was called "Two Courtesans", but then they were "rehabilitated" on the basis of carefully studied details. Now these Venetians are respectable married ladies. This is evidenced, in particular, by the female peacock (a symbol of consent) and the dogs (a symbol of fidelity).
The continuation turned out to be even more interesting. If you look closely, the picture seems to be cut off both on the left and on top. There is a vase, there is a stem, but there is no flower. And in the 1990s in Los Angeles, an authoritative researcher of the Italian Renaissance guessed to mentally attach “Venetians” to the painting “Hunting in the Lagoon” stored in the USA.
The match was perfect. The hypothesis was confirmed by all types of analysis.
But even after that, questions remained. They already concern hunting in the lagoon. Why are there no arrows in bows? Why are birds not afraid of hunters?
And yet, the appeal of the lower part of the picture is different. In the contemplation that ladies indulge in. I would say that they meditate:
Yes. . . Life sometimes develops in unexpected directions. If you now ask Google for “Carpaccio” and “Bellini”, then first of all it will give out: carpaccio is a dish of thinly sliced raw beef, and bellini is a champagne cocktail. : ( On this trip, by the way, we had both.
Olga and Bellini:
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