👨🎨5 October 1712. Francesco Guardi, one of the most famous Venetian painters was born in Venice.
Francesco Lazzaro Guardi was a nobleman and a member of the Venetian School. He is considered to be among the last practitioners of the classic Venetian school of painting.
He is famous for his "vedute" (views) but differently from those of his contemporary and much more famous #Canaletto which are like a proper photography, his #VeniceViews are evanescent and almost unreal.
It looks like the paintings of #Guardi met the music of his contemporary #Vivaldi: Venice at the peak of its magic!
Not many works of #FrancescoGuardi are held in Venice, the most famous ones are exhibited in other Italian and international museums: like the 3 in the above pictures☝️ which are visitable in Modena Galleria Estense, Paris Louvre, Bergamo Accademia Carrara.
His portrait was made by another great Venetian artist, #PietroLonghi and is held inside the Ca' Rezzonico 1700 Museum in Venice.
#VeniceArt #5October
Francesco Lazzaro Guardi was a nobleman and a member of the Venetian School. He is considered to be among the last practitioners of the classic Venetian school of painting.
He is famous for his "vedute" (views) but differently from those of his contemporary and much more famous #Canaletto which are like a proper photography, his #VeniceViews are evanescent and almost unreal.
It looks like the paintings of #Guardi met the music of his contemporary #Vivaldi: Venice at the peak of its magic!
Not many works of #FrancescoGuardi are held in Venice, the most famous ones are exhibited in other Italian and international museums: like the 3 in the above pictures☝️ which are visitable in Modena Galleria Estense, Paris Louvre, Bergamo Accademia Carrara.
His portrait was made by another great Venetian artist, #PietroLonghi and is held inside the Ca' Rezzonico 1700 Museum in Venice.
#VeniceArt #5October
👨🎨15 November 1701. Pietro Longhi, prominent and prolific XVIII century Venetian painter was born Pietro Falca in Venice. He adopted the art name "Longhi" as soon as he started painting.
Longhi's pictures of real life in Venice (mainly banquets, feasts, brothels, gaming houses, street life) was in constant reference to the theatrical world, and a parallel development can be traced between his work and that of the contemporary Venetian playwright #CarloGoldoni: the latter, through the overcoming of the "Commedia dell'Arte", created a new type of theater inspired by real life, in the same way #PietroLonghi painted the social customs of the time.
Most of Longhi's paintings and frescoes are today held and visitable in Venice Museums and Palaces like Ca' Rezzonico, Querini Stampalia, Accademia Galleries, Ca' Sagredo☝️
#Longhi was also crucial for introducing to the global imagery of the time the traditional Venice Carnival masks 🎭 as people often appear wearing them in his paintings!
#VeniceArt #15November
Longhi's pictures of real life in Venice (mainly banquets, feasts, brothels, gaming houses, street life) was in constant reference to the theatrical world, and a parallel development can be traced between his work and that of the contemporary Venetian playwright #CarloGoldoni: the latter, through the overcoming of the "Commedia dell'Arte", created a new type of theater inspired by real life, in the same way #PietroLonghi painted the social customs of the time.
Most of Longhi's paintings and frescoes are today held and visitable in Venice Museums and Palaces like Ca' Rezzonico, Querini Stampalia, Accademia Galleries, Ca' Sagredo☝️
#Longhi was also crucial for introducing to the global imagery of the time the traditional Venice Carnival masks 🎭 as people often appear wearing them in his paintings!
#VeniceArt #15November
Forwarded from Venice Local Guide
👨🎨 #15November 1701.
Born in Venice painter #PietroLonghi.
It's also thanks to his amazing paintings that Venetian Masks 🎭 became popular all over the world.
👉 Read about him here
Born in Venice painter #PietroLonghi.
It's also thanks to his amazing paintings that Venetian Masks 🎭 became popular all over the world.
👉 Read about him here
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