Venice
Venetian Renaissance Sources and Documents
General Index to Italian Renaissance Art and Architecture Sites
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Source Page for Italian Renaissance Art and Architecture
Venice : Sources Geographical, Touristical, and Historical
Here is the Webcam at Piazza San Marco
Venezia Serenissima Virtual Tours all over Venice.
Michael of Rhodes: a Medieval Mariner and his Manuscript "In 1401 a young man named Michael of Rhodes joined the Venetian navy as a lowly galley oarsman. Over the next four decades, he sailed on more than 40 voyages and took part in five major sea battles, rising through the ranks to become a trusted galley commander. Michael documented his life and knowledge in a remarkable manuscript. Only recently rediscovered, it chronicles Michael's service record and includes more than 200 pages of commercial and calendrical computations, a beautifully illustrated section on astrology, some of the earliest surviving portolan aids to navigation, and the world's first known treatise on shipbuilding." See here!
Venice Connected. Set up by the city of Venice to assist visitors in making reservations.
Venice Online Here set to the page on Events in 2008/89.
Citta' di Venezia The Commune of Venezia.
VENEZIA : il magazine online della provincia di Venezia
Origini della Toponomastica Veneziana Or, the origins of street names and the names of other places in Venice.
Veniceblog. All sorts of on-the-spot news: the World Cup, all known Web cams in Venice, and news.
Venice Finder What's on, where to stay, eat, etc.
A Map of Venice Arranged by monument; some photographs also.
VeNETia For information on today's Venice: touristical, commercial, and somewhat historical.
Stranieri in Italia Useful information for foreigners living in Italy.
Save Venice, Inc Information on the U.S.-based organization's conservation and restoration activities.
Venice in Peril The British equivalent of "Save Venice".
A site on Venice by Diana Wright.
Webcam! A View of the Grand Canal
Libreria Sansovino Great bookstore by the Bacino.
On the Gondola
Gondola Preservation Institute
Voga alla Veneta A Web site devoted to "the unique rowing style - standing up, facing forward - that the Venetian gondolier employs to thread his craft through the city's narrow canals." Soon to be a major motion picture!
On the Forcola An important part of the gondola!
Carnevale
Carnival of Venice On the next Carnival, and other ideas. Lots of ads.
Carnevale 2008 and links to other related sites.
DIZIONARIO BIOGRAFICO DEGLI ITALIANI
On line! At Last!
The list below was compiled by Vittorio Volpi, and originally posted on
serenissima@yahoogroups.com in October, 2004.
Language Studies: Latin Paleography and Online Dictionaries of the Venetian dialect
Sources Art Historical
Venetian Research Institutes and Libraries
Various Art and Historical Sources for Venice
- Pompeo Molmenti's La Storia di Venezia nella vita privata Bergamo, 1927. A site very much in progress, and already very large.
- Seicento Venice : A bibliography
- Glossary of Renaissance Dress and Textile Terms Not specifically Venetian, but looks very useful. A compilation from several sources.
Movies Set in Venice
- A list from IMDb
- Senso. 1954. Directed by Luchino Visconti. Austrians vs
Italians in 19th century Venice. Quadrio's vs. Florian's!
A scene, courtesy of Youtube. - Summertime Directed by David Lean. 1955. One of the first truly lavish Technicolor movies.
- Death in Venice 1971. Directed by Luchino Visconti.
- Don't Look Now 1973. Directed by Nicholas Roeg. Sinister Venice. the trailer
- Don Giovanni 1979.
Directed by Joseph Losey, and set almost entirely in Palladian villas.
The Trailer (1979) - The Comfort of Strangers 1991. Directed by Paul Schrader. Sinister Venice.
- The Wings of the Dove Almost all of the story is played out in Venice. Milly Theale lives in the Palazzo Barbaro-Curtis, where James had stayed during his visits to Venice. Released Nov. 1997. The trailer
- Dangerous Beauty A 1998 movie based upon the life of Veronica Franco, courtesan and poet in 16th-century Venice. A bit of the film.
- The Merchant of Venice. With Al Pacino. 2004. Links to trailers and reviews.
- Casanova. With various hunks. 2005.
SOME PLACES TO STAY IN VENICE, ESPECIALLY FOR THE RELATIVELY IMPECUNIOUS
- San Samuele--Salizzada San Samuele, 3358 San Marco Venice, 041-522-8045. When I stayed here several years ago its chief virtue was its location very close to the vaporetto stop of the same name. The location is excellent; right by Palazzo Grassi Now it appears (from photos on Web sites) to have been fixed up quite a bit and it's still a one-star hotel.
- Hotel Tivoli Near the Frari, the State Archives and the Scuola di San Rocco. They don't take credit cards; sometimes will give an academic discount.
- The Albergo Al Sole, Santa Croce 136 Fondamenta Minotto, is a 3 or 4 star hotel but has lots of discounts (in big old 15th century palace) so even if you are going in high season it might be worth a look. Hotel is impressive, big buffet breakfast (no need for lunch) and close to the train station but not suffering under the influence.
- Istituto San Giuseppe. Convent run by the Suore Figlie di San Giuseppe del Caburlotto. In the Castello district. There are actually several convents with rooms to rent in Venice, many open to all. This Web site lists only this one, which looks nice, but I've never stayed here.
- A blog listing many convents with contact information