Venice is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by expanses of open water and by canals;portions of the city are linked by over 400 bridges. The islands are in the shallow Venetian Lagoon,an enclosed bay lying between the mouths of the Po and the Piave rivers. In 2020,around 258,685 people resided in greater Venice or the Comune di Venezia,of whom around 51,000 live in the historical island city of Venice and the rest on the mainland (terraferma). Together with the cities of Padua and Treviso,Venice is included in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area (PATREVE),which is considered a statistical metropolitan area,with a total population of 2.6 million.
The Republic of Venice or Venetian Republic,traditionally known as La Serenissima,was a sovereign state and maritime republic in parts of the present-day Italian Republic that existed for 1,100 years from 697 until 1797. Centered on the lagoon communities of the prosperous city of Venice,it incorporated numerous overseas possessions in modern Croatia,Slovenia,Montenegro,Greece,Albania and Cyprus. The republic grew into a trading power during the Middle Ages and strengthened this position during the Renaissance. Most citizens spoke the Venetian language,although publishing in Italian became the norm during the Renaissance,alongside Latin.
Vittore Carpaccio (UK:/kɑːrˈpætʃoʊ/,US:/-ˈpɑːtʃ-/,Italian:[vitˈtoːre karˈpattʃo];was an Italian painter of the Venetian school who studied under Gentile Bellini. Carpaccio was largely influenced by the style of the early Italian Renaissance painter Antonello da Messina,as well as Early Netherlandish painting. Although often compared to his mentor Gentile Bellini,Vittore Carpaccio's command of perspective,precise attention to architectural detail,themes of death,and use of bold color differentiated him from other Italian Renaissance artists. Many of his works display the religious themes and cross-cultural elements of art at the time;his portrayal of St. Augustine in His Study from 1502,reflects the popularity of collecting "exotic" and highly desired objects from different cultures.
Giosafat Barbaro (1413–1494) was a member of the Venetian Barbaro family. He was a diplomat,merchant,explorer and travel writer. He was unusually well-travelled for someone of his times.
Paul Oskar Kristeller was a scholar of Renaissance humanism. He was awarded the Haskins Medal in 1992. He was last active as Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Columbia University in New York,where he mentored both Irving Louis Horowitz and A. James Gregor.
David Rosand was an American art historian,university professor and writer. He died on August 8,2014,from cardiac amyloidosis. Rosand specialized in Italian Renaissance art,and was known for his scholarly work on Venice and Venetian artists,in particular Titian.
Edward Wallace Muir Jr. is a Professor of History and Italian at Northwestern University. He is also Clarence L. Ver Steeg Professor in the Arts and Sciences and Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence. Known for his use of anthropological methods in historical research,he was a pioneer in the historical study of ritual and feuding. He has been especially influential in using and interpreting microhistorical methods,which were first devised by historians in Italy. His work has focused on Renaissance Italy,especially the Republic of Venice and its territories. He is president of the American Historical Association in 2023.
The Renaissance Society of America (RSA) is an academic association founded in 1954 supporting the study of the Renaissance period,1300–1650. The RSA brings together scholars from many backgrounds in a wide variety of disciplines from North America and around the world. RSA has over 5,000 members at universities and colleges as professors,instructors,and graduate students;at museums,libraries,and other cultural institutions;independent scholars;and many others interested in Renaissance studies. Its headquarters are in New York City;the annual meeting takes place in changing cities within North America and in Europe.
The Sermon of Saint Stephen is an oil-on-canvas by Italian artist of the Venetian school Vittore Carpaccio,painted in 1514. It is now in the Louvre in Paris.
James Hankins is an American intellectual historian specializing in the Italian Renaissance. He is the General Editor of the I Tatti Renaissance Library and the Associate Editor of the Catalogus Translationum et Commentariorum. He is a professor in the History Department of Harvard University. In Spring 2018,he is a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture.
Antonio Loredan was a member of the Venetian noble family of Loredan,captain of Venetian-held Scutari and governor in Split,Albania Veneta,and the Morea.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Venice,Veneto,Italy.
Deborah Janet Howard,is a British art historian and academic. Her principal research interests are the art and architecture of Venice and the Veneto;the relationship between Italy and the Eastern Mediterranean,and music and architecture in the Renaissance. She is Professor Emerita of Architectural History in the Faculty of Architecture and History of Art,University of Cambridge and a Fellow of St John's College,Cambridge.
Save Venice Inc. is a U.S. non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of art and architecture and the preservation of cultural heritage sites in Venice,Italy. Headquartered in New York City,it has an office in Venice,a chapter in Boston,and supporters across the United States and Europe.
The Venetian Renaissance had a distinct character compared to the general Italian Renaissance elsewhere. The Republic of Venice was topographically distinct from the rest of the city-states of Renaissance Italy as a result of their geographic location,which isolated the city politically,economically and culturally,allowing the city the leisure to pursue the pleasures of art. The influence of Venetian art did not cease at the end of the Renaissance period. Its practices persisted through the works of art critics and artists proliferating its prominence around Europe to the 19th century.
Patricia Hochschild Labalme was an American historian and executive director of the Renaissance Society of America.
Hermonia Vivarini (16th-century),was a Venetian glass artist.
The Condulmer were a Venetian family originally from Pavia. Originally wealthy commoners,the different branches of the family were only slowly admitted to the Venetian nobility. Marco Condulmer,a bread merchant,is recorded in 1297. In 1381,Jacopo Condulmer of the Domenico branch was ennobled for his contributions to the treasury during the War of Chioggia in 1379. The Fernovelli branch was ennobled with the election of one of its own,Gabriele,as Pope Eugene IV in 1431. Still,in 1528,Zuan Francesco Condulmer had his name crossed out in the Libro d'Oro for his failure to prove his nobility. A third branch of the family,the Angelo,was ennobled only at the time of the Cretan War (1645–1669).
