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HALSBY, JULIAN: VENICE - the artist's vision - a guide to British and American painters, London B. T. Batsford 1990 ; fester Einband / hard cover; 1. Ed. ISBN: 0713466065
0713466065 Fine copy.

Jacket illustration: 'The Dogana, San Giorgio, Citilla, from the steps of Europa' by J. M. W. Turner (1842). Contents: 1). The discovery of Venice - Byron, Turner and Bonington. 2). 'Venezia, cara Venezia' 1822-1840. 3). 'The stones of Venice' - John Ruskin and his influence. 4). 'City of palaces, pigeons, poodles and pumpkins' - the Vicorians in Venice 1840-80. 5). The butterfly of the lagoon - Whistler in Venice 1879-80. 6). The Duveneck boys - Americans in Venice 1850-1930. 7). 'Fountaine de Jouvence' - John Singer Sargent and his circle at the Palazzo Barbaro. 8). A golden age - Sickert and his contemporaries in Venice 1880-1939. 9). 'That magic, enigmatic city' - contemporary Venice. 10). 'This amazing city created especially for the painter'. 143 illustrations (32 in color). With map of Venice, bibliography, chronology (1819-1914), dictionary of artists and index. 223 pag. 1st edition Hard bound with dustjacket 25,5cmx19,5cm; 1st edition

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Kuntz, Marion Leathers: Venice, Myth and Utopian Thought in the Sixteenth Century: Bodin, Postel and the Virgin of Venice, Ashgate Publishing, ISBN: 0860788075
Editorial Reviews\n\nProduct Description\nThe concept of Venice as the most perfect republic was a major part of the myth of Venice which reached its full flowering in the 16th century. This myth fed Utopian visions of a unified world. The essays here examine the ideas and motivation of three Frenchmen of the 16th century: Jean Bodin; Guillaume Postel; and Dionisio Gallo, who each made their own contribution to this conception of Venice and developed their own Utopian ideals. Themes discussed include the foundations of Venetian toleration, the reasons for God's love of Venice above any other city, the relationship between charity and restitution, and the role of sexual dualism as a paradigm for the ideal state. Particular attention is given to the enigmatic figure of the Virgin of Venice. , ISBN-13: 9780860788072

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Ludovico De Luigi: Bajazzo's Vision. Originalgrafik. Nummerierte und signierte Farblithografie auf Bütten. 1997 Venedig
Blattgröße: 36,0 x 18,0 cm | Motivgröße: 20,5 x 15,8 cm

Eine signierte und nummerierte Farblithografie von Ludovico De Luigi. Die einmalige Auflage betrug 20 Exemplare. Dies ist Blatt Nr.9. Sehr schönes Blatt, kräftiger Druck. Neuwertiger Zustand. Ludovico de Luigi (born 11 November 1933) is a contemporary Italian sculptor and painter living in Venice. De Luigi first exhibition was in 1965 with his one-man show at the Gallery 'Il Canale' in Venice which included two large works, views of a decaying and monumental Venice invaded by waves of insects and other fantastical beings. Upon meeting with the gallery owner, Luciano Ravagnan, in 1968, De Luigi's exhibition activity increased in Venice and abroad. There were exhibitions in Trieste, Milan, New York, Munich, MonteCarlo, Paris and, from 1975, in many German cities. Alongside the line of Vedutism and entomology, he depicted the threats which menace Venice: flood water, pollution, technology, and consumerism of the city. Venice is represented in surreal visions, catastrophic, sensual or decadent, due to an oil technique to which the use of the 'electronic brush' of the computer is added later. In the 1980s De Luigi carried out some sculptures, creating enormous bronze horses inspired by the famous quadriga of St. Mark's. De Luigi's horses are now in the squares of Marseille, St. Louis, Chicago, Denver, Perth and Bolzano. For the Venice carnival of 1990 he created a huge chocolate horse of the same dimensions. In 1999 he sculpted one in glass, created in the furnaces on Murano.

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Hamadpis Liphshitz Press: Hagadah Shel Pesah the Pessah Hagada, 1951 [Jerusalem] Jerusalem Bible Pub. Co. ; Hamadpis Liphshitz Press

(FT) Hardbound. Folio. [24] pages. 42 cm. Facsimile edition. In Hebrew with English translation in the margins. Facsimile of Venice Haggadah: "This Hagada - printed in Jerusalem by Hamadpis Lipshitz Press, is a reproduction of an old Venetian edition of which the above is the original title page. It contained an Italian translation, for which English has been substituted. " The Yale University Haggadah collection describes the original work this facsimile is based from: "The Venice Haggadah of 1609 is one of the most beautiful early printed Haggadot. The compositional conception of this edition differs from its precursors in the monumental layout of the page. The decorated frame consists of two columns crowned by a pediment, and a text illustration at the bottom of the page. Framing each lower illustration are the figures of Moses and Aaron on one page and David and Solomon on the other. Several pages feature two larger pictures with a picture at the top in place of the arch. Sadly, it is not known who the designer of the Venice Haggadah was but one thing is for sure, he was a great artist as well as a great scholar of biblical and rabbinic literature. The printer, Israel ben Daniel Zifroni, however, was a well known publisher during the last quarter of the 16th century having printed books in Basel, in Freiburg, and in Venice from 1588. The haggadah was printed for him in the printing house of Giovanni da Gara. It appeared simultaneously with translations in Judeo-Italian, Judeo-Spanish and Judeo-German, the languages of the Jewish communities living in Venice at the time. The renowned rabbi Leone da Modena, prepared the Judeo-Italian translation. His tomb can be found today in the old Jewish cemetary on the Lido. In terms of the range and depth of its wood-cut illustrations, the Venice Haggadah had no peer. It included newly conceived images of scenes that had been traditional in the medieval haggadot such as scenes from the lives of the Patriarchs, the plagues, and the crossing of the Red Sea, but it also included images of biblical and midrashic themes that had not been part of the Haggadah iconography of the past. In the illustrations that adhered to the accepted conventions, the artist of the Venice Haggadah added details that made the image unique. For example, the depiction of the Israelites crossing the Red Sea shows them carrying the remains of Joseph. No other image of that scene in previous depictions had included that detail which alludes to the biblical passage which tells us that Moses took Joseph's bones along, thus fulfilling the vow the Israelites made to Joseph before he died (Gen. 50: 25, Ex. 13: 19) . This added detail adds immediacy and depth to the illustration and also serves a pedagogic purpose. It emphasizes the theme of keeping the faith in the story of the redemption from Egypt. As God kept his vow to Abraham that He would redeem his descendents after 400 years (Gen. 15: 13) , so did Moses and the Israelites keep their vow to Joseph that they would not leave him behind when they were redeemed. Among the scenes that had not been depicted in previous haggadot are Abraham with his wife and concubines, Laban and his army catching up to Jacob and his camp, a husband and wife sleeping in separate beds so as not to conceive children whose fate would be to be drowned by Pharaoh's men. An illustration that accompanies the Hallel service after the meal is a tableau of three battles fought by Joshua and the Israelites during the conquest of Canaan. This too is an illustration unique to the Venice Haggada. " Subjects: Haggadot - Texts. Seder - Liturgy - Texts. Judaism - Liturgy - Texts. Passover - Prayer-books and devotions. Haggadah - Illustrations. Outer edges worn and lightly bumped; with some creases and wear to covers. Gilt letterpress inscription on the cover. Front cover starting at top. Otherwise clean and fresh. Good condition. (HAG-7-25/6)

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