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True to Cuno’s words, the broad range of Venetian Renaissance art, coupled with the rarity of these pieces, create an extraordinary show. Spanning over 200 years of Venetian Renaissance art, the paintings range from 14th century iconic religious scenes to naturalistic portraits from the 16th century. An early Titian drawing entitled “Trees near a pool of water,” display foliage drawn in fluid, quick strokes. The subtle contrasts in tone result in a rich texture of light and shadow. Another rare drawing by Titian, entitled “The Submersion...
...gradual progression from iconographical elements to a naturalist setting ultimately culminates into the Fogg Museum’s core acquisition for this exhibit—The “Sacra conversazione”(also known as “Virgin and Child with Saints”), a Venetian altarpiece by an unknown artist dating from 1515. The altarpiece depicts the Virgin and Child occupied in a sacred conversation with saints, a “sacra conversazione.” With the paintings soft colors and sense of space, its former attribution to Renaissance masters such as Bellini and Conegliano...
...crucifixes span five hundred years of European religious aestheticism,from a highly schematized bronze working of the mid-12th-century to an exquisitely detailed ivory piece by an early 17th-century Venetian artist. A glass case offers enameled plaques from processional crosses, each no larger than a silver dollar, while a near-lifesize wooden Christ Descending adorns one wall. For the small size of its sampling, The Art of the Cross represents the remarkable diversity of forms available to Medieval and Renaissance artists...
...until Bartoli began singing Vivaldi that she hit her stride. Clothed in an opulent gown of Venetian-red silk, Bartoli became animated as she launched into her first Vivaldi work. She began with "Il Povero Mio Core," singing a heavy, soulful aria, followed by a quick, assertive Recitativo and then a frighteningly fast aria. It was in the last aria that Bartoli truly claimed the stage as her own-her anger was perceptible in the furthest balcony, and the her energy was palpable. Bartoli personified the words "Disperato, Confuso, Agiato" with all of the painful anguish of a scorned lover...
...Luckily, a marriage is not doomed even if spouses have conflicting expectations. The important thing, Epstein says, is to recognize those disparities and negotiate compromises acceptable to both. In our case, that turned out to be: 1) he does the dishes; 2) I take out the garbage; and 3) Venetian blinds...