tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63026024445602601632024-03-04T22:22:26.997-08:00Venetian MattersObservations and thoughts during a stay in VeniceJonathan Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14705847341712001873noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6302602444560260163.post-16796144261901892092011-08-28T07:12:00.000-07:002011-08-28T07:12:24.468-07:00Irene Enters East Hampton<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">'emergency post' for Hurricane Irene</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last night (Aug 27) was filled with heavy rain and wind blasts. Tree limbs blew down around town. Water filled street drains. I didn't see much other damage, but I wasn't out for long.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I rode down Egypt to the Maidstone Club, the prime viewing spot for storms. As I got closer to the beach the wind force got appreciably stronger. In the the end</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I believe that the gusts were 60-75 mph, based on conditions I have been in before.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Note the water in the Parking lot and the flooded walkway.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cabanas holding tight.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Down at the dune it was constant wind. I had to hide behind the dune to just snap a pic. Spray and spume flew over the dune with the occasional spray from the breaking surf.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can see the driven water. I got thoroughly wet. Actually it is more comfortable offshore.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhojG6H0N1ZQNmod7Q5LZby4ohx_a3SeX1lGcBJVsV6SjTFw0-wu6xcl7UuC4MQdJv02z1EENzcR5QT2cqrexrGvkUp-lyHCrGqIL8A6cJEgOo4VMeYHiwB2_C0ATzwK8eSssVfhVpGiPk/s1600/Irene8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhojG6H0N1ZQNmod7Q5LZby4ohx_a3SeX1lGcBJVsV6SjTFw0-wu6xcl7UuC4MQdJv02z1EENzcR5QT2cqrexrGvkUp-lyHCrGqIL8A6cJEgOo4VMeYHiwB2_C0ATzwK8eSssVfhVpGiPk/s320/Irene8.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The sun, which I have been waiting for, is ooching out from its 9:00 spot behind the solid nebbia.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The air was riven with a combination of salt and fresh water in the wind, I barely had to pedal on my way back home with 50 mph of following breeze.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div>Jonathan Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14705847341712001873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6302602444560260163.post-83195756628524857912011-04-24T14:12:00.000-07:002011-04-24T14:16:31.712-07:00Negozio Olivetti reopens: a Carlo Scarpa Jewel<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Olivetti store reopened this week in Piazzia San Marco, I popped in to take a look. In 1957 Olivetti wanted a flagshop location to showcase their well designed lines of business and communication equipment, and what better place than San Marco, the one place in the world where everyone will visit. <br />
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<i>the Lettera 22 we all had at school...</i><br />
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Carlo Scarpa had just won a national architecture award sponsored by the Olivetti Corporation and they chose him to design their store. He created a jewel box for the Olivetti business machines.<br />
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Just outside the day after it re-opened this week. It had been used as a novelty store for the past 14 years and after a 1 year restoration, the owner put it in the hands of <b>FAI , </b>an Italian preservation group to operate as a museum.<br />
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I got to get in a couple of days later, It is interesting to see the <i>antica</i> and the <i>moderne</i> in such proximity.<br />
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After I paid my admission I went right up the stairs...<br />
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...rows of machines in a delicate world.<br />
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The window at the end, showing the sliding screens.<br />
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And the view down to the entry. A red carpet of tile to welcome the visitor.<br />
Scarpa used an amazing variety of materials, the african teak and the rosewood trim, bronze doors, steel support, venetian plaster, polished black granite, that beautiful red tile and the sculpture by Alberto Viani: <i><b>Nudo al Sole.</b></i><br />
As well as white marble throughout to set all this off. Not too many could pull it off, but Scarpa had an amazing sense of detail and its importance to the overall scheme.<br />
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Just one thing that Scarpa did not have to deal with...the<i> <b>OliPad</b>...used here to provide interactive history for the museum visitors.</i><br />
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Back downstairs I go into the back room...<br />
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...it is dark and yellow and has what was probably a fountain which is not in operation now. The scale is very close back here...<br />
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...I leave and study the stair base. The slabs of white marble seem to float, and possibly there was water here as well.<br />
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The other side shows the slab relationship. The tiles here are blue symbolising water, the display floors are always the white tiles seen above.<br />
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Back at the entrance we see the <i>Nudo al sole</i>. In the 1966 flood the <i>Nudo</i> was totally submerged by the waters of the lagoon.<br />
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Wouldn't you like to see this beautiful place?<br />
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</div>Jonathan Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14705847341712001873noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6302602444560260163.post-54885164768643179032011-04-22T11:50:00.000-07:002011-04-22T12:13:41.701-07:00Saving Venice: the MOSE project...<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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I was invited by<i> eve-italia.com </i>to join a tour of the MOSE project, the massive plan to control the water </div><div style="text-align: center;">of the Venetian Lagoon, keep the lagoon vital and protect the buildings of Venice.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is a large and all encompassing project and two thirds of it is reclaiming land, allowing it to vegetate itself naturally and improve the water quality of the Lagoon.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">But the fun parts are the floating dikes which operate to keep the water out of the Lagoon during periods of high tide. <i> Acqua Alta</i> is here to stay, but this program will keep it out of Venice.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>I arrived on the isola di San Servolo where the group of engineers and water scientists were meeting, in plenty of time for the 9AM lecture about the Lagoon and its ecosystem. At ten, we all got on board the ship <i>Osvaldo</i> and motored out to the north Lido entrance. There are three entrances to the Lagoon from the Adriatic Sea, the <i>Lido inlet</i>, the <i>Malamocco inlet</i>, and the <i>Chioggia inlet</i>. The Lido inlet is much larger than the others combined and because of that it is the most interesting and complex. <br />
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</div><i>the Lido inlet</i><br />
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This is the way the inlet is now, after several years of work, historically the inlet was as wide as the distance between the 2 barrier islands. The 'sand bar' in the middle is a new manmade island to support the MOSE system of flood prevention.<br />
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On our way out Monica Amberosini of <i>Venezia Nuova </i> described the whole project to us.<br />
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<i>A view sailing out the channel to the Adriatic.</i><br />
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We approach the inlet and see the concrete work of the project at the inboard side.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>We are kind of on the route taken by the moving boats above, and we end up docking in the large concrete docking area in the middle of the photo. Venice is top right, the Lido is top middle and you can see the shallows in the Lagoon clearly. All the white concrete work on either side of the channel and the island in the middle is new work for this project. The flood gate system starts at the blackish area in the lower area and goes across to the island.<br />
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This can be seen clearer in this detail picture. <br />
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Those box things are the casings for the gates. We will be standing near the crane.<br />
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After we land - nicely- we put on our safety gear and walk over to the casting area...<br />
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This is one of those little boxes...10 meters high 100 meters wide and 120 meters long. These are hollow concrete frames for the gates, they will be floated into place and gently lowered by filling the closed half with water. Located exactly with a GPSsystem, they will be secured to the sea bed. Those open 'doors' are over 2 stories high and they form the tunnel and work place for the operation and cleaning of the gates. These will be butted together and a watertight seal will be placed between them.<br />
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These blue things are life size models of the hinges...they go where the circle is on the diagram to the left, the gate is yellow and is either down or up. Water level can be seen by a pale blue at the top of the arrow. These Gates are hollow steel, 5 meters high, 20 meters wide and 60 meters long...3 of these to each of the concrete boxes. They stay down because they are filled with water, the raise up by blowing the water out with high pressure air, so that they float. They can be fixed in place once they float to about 45*. Very simple..no big hydraulic systems or anything. The blue in the diagram of the box is water, the grey is concrete, the white is air and the 2 little black things are.........people.<br />
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Lots of questions being answered...<br />
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We all meander back to the boat and take off...<br />
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We pass a gull resting on a new island...<br />
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...And we get to the Arsenale in Venice, where we see the large drydock, built by the Austrians about 1900, which will be used for cleaning, repair and painting of the large Gates. The gates will be floated to the arsenal and loaded in to the drydock, just like a cruiser from WWI.<br />
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Lots of talk on board..<br />
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...About this amazing project to save Venice and its Lagoon...and the work left to do.<br />
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</div>Jonathan Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14705847341712001873noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6302602444560260163.post-27665538825267967022011-04-20T23:10:00.000-07:002011-04-21T05:23:00.635-07:00Veronese Ceilings from San Sebastian at the Grimani Palace<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Last evening I walked through Campo Santa Maria Formosa</div><div style="text-align: center;">to the palazzo Grimani where there was the opening event for</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Veronese: le storie di Ester rivelate</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The familiar -and friendly-courtyard of the Grimani</div><div style="text-align: center;">was overflowing with people. I arrived fashionably 20 minutes late, which was</div><div style="text-align: center;">lucky as there were 4 speakers who talked for an hour. I did</div><div style="text-align: center;">catch that these restorations were sponsored by various chapters of</div><div style="text-align: center;">Save Venice, Inc. These ceiling paintings, describing the Story of Esther from the old Testament</div><div style="text-align: center;"> were done by </div><div style="text-align: center;">Veronese for the church of San Sebastian in 1555-56,</div><div style="text-align: center;">when he was 25. </div><div style="text-align: center;">They exhibit elegant draftsmanship, powerful foreshortening and</div><div style="text-align: center;">exuberant and rich color.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><em><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">Triumph of Mordecai</span></em></b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><em><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"><br />
</span></em></b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The first Ceiling we see is this amazing picture, with the road cut away and</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">this powerful black horse, the only one in the scene who</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">understands that the opening is there for them to fall into.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">These are large paintings, they are part of a ceiling, so they are room size.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><em><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">repudiation of Vashti</span></em></span> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></div><div style="line-height: 10.8pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><i><br />
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</span></em></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 10.8pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; color: #5c5c5c; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">Again, the sublime sense of danger is created, with the use of foreshortening and composition.</span></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 10.8pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; color: #5c5c5c; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">The colors are rich and fly off the canvas,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; color: #5c5c5c; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"> down to the spectator on the floor of the church.</span></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 10.8pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><em><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; color: #5c5c5c; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">These are mounted on a massive and clever easel made for this show.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">One can see the back as well as get you eye right up to the canvas. This show will thrill those Biennale visitors who arrive next month. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The final painting is calmer, in a way, less thrilling in the sublime sense, </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and expresses the finality of the crowning. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I just couldn't help myself, I had to take another picture of this</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">magnificent ceiling....</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">In the preparation for the Tea Ceremony</div><div style="text-align: center;">the Tea Master will prepare</div><div style="text-align: center;">something appropriate for the moment,</div><div style="text-align: center;">a painting, a flower arrangement, a poem,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and place them in a Tokonoma.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">It is often wise to put things down on paper</div><div style="text-align: center;">it clarifies the idea, and allows others to share your insight.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Jonathan Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14705847341712001873noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6302602444560260163.post-19858570063437066752011-04-11T08:12:00.000-07:002011-04-12T07:36:58.814-07:00Pompeii and life; you thought you had it good...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDK9p2qlGU96cHtOOViR8RmxQCfgDTUsKhTKyIFa0jmYQJzijCoum0JViYFUrqi4B2q4k5vSXEh7isua5oRUhaA2E48kAye21-abJW0_LKYyhUwe04BODJ31iGGpq992JzYNqzmn6KRjg/s1600/SalPompeii1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDK9p2qlGU96cHtOOViR8RmxQCfgDTUsKhTKyIFa0jmYQJzijCoum0JViYFUrqi4B2q4k5vSXEh7isua5oRUhaA2E48kAye21-abJW0_LKYyhUwe04BODJ31iGGpq992JzYNqzmn6KRjg/s320/SalPompeii1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The city of Pompeii started out as a port for Phoenicians and Greeks to ride out storms about 800BC. Because of its climate, natural harbor and fertile farmlands, it became a popular place to live in, but by the time of the Summer of '79 (AD), after being a Roman city for only 169 years, and a popular summer resort, it came to an end. Our contemporary city of Pompei, built right up to the edges of the ancient ruins, was located there for the same reasons that the original settlers had for being there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The elaborate Ionic Capitol above is set on a half column, mostly as a pedistal in a spot right next to the forum. The column is made of brick with a hard plaster coat around it in the fluted Greek mode. All the structures were covered by a several meter thick volcanic ash ruble from the plume which rose over 10 miles above Vesuvius and rushed toward Pompeii with a powerful wind. The immense heat and thick ash doomed the city.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Below, the construction can be seen, the main and original forum is beyond.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is the main Forum, the heart of the city, with Vesuvius 5km away, an everpresent sight. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Fourm had large public buildings surrounding it, temples and government offices, united by the ring of columns seen above.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Walking along the edge of the Forum along the Cardo, the main N-S street, Vesuvius gets larger for us, but the ancient Pompeiians weren't able to see it from here, as the buildings were so large.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Up ahead is the last remaining business,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pizza and fast food for the<i> turisti</i>. Actually... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...this was the 'Pizza' spot.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are several of these businesses around the town, where grain was milled above in those funnel topped</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">mills. The grain was poured in the top, the workers turned the mill with wooden arms </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">set in the square holes, and the farina came out the bottom. Fresh and put to use with water and whatever, and popped right into the waiting ovens, daily, and sold to those for snack or to take home. Not too much taking home as most ate out with others, a kind of constant party between work. Slowfood made quickly...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a part of the baths, showing skylights and milling about area, I guess.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD2GvuniZb88kljFJ0zYrCUjFthNVAi85QrrksVgNcbOnEYtqm4yA4aJQ1Iq3sy270eQkw6drdHGfq2d3W6gayXk__fdF7oZ_ReB6It0s6Sq1-8gbRPcpA2NiWpkIuGNrpVjYEowqdzZY/s1600/Pompeii12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD2GvuniZb88kljFJ0zYrCUjFthNVAi85QrrksVgNcbOnEYtqm4yA4aJQ1Iq3sy270eQkw6drdHGfq2d3W6gayXk__fdF7oZ_ReB6It0s6Sq1-8gbRPcpA2NiWpkIuGNrpVjYEowqdzZY/s320/Pompeii12.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The ceilings are beautifully incised with plaster decorations. Note the broken panel...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...here can be seen the hollow channels within the walls. The ancients had wood fires below and the tile floor was heated, as were the walls with the heat rising through the ducts. No need for that extra muffler here.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the ante room, where one stowed his/her toga and stuff, in the cubbies between the carved dieties.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Home, for those who had one, usually had a central cortile, for water, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">though they did have a sophisticated aquaduct system for the city, kitchen herbs and verdure.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The access to the sun allowed light into the house as the walls abutted others and there were no windows. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rooms opened up to the cortile, like this richly colored room.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Or, this room from the<i> Villa of Misteri</i>, with wall panels showing initiation rites for brides to be.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And <i>au currant</i> tile floors...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwZUNROyhax6_MMZUeRhBFRT8W8TnwFAjHp5omkWBtF8udlBmmHWb0nageW-ARQsghgvvMms1GdI5HooVxn4Iq_2UrqjK14LVn-q2iQ6XvPRidw4NqrVVyy_HsSKAkU5TPix4wF_lmxp8/s1600/Pompeii18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwZUNROyhax6_MMZUeRhBFRT8W8TnwFAjHp5omkWBtF8udlBmmHWb0nageW-ARQsghgvvMms1GdI5HooVxn4Iq_2UrqjK14LVn-q2iQ6XvPRidw4NqrVVyy_HsSKAkU5TPix4wF_lmxp8/s320/Pompeii18.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">with wonderful, painstaking detail throughout.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here. a visitor is walking across the inner circle where the audience sat in</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">their chairs, others sat in their chair in the wide arc, and the rest</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">sat on the stone theater steps above. This large theater is used today as part of <i>PompeiiViva</i>, a</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">summer series designed to activate the city. The original <i>egressi</i> are used to good effect. The stage, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">seen in front of the wall to the left, is under reconstruction at the moment.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Originally, there were canvas awnings over parts of the audience to provide shade, the vertical posts can be seen behind the girls above, and below:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7t1g7JQxDFxEBjrxltIULvEhUWH1hosr-SN5ep95lu2B869fnQ-27TVJkl46ZdRELy6aIk1kcxH7IGpmGrLt9REcUOY_b_RvVZXGFPPyEcCKZgikYxm5HgOe1TNNU7T2QmY0nY7sSwrU/s1600/Pompeii22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7t1g7JQxDFxEBjrxltIULvEhUWH1hosr-SN5ep95lu2B869fnQ-27TVJkl46ZdRELy6aIk1kcxH7IGpmGrLt9REcUOY_b_RvVZXGFPPyEcCKZgikYxm5HgOe1TNNU7T2QmY0nY7sSwrU/s320/Pompeii22.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In this view, the theater can be seen on the other side of the courtyard wall, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">showing the tall posts and seating.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another theater, quite smaller, known as the <i>Odeion</i>, was enclosed by a roof. This little theater was acoustically excellent. It was for reciting odes. Above is a Japanese tour group, and a visitor watches...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We walked toward the necropolis, the modern city of Pompei is jammed right up to the edges of the</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">old city. We are lucky that it was found and protected in time...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We continue to walk the old streets toward our <i>egress </i>and</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a wonderful <i>pranza</i> at the Casa Lucius in the outer world.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">with thanks to ST, for the photos of the visitor.</span></div>Jonathan Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14705847341712001873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6302602444560260163.post-29078841851663738392011-03-23T11:08:00.000-07:002011-04-08T17:07:47.315-07:00Un Giorni in Berlino<div style="text-align: center;">I arrived in Berlin on Friday evening and went straight to my hotel on Kurfurstendamm, which seems to be the <i>strassa</i> to shop.<br />
It was 15 minutes from the Tegel airport to the hotel, easiest airport access I ever experienced. </div><div style="text-align: center;">In the morning I hopped on a bus to get to the Reichstag, Norman Foster's great renovation of the German capitol. On the way the bus stopped at the Tiergarten, and I got out at the Zoo. As I followed the paths in the Tiergarten, I got to the Aquarium, and I realized that the Dolphins were not playing, the first sign of bad omens. When I got to the Reichstag, the number one thing to see in Berlin, I was told that I would need a reservation 7 days in advance...security rears it foolish head. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">So, no Dolphins, no Sir Norman, we still have Schinkel. Karl Fredrick Schinkel helped reorganize Berlin in the early 19th century with his planning and great buildings. As I passed through the Brandenburg Gate to what was East Berlin, new buildings abound.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Looking back, the sense of the new city seems alive.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is the first <i>antica</i> building I see, Schinkel's neoclassical Neue Wache, a chapel which was repurposed as a</div><div style="text-align: center;">Memorial to Victims of Militarism and Tyranny. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The interior is empty save for the light and the sculpture of a mother with her dead child in bronze.<br />
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Just over the bridge is the<i> Lustgarten </i>with the Altes Museum facing onto it. The other museums, on the museum island are behind the Altes. Schinkel imagined this museum island and set his grande neoclassical museum on the central axis facing his enormous Public Garden. <br />
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As one enters the museum, the greatness of Greece and Rome express themselves above.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And on either side the portico runs across the facade, the marble rosso is faux, it was restored 30 years ago, after the paint had long vanished.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The stairway is designed as external, open to the weather, museums at thebeginning, may have been thought of as a seasonal divertment. The renovation enclosed the stairhall with glass butted to the flutes of the greek columns of the interior, sensitive, and invisible from the exterior. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>The Altes contains many of the items found in the earliest excavations of Greek civilization by the Germans in the early 19th century. These amphora are ideal images of the <i>palaestra</i>:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">It should not have to be noted that these were the ideals of the enlightenment and were carried west by settlers in the new frontier on the United States, naming their towns after Greek places and myths. Athens, Apollo, Minveva, Arcadia, Aurora, Clio, Corith, Diana, Fortuna, Delphi, Oracle, Hector, Parthenon, Elysian, Marathon, Olympia, Neptune, Paris, Sparta, Troy, Vesta, and many more town names populate our states. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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These Amphora are beautiful examples of the Greek craftsman's <i>virtu</i>.<br />
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Behind the Altes Museum are 4 other museums in a Park enclosed by an elegant colonade.<br />
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With a bronze Diana among many garden sculptures...<br />
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</div>The Pergamon Museum contains the Pergamon Alter and other great finds from Archeological digs in the 19th Century. The scale of the Pergamon Alter above is domestic, an important detail not visible from text book photos.<br />
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This blue glazed tile wall is one part of a large palace from Babylon, it is amazing the craftsmanship and knowledge which went into this building, now in Berlin. Good thing the Germans got it before Rumsfeld got his operation going.<br />
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And from the Nueumuseum, destroyed in WWII, and rebuilt, a goddess:<br />
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I need to mention that this museum of Egyptology has a room devoted to the bust of Nefertiti, no photos allowed. This sculpture, in real life, is so much more powerful than any of its photographs, probably the most beautiful sculpture to come from Egypt.<br />
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I left after <i>Blitzing</i> these 5 museums to see something modern and went to the<i> Kulturforum,</i> home to the Philharmonic Hall, the Neue Museum and one or two others. Hans Scharoun's Philharmonia from 1962 is a wonder, its orchestra in the round approach allows the German romantic music to reverberate through the house. No concerts this week.<br />
The exterior, clad in a golden aluminum, leaves something to be desired. Today,techi materials are more abundant and he would have made a better choice, though a red brick would not be a poor choice as the main element.....Here we view it from the interior of<br />
Mies's <i>NueuNationalGallery</i>.<br />
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The National Gallery has modernist art from the 20th Century, mostly German, all housed in the basement, which opens on to a sunken garden. The main floor, which we all know from photographs, houses coat closets, ticketing areas and an occasional spectacle...<br />
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Here is some sort of sound influenced colored shapes projected on the interior of a white nylon cube. <br />
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They at least could have a <i>caffe</i> here, allowing the public to enjoy the space, such as it is, without chaos.<br />
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Here is Mies's big idea, the disappearing corner. Thinking <i>Vitruvius</i> long dead, he never thought he might be judged on something as banal as <i>Utiliti,</i> such as, the ability to hang and judge art...<br />
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This evening is the night of the huge moon, and when I got back to <i>Venezia</i>, it was over the<i> basino di San Marco...</i><br />
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...welcoming me back home.<br />
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</div>Jonathan Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14705847341712001873noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6302602444560260163.post-48209800491122103962011-03-21T08:15:00.000-07:002011-03-21T08:15:18.070-07:00Palazzo Grimani, a Rinascimentale jewel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP6HeGFdbG-zuVfchCvV05QDe2NHgk4rwtwR8XcGn2PTnEFluBpGtmWMl6zRKuYOzC5jT-mgvqVXRNl2is_XLUVGKIcHuJobbR8DknSA3pF6YfBB0BVu9sgWqS1Y16mnbfHTZf95nF-rk/s1600/GrimaniCanalAccess1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP6HeGFdbG-zuVfchCvV05QDe2NHgk4rwtwR8XcGn2PTnEFluBpGtmWMl6zRKuYOzC5jT-mgvqVXRNl2is_XLUVGKIcHuJobbR8DknSA3pF6YfBB0BVu9sgWqS1Y16mnbfHTZf95nF-rk/s320/GrimaniCanalAccess1.jpg" width="260" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">At first sight, from a small ponte, there is something different about the Palazzo Grimani. It is classical, not gothic, Venetian Gothic, with the arabesque arches and off center fenestration on the facade. The Grimani has no facade, it is more or less uniform in its classical arched windows and penetrations on all sides. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> Here it is visible as one approaches by boat, the service and main entry is one large arched doorway, the whole set at a place where the canal widens at an intersection, allowing maneuverable space for any boat that can get there.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The land entry is similar in size and is at the end of a calle, marked by a rusticated entry and an elaborate window above. It sends a message that this is different from the plebian calle, but it does not have the impressive facade we usually associate with a Venetian palazzo. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">It has been a Grimani Palazzo for centuries, in 1532 Giovanni Grimani inherited as a typical Venetian palazzo. Giovanni started to expand it with the help of probably several architects, such as Sansovino and Palladio, but it is thought that he did much of the design himself. He was an passionate collector of antica and contemporary art, much of his collection is now in the Corrier Museum. A man of the Renaissance he was also a Bishop of the church and Patriarch of Aquileia. His expansion doubled the size of the palazzo, generated the commodious square courtyard and the beautiful well proportioned rooms in the upper quarters, all in the classical style of the intelligencia of the time. Quite unlike Venice itself.<br />
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The last Grimani in line died in 1865, and by 1960 most of the remaining valuables had been sold and the building was in a state of abandonment. In 1981, the city of Venice purchased it and started a complete resurection in 2001. It has been open to the public for only 3 years. It is unquestionably a most generous and welcoming building.<br />
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The entry.<br />
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Here the generous sensibility of the courtyard, and its simultaneous utility is evident, inside...<br />
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...the entry stair is totally welcoming, service entries are elsewhere.<br />
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And looking down from the loggia above, Giovanni could see his guests arrive and greet them with aplomb.<br />
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And at the end of this grand entry room, he could view down to the canal and loading area.<br />
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The ponte is seen beyond.<br />
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His public rooms are the coup though,<br />
Here is one with a garden painted on the ceiling.<br />
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and a view to one of his sculptures through the door.<br />
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This fine room in the high mannerist style is beautifully restored.<br />
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And this: La Tribuna.<br />
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With light from above...<br />
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This super-Michaelangelesque room was filled with Giovanni's sculptures<br />
from antiquity in the niches, on the brackets, and just about everywhere.<br />
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The Bosch show, which ended yesterday, is represented in the lower right. The 3 Bosch paintings were painted in Venice in the 3-4 years around 1500, and were housed in the palazzo before<br />
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Showing the depth of the wall and the available space for the 130 antiqua now at the Corrier.<br />
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Hanging from is original (Grimani) position after almost 500 years...</div>Jonathan Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14705847341712001873noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6302602444560260163.post-38402939644905374912011-03-17T19:22:00.000-07:002011-03-17T19:22:21.667-07:00Vado a DolomitiWe spent 10 days in the Dolomites, at Dobbiacco which is 20 km from Cortina. There are many ski areas around Dobbiacco, but it is best known for<i> Sci dei Fondo, </i>cross country. I had lessons - finally- for skate skiing at the great Nordic Arena in town. It is an amazing facility focused on xc and climbing. It also has a 20km xc trail to Cortina through the woods. After I landed square on my coccyx, I decided to return to 'classic' cx. More fun after that....<br />
But I am getting ahead of myself. On the first day we awoke to this:<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Cime Ganda</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Piata Alta</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">From the Terrace of the Alpine Albergo.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We went out to see the area closer to the ground... and at the end of the day, returned to this:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Most everyone went downhill at one of several areas near by,</div><div style="text-align: center;">those with the smallest kids went to the</div><div style="text-align: center;">local Dobbiacco slopes as they are best for learning.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">View of our Hotel from the slopes (in the trees on top of the hill above the red suit).</div><div style="text-align: center;">A little <i>doppo pranza</i> break.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">A parental break...note the slopes, though they look flatter than they are</div><div style="text-align: center;">they are great for kids...and learners.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjnR-5HFO_VgJxOceT2dY7E5OZsMWEZnb_Jla6KEo9jTxnERTuEWqaxm7FsV4HeIwxpQdxbvT40mSTAnPdf14KqJ_kXgwKzuRZzH6hNstQzpjCvaVq9VWUSPm8lDbFFEc4rdaLxoKIptM/s1600/LeslieLunch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjnR-5HFO_VgJxOceT2dY7E5OZsMWEZnb_Jla6KEo9jTxnERTuEWqaxm7FsV4HeIwxpQdxbvT40mSTAnPdf14KqJ_kXgwKzuRZzH6hNstQzpjCvaVq9VWUSPm8lDbFFEc4rdaLxoKIptM/s320/LeslieLunch.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lunch was a big time to get together, here is Leslie being sledded up to the lodge several days after breaking some part of her knee...that view from the hotel is only so good...<br />
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One day several of us went to take a snomobile ride to the 3 Cime, the most famous of the peaks. it seems though that the 3 are only visible from the north, and we went up the south side...<br />
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A View from the top looking south...<br />
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Here I am looking like Shackleton with the sled and thick wool sweater...little did I know when we started that we actually would sled down the hill! Full speed ahead and watch out for those switchbacks.<br />
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The trail at the middle of the descent...I did stop on purpose for the shot.<br />
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Another day we visited the Lago di Braies, a summer boating lake,<br />
but in the winter its just a great playground...<br />
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Look carefully for the snow man- under the sun.<br />
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Everyone should have a <i>di Chirico</i> shot once in a while...<br />
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Time flies by in the mountains and ... back at the Albergo...<br />
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If you click on the pictures they enlarge, and this one will show the Nordic Arena site,<br />
a circle right in the pass above. The biggest thing in town. That is where I spend 5 days on the tracks.<br />
That pass goes to Cortina, and Venezia.<br />
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But we won't forget<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Jonathan Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14705847341712001873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6302602444560260163.post-63087103430805470522011-03-15T22:54:00.000-07:002011-03-16T11:18:47.159-07:00Michael Carapetian's aerie penthouse on the Guidecca<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Michael Carpetian is an international architect who went to the AA in London and documented Pierre Chareau's<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ead1dc;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1927 <i>L</i></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i>a Maison de Verre </i>in the early 1960's, when I was crazy for FLLW and Japanese architecture and gardens. No one knew about Chareau's house then, just a whisper among the architectural</span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ead1dc;">cognoscenti..</span>.his only other building was a house</span></span><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">This house was built in 1947 and destroyed in the middle 70's.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">But, back to Michael and the<i> Maison de Verre</i>. In the 1960's Carapetian got permission to photograph Chareau's house in Paris while the original owner's were in residence, and the photos are a</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"> <i>tour de force</i> of elegant documentation.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">The loft building is an old factory building now subdivided into lofts and apartments...sounds familiar to some, maybe, but the sun and the views here are amazing.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">On arriving one is guided to climb a curving perimeter stair which leads to the main space, a Living Room come music hall, for the owner, a musician. This floor is above the kitchen and dining areas and the bedroom is above in the 'loft'. None of this structure, an elegant cabinet work of steel and maple, touches the walls of the actual building, allowing the sound to reverberate throughout the space. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">and a soaking tub, looking over the gardens to the south, with the architect</span></span><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the entry is a control panel for the loft's systems...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">which can be turned off as we leave...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Back on the Fondamenta Guidecca, we wait for a Vaporetto to take us back to the Zattere, and wonder about the world we just left, accessible through the arched entry above.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div></div>Jonathan Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14705847341712001873noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6302602444560260163.post-34820213380422173882011-03-01T06:21:00.000-08:002011-03-02T05:50:54.274-08:00CINEMA: La Linea Generale .............Oleg Tcherny<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCmMmy06hxC6xhUEFu35ly_m-PRqI9uuUvLcc7XFyo-lC7y9cnmNBpY3y1Bk1utgXqb8OoY8fS4xEa4s8TJWyfk7F0mDGHzmYwCIgezrry6MuWXtT9_bhhRCIZQsxGMBxuByxIapvWW8Y/s1600/PDona11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCmMmy06hxC6xhUEFu35ly_m-PRqI9uuUvLcc7XFyo-lC7y9cnmNBpY3y1Bk1utgXqb8OoY8fS4xEa4s8TJWyfk7F0mDGHzmYwCIgezrry6MuWXtT9_bhhRCIZQsxGMBxuByxIapvWW8Y/s320/PDona11.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><pre style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';"><i>Palazzo Dona'</i></span></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">Events in Venice have something to do with the past...as perhaps most events do in a way. This new</span></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';"> movie,<i> la linea generale</i> is totally of the present, while the <i>dialogue</i></span></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';"><i></i> was </span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">written in 1630 by Galileo Galilei </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">from his works </span></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">and read, in italian by Giorgio Agamben.</span></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';"> The movie was presented by the Signum foundation Palazzo Dona', and there was a</span></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';"> conversation</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';"> with Daniel Heller-Roazen, Ernesto Rubin de Cervin</span></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';"> and P. Adams Stiney</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';"> after the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">showing.</span></pre><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFKBs2y1-sN9AlrvwI4o5kKuJM0uRQpHVDc1yX9oY2Jud2OWVDdVw8kXFLuGoQHum_X2JPXpUTag5nb0u4qJG24FLmAKRhYjJ9oJMBfa0OHQ-XvbsV_eE6BTZ0UXRxU9YB0Sqeopxs_tk/s1600/conf1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFKBs2y1-sN9AlrvwI4o5kKuJM0uRQpHVDc1yX9oY2Jud2OWVDdVw8kXFLuGoQHum_X2JPXpUTag5nb0u4qJG24FLmAKRhYjJ9oJMBfa0OHQ-XvbsV_eE6BTZ0UXRxU9YB0Sqeopxs_tk/s320/conf1.jpg" width="308" /></a></div><pre style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">
</span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">A premovie discussion with Oleg Tcherny in the foreground </span></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">setting up the audio...</span></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">
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</i></b></span></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">Just about ready to begin.</span></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; white-space: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj7TNXGSBHXDlae024rFtw_5BSwJxjig371Gw_u89k3l7dLzZV5P_s7CctzSA_kxvksIGWqwcIsxykmvqzSNaNKK9LJdawhMlyNnwMqiEnQDKzRaidpz-PdeOGEnBLiPRDtTup13hHl1M/s1600/leDonne.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj7TNXGSBHXDlae024rFtw_5BSwJxjig371Gw_u89k3l7dLzZV5P_s7CctzSA_kxvksIGWqwcIsxykmvqzSNaNKK9LJdawhMlyNnwMqiEnQDKzRaidpz-PdeOGEnBLiPRDtTup13hHl1M/s320/leDonne.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';"><b><i>
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</i></b></span></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; white-space: normal;"><pre style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">..."If the nib of a writing pen which was <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; white-space: normal;"><pre style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">in the ship during my voyage direct from </span></i></b></pre></span></i></b></span></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';"><b><i>
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</i></b></span></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">Venice to Alexandria, had had the power <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">of leaving a visible mark of all its path, <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">what trace, what mark, what line would <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">it have left? "Simplicio. It would have <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">left a line stretched out thither from <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">Venice not perfectly straight, or to speak <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">more correctly, not perfectly extended in <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">an exact circular arc, but here and there <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">more and less curved accordingly as <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">the vessel had pitched more or less ; but <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">this variation in some places of one or <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">two yards to the right or left, or up or <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">down in a length of many hundred miles, <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">would have occasioned but slight altera- <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">tion in the whole course of the line, so <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">that it would have been hardly sensible, <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">and without any great error we may <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">speak of it as a perfectly circular arc. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">Sagred. So that the true and most <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">exact motion of the point of the pen <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">would also have been a perfect arc of a <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">circle if the motion of the vessel, ab- <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">stracting from the fluctuations of the <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">waves, had been steady and gentle ; and <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">if I had held this pen constantly in my <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">hand, and had merely moved it an inch <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">or two one way or the other, what alter- <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">ation would that have made in the true <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">and principal motion? Simpl. Less <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">than that which would be occasioned in <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">a line a thousand yards long, by varying <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">here and there from perfect straightness <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">by the quantity of a flea's eye. Sagred. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">
</span></i></b></pre><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieBUObEaBK0l9tWxbBCxHlp70WlzZvfalul1A-u1pGvR_wx-1BGufV3h8lZ9FrAPtrewkxNkZqCYBaG9v7q9cvg5IHxqPmL5pb_JVYWYoSIJn2XYjJWC_i7BH8h-kWIX7nRf_48mwH2kc/s1600/OlegM2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieBUObEaBK0l9tWxbBCxHlp70WlzZvfalul1A-u1pGvR_wx-1BGufV3h8lZ9FrAPtrewkxNkZqCYBaG9v7q9cvg5IHxqPmL5pb_JVYWYoSIJn2XYjJWC_i7BH8h-kWIX7nRf_48mwH2kc/s320/OlegM2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><pre style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">An accurate view of the film.</span></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">
</span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">If then a painter on our quitting the <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">port had begun to draw with this pen <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">on paper, and had continued his draw- </span><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">ing till we got to Alexandria, he would <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">have been able by its motion, to produce <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">an accurate representation of many ob- <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">jects perfectly shadowed, and filled up on <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">all sides with landscapes, buildings, and <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">animals, although all the true, real, and <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">essential motion of the point of his pen <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">would have been no other but a very <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">long and very simple line ; and as to the <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">peculiar work of the painter, he would <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">have drawn it exactly the same if the <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">ship had stood still. Therefore, of the <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">very protracted motion of the pen, there <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">remain no other traces than those marks <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">drawn upon the paper, the reason of this <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">being that the great motion from <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Venice</st1:place></st1:city> <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">to <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Alexandria</st1:place></st1:city> was common to the paper, <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">the pen, and everything that was in the <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">ship; but the trifling motion forwards <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">and backwards, to the right and left, <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">communicated by the painter's fingers <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">to the pen, and not to the paper, from <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">being peculiar to the pen, left its mark <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';">upon the paper, which as to this mo- <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></pre><pre style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Traditional Arabic';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">tion was immoveable. 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The three had an animated and clear discussion of movie making, incorporating comments from the audience and related thoughts as to philosophy, semiotics, and the making of meaning in film. <br />
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The film was shot with a long telephoto lens in one take, aboard a ship leaving Venice. It was then digitally edited to adjust time. One of the effects was that the Alps loomed large and fixed over Venice while the foreground- Venice itself- began to blur.<br />
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</div></div>Jonathan Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14705847341712001873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6302602444560260163.post-20842376976435242512011-02-26T13:17:00.000-08:002011-03-01T06:16:31.625-08:00I Can See Vesuvius from my Deck !!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am in the little town of Acerra, 15 minutes outside of Naples, <i>studio italiano</i>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The town was famous even in the time of Vergilius, who called it a 'jewel box'. Vergil died about 50 years before Vesuvius erupted in 79AD. That was also before this housing project was built about 10 years ago. It does have a few good things going for it, but 'jewel box' is not among them. My immediate issue is with the yellow building blocking 90% of my view of Vesuvius.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuRJmwzdE_zqUDP3NnQZGFJq-5avIcUTIBTqZXAQFbYiLxETynL6DmcJT2wimuwA5n83SLz0Ot4oO95hfYsrO015kGFX2OXpJscXRsYcotkXEBcBUfUuHRnd1oUNIUh9mlL6vH-HLU_TY/s1600/ICan+See+VesuviusFromMyDeck1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuRJmwzdE_zqUDP3NnQZGFJq-5avIcUTIBTqZXAQFbYiLxETynL6DmcJT2wimuwA5n83SLz0Ot4oO95hfYsrO015kGFX2OXpJscXRsYcotkXEBcBUfUuHRnd1oUNIUh9mlL6vH-HLU_TY/s320/ICan+See+VesuviusFromMyDeck1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">We went in to town to check out <i>Napoli</i>, and first went to the <i>Parco Vergiliano, </i>a large treed park overlooking all of Naples and its surrounding bay and islands.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">These are the islands of <i>Procida</i> and <i>Ischia </i>off Bagnoli. This large bay, a part of, the greater bay of Naples was a runner up in the contest to host the America's Cup in 2007. <br />
Valencia took the prize, but Naples has partlially cleaned up the old steel mills, built in 1900, and needs a plan to energize this beautiful site.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The close island is <i>Nisida</i>, the Patrician estate of Brutus (Et tu?), where he developed the plan to assassinate Julius Caesar. Having one's own island may lead to delusions of grandeur... Virgil describes the nearby area as the location for a new harbor built by Augustus safe inland via canal, named<i> Portus Julius</i>. This harbor was used for over 400 years and was rediscovered in 1956. <br />
It would be interesting to see America's Cup boats in this location, the highest point on Nisida is 105 m, about 3 times the height of the AC masts.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Nisida is now connected to the mainland by a short stone bridge. The isola is the remnant of an old volcano, the flooded crater created a small circular harbor, hidden from land view.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Further along we see a cozzi farm, the grid of bouys off the park peninsula, just south of Nisida.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The coast here is fingered with accessable projections. I notice an interesting building and take a closer look,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">it seems abandoned. The natural caves seem like lost aquaducts.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And through these gardens, can be seen the <i>isola of Capri</i>. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Down at the waters edge Vesuvius seems a shadow in the mists. <br />
Closer, from the top of the Castel del Ouvo,<br />
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the real presence of the historic volcano is manifest.<br />
Naples has boats, and harbors galore.<br />
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Here is one with a prime vantage.<br />
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<i>eterna</i></div>Jonathan Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14705847341712001873noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6302602444560260163.post-71939199179483462752011-02-24T11:47:00.000-08:002011-02-24T11:47:19.177-08:00Manhasset comes to Venezia<div style="text-align: center;">I rushed over to the Campo Santa Maria Formosa, a block away from my apartment on the Fondamenta Dose. It was close to 5 when the concert was to start. The light across the Campo was soft and clear and there was the sound of a saxophone drifting through the air. Exactly what kind of concert was this to be? </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Manhassett High School from Long Island New York was singing in the <i>chiesa</i>, named for the beautiful virgin. And there were no plans for a sax..as mounted on a pilaster next to the entry was this poster:<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">As I entered the church the choir was starting to set up as the audience was choosing their seats.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The choir director, Mark Van Schenkhof, was giving instructions to his charges as the church filled.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The great care and thought involved became apparent immediately as the choir started to sing.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">S. Maria Formosa is a Renaissance Greek Cross design and the center of is community. The interior volume received the music from this young choir brightly and beautifully.<br />
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The choir worked through their program to continuous applause.<br />
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And then Mark left the stage...to climb into the rafters to play the church's organ.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The familiar sounds of Handel's <i>Hallelujah </i><br />
<i>Chorus </i>resounded through the vast volume of the Formosa.<br />
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The M<i>essiah</i> was popular with the crowd.<br />
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Back to the remainder of the program, the choir performed at the highest level, always thrilling with their strong and controlled voice..<br />
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</div>Jonathan Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14705847341712001873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6302602444560260163.post-45371754265175635772011-02-10T05:28:00.000-08:002011-02-18T06:27:50.808-08:00A Turner Mystery solved!<div style="text-align: center;">I ordered the book <i>Watermark </i>from an English bookstore for delivery at my studio apartment (<i>monolocale</i>) in <i>calle del DOSE</i>. There seemed to be no English copies of this book in Venice, eventhough it is about Venice and was written in English. Weeks after I received the book, I did find a store with a dozen copies, but they were the American version. No words were changed to protect the<i> innocenti</i> as in the differing Harry Potter publishing houses, but the English version of <i>Watermark</i> is hard cover and has a nice jacket with a detail of a Turner watercolor as its theme. (obviously an intelligent decision, they must have seen my blog!). The front cover shows the interior of a room with a view to the Campanile San Marco through the window. The name of the painting is "<i>The Artist's Bedroom in the Hotel Europa, Venice</i>".<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Nice view. My hotel room in Tokyo looked right over the Tokyo tower... this view is much nicer. The thought naturally seems to go to ,'Wouldn't it be cool to get in that room and take a picture of the view?'. It turns out that I was not the first to think that thought. For several weeks I have been thinking about how to approach the Europa to access a room I do not know the number to. And I have corresponded with KdeS...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">...shown here in front of her room at the Regina-Europa discussing the possibilities, especially, the fact that it does not seem as though the campanile can be seen from the Europa. Considering that Turner stayed here 150 years ago, and that some buildings to the east may be taller now than they were at that time, etcetera. <br />
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I have occasionally searched Turner info on the internet.. It seems that the Europa does not occupy the same building as it did in 1840. It was at the Ca' Giustinian then, just behind San Moise near S.Marco. Turner's windows looked out in one direction towards the Campanile of San Marco to the east. From the top of the building he could look down across the canal to the Dogano and the Salute. He noted on the verso of some of the paintings that he was very excited to be in temporary possession of these views. So, the mystery has been solved a while ago by others.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is the watercolor of his room, showing the ceiling and so forth as well as the Campanile . Another interesting view is this sunrise.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Venice at Sunrise from the Hotel Europa</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It is always time for a good excuse to look at Turner's watercolors.<br />
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A view closer to the Basino...</div>Jonathan Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14705847341712001873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6302602444560260163.post-32083336779236505252011-02-07T11:41:00.000-08:002011-02-07T11:45:35.333-08:00Ghiottoneria I<div style="text-align: center;"><b><i> Tidbits and delicacies unrelated to each other.</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><br />
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</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thomas Moran's gondola, which not only is pictured at the beginning of this blog, has been recently restored in Venice and is going to the National Gallery as an exhibit in their new show: <br />
<i>Venice: Canaletto and his Rivals.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">The show is open Feb 20 to May 30. The Moran gondola is on view <i><b>now</b></i>!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Of course it would happen. I leave the country and I end up in an ad. </div><div style="text-align: center;">That is me at the New York Tretorn store (in the pink jersey) gaping into the display window. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Alas, no residuals.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Just what you wanted to see: the view out my classroom window. The sun finally came out 2 days ago and changed the nature of life here. Life in Campo Santa Martguerita is flourishing, as can be seen by the presence of cafe tables set out on the campo and a sun to inhabit them.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Recently I went down to the Piazzetta and noticed a new building, super post modern, with the top of a campanelli refigured as a viewing room on a red rooftop terrace!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Venice is rushing into the </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ventiduesimo</i>: XXII Century</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Which, actually, brings us to the </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yup, a subway from the mainland to the Fondemento Nuovo. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Why can't New York get a train from the airports to Manhattan?</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is controversial, there is not too much reason for it (Venice needs more people?) and it will severely damage the Lagoon, as well as destabilize the whole understructure of the city,<br />
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</div>Jonathan Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14705847341712001873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6302602444560260163.post-45521033989313724042011-02-05T10:38:00.000-08:002011-02-07T11:38:38.466-08:00Juan Sebastian de Elcano comes to the Zattere<div style="text-align: center;">I was up before dawn to get over to the Zattere</div><div style="text-align: center;">to see the Spanish Training ship which sailed into Venice Friday afternoon.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Down at the Rialto I caught the vaporetto to the Accademia </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">where it is short run over to the Giudecca canal and the Zattere, where the sun was scrapping the tops of buildings.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Walking west along the grand <i>fondamenta della Zattere</i> I caught a glimpse.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">A little more than a glimpse, this ship is large. 113 Meters long with a beam of 13.2 meters. 48 meters tall.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I was in a rush to see the boat, and also to catch the early morning light, but it was overcast all day. There were a few breaks in the clouds... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIgSo-bcgSyZk4nN6icuACaFUN2WYa-GmeuYvncwh5DQcf4VNMCH75DHrslmd6VcvSVdHU-5Kqs_YXcKmB37aQA3qGTstTXDrxY17Yoy3gK_U8fKARZQIuaRJIppZhft_GYRNu_A8tOz8/s1600/JSdE3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIgSo-bcgSyZk4nN6icuACaFUN2WYa-GmeuYvncwh5DQcf4VNMCH75DHrslmd6VcvSVdHU-5Kqs_YXcKmB37aQA3qGTstTXDrxY17Yoy3gK_U8fKARZQIuaRJIppZhft_GYRNu_A8tOz8/s320/JSdE3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Looking east, the sun is breaking through low clouds and the Zattere is still quiet. The <i>Elcano</i>, as the crew calls her, is tied up to a floating dock attached to the Zattere for the modern purpose of extended stay. In earlier days ships would be tied right to those marble bollards which are all along the Quay.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I got closer, but the pier was closed off till 10, when she was open for tours.<br />
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From the stern with the Giudecca on the other side of the canal.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The foredeck was busy in an orderly shiplike way. Radar, communications, windless and those bow chasers...later, I realized that these guns were to shoot a heaving line to a dock or another ship. Probably would not be welcome in many ports with bow chasers...<br />
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And the figurehead, elegant in a bronze-gold finish.<br />
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Then I noticed...<br />
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...that the jack was in place, it was 8 AM and the crew had placed it silently .<br />
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As I went around the corner...ah! Venezia! Truly a view from the past.<br />
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Looking aft from the foredeck,<br />
She looks at home along this 500 year old quay.<br />
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Hoops, necessary on sailing ships, these are over a meter in diameter.<br />
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The <i>Elcano </i>was built in Cadiz, Spain and launched in 1927. She carries out 6 month training cruises and has circumnavigated the globe 10 times. Named for Juan Sebastian de Elcano, the navigator for Magellan, who successfully made his way back to Spain, she is the pride of the<i> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;">Armada Española</span></i><br />
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This <i>Commandantesseini </i>was working on a mutiny 'till subdued with a cioccolato.<br />
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I went back to mia casa with fond memories:<br />
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And the thought that I would need to add an additional chapter to my projected<br />
four <i>VeneziaMarina </i>topics: <u>A fantastic ship arrives!</u></div>Jonathan Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14705847341712001873noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6302602444560260163.post-88557960179357451782011-02-04T02:07:00.000-08:002011-02-04T21:39:08.999-08:00Johnny Depp buys a Palazzo!<div style="text-align: center;">Earlier this week I read in <i>La Nuova Venezia, </i>a rumor and scandal sheet, that Johnny Depp has outbid a Saudi Prince for the privilege of owning a Palazzo on the Canal Grande.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It did not say which one, but it mentioned that it was in S. Croce, the sestiere that abuts the P. Roma.</div><div style="text-align: center;">On my way back from shopping at the P. Roma farmers market, I decided to take a vaporetto and see if I could get a clue as to which palazzo it may be, after all, I at least know that it is one of maybe 2 dozen. So I was snapping pictures of likely candidates for later comparison, when;</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I see a 'for sale' sign.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yes, when I got home, checking through the latest <i>Nuova, </i>I discover that indeed this is the Palazzo in question. Well, it's only 10-12 million Euro. But it has just been renovated!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Right next to the Ca' Pesaro. As you can see, That is a Palazzo. Or <i>Che e' un</i> <i>Palazzo!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">The next day I went to the Ca' Pesaro, a city museum, to see their permanent exhibit on Japanese art.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Just the excuse I needed to get a closer look at the Piccolo Palazzo Depp. It really can only be seen from the Grand Canale, but the canale Pesaro and a dock nearby give a little access.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">From this little Ponte I shot toward the Canale, the Ca' Pesaro is on the left, curving along with its eponymous canal. Note the presence of a clothes drying club nearby. At least they wear black.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Looking in the other direction I can see<i> il nome del ponte</i>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is it: as up close and personal as I can get. Maybe a porch?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Can see the workers there still fixing it up. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...It does have a nice view across the Canale.</div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Friday evening there was an opening at the Peggy Guggenheim for the new show:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 20px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 20px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><b>I VORTICISTI: ARTISTI RIBELLI A LONDRA E NEW YORK, 1914–1918. </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 20px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 20px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><br />
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</span></div>Jonathan Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14705847341712001873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6302602444560260163.post-872358070777165032011-01-16T07:21:00.000-08:002011-01-29T04:59:02.089-08:00Due Ragazza e Due Musei<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.cini.it/uploads/assets//le_Arti_di_Piranesi/biografiaPiranesi.pdf" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #00667c; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Giambattista Piranesi</span></span></strong><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> (Venice 1720 - Rome 1778)</span></span></a></span><br />
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A visit to the Piranesi exhibition on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore which is closing this week is first on our list today, and we get down to the Riva degli Schiavoni to get a vaporetto over to the isola.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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In this light, as one walks into the room, it was difficult to fully understand what I was looking at, because, actually, this stuff was never actually made. It became clear, after reading, that this part of the exhibition was newly created objects and devices that Piranesi had designed and drawn as part of his studies. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; 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</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><i><b>il Cafe degli Inglese</b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Piranesi lived in Rome while he was engraving his work, and was a great friend of Robert Adam and others in the English community there in the 1760's. The English had a coffee house where they gathered and talked, and Adam got Piranesi to decorate it. Using the Egyptian imagery he was studying, Piranesi redid the cafe. it was very popular. It has been reinvented in this show. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Piranesi's drawing of <i>caffe degli inglese</i> above and<i> Le studente</i> below</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><i><b>E rivedersi a il caffe degli inglese.....</b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;">The objects created from drawings are even more amazing, as shown below the gallery and the drawings from which the urn and tripod table with alabaster top were created.</div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">This is an overwhelming exhibit with its powerful vision of Piranesi's work.</div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> Even a coffee pot designed from sea shells was created...</div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">This must be the first slow food 'must have'....</div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">We left the show and spent time checking out the boats in the little yacht harbor on the island. </div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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The Casa Goldini shows the parts of the 18th century marionette...<br />
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</div></div>Jonathan Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14705847341712001873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6302602444560260163.post-60532126787311490372011-01-15T07:27:00.000-08:002011-01-15T07:35:14.338-08:00Capodanno a Peggy Guggenheim Collection<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWsXBHF9QSdaH1uQ_6wYi5PxmNtVrNsbIVvtTNyedTyobO5FicJScllOMKK9SlWnD93FiSWTOFxmzgsUFfJKniFfe9CG9l74cAOnhEDN07QsrjP-_H7pyaSRNm5uCF6ct-LlCMFtXsbF8/s1600/AlexFerry1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWsXBHF9QSdaH1uQ_6wYi5PxmNtVrNsbIVvtTNyedTyobO5FicJScllOMKK9SlWnD93FiSWTOFxmzgsUFfJKniFfe9CG9l74cAOnhEDN07QsrjP-_H7pyaSRNm5uCF6ct-LlCMFtXsbF8/s320/AlexFerry1.jpg" width="229" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Alex and Ferry in Peggy's throne.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And with spritz in hand we visited the rest of the sculpture garden. No, the camera did not get a drink, this is the<i> Triangular Solid with Circular Inserts, </i>by Dan Graham. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">An interesting piece at a cocktail party. We later left</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and walked through Dorsoduro on this sunny afternoon until we arrived at our friend's for dinner.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The view over their garden, ending a great First Day for this year.</div>Jonathan Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14705847341712001873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6302602444560260163.post-34478470466466136552011-01-14T15:56:00.000-08:002011-01-14T16:07:29.410-08:00Epiphany at the Torre dell'Orologio & (a quick tour of the Doge's Palace)It was an overcast day, but we had to be at Piazza San Marco before noon for the appearance of the Wise Men on Epiphany 2011. This has been planned since 1493 when the Doge commissioned a giant (cuckoo :) clock for the great nation of Venezia. It was completed in 1499, so, for 512 years this has been going on (plus the first one about 1500 years earlier). Couldn't miss it, so Ferry and I got down there in time to meet Bob, Ewa, and Felicite, (whom you'll meet). The scene was casual, not too many people for this event...<br />
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And we had good seats...<br />
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Three of us are off to visit il Palazzo del Doge. Guess who,(<i>plus no photos allowed</i>).<br />
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Just after we got in to the courtyard we began to look for the entry to the palace itself..<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">With no photography allowed, it requires some thinking, here is the Doge's view of San Georgio Maggiore...and its little yacht harbor from what is probably the world's largest room. We had to wisk out through a tiny -secret- door to get over to the cafeteria...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnp3K9M3__M0Ej-reB9IXe8-3ELrR1M7oVKRamAEhOX9beIMXUb9br4WprQGqQ9A9i4zOpiAGowAXtX3VbWYqaFB2SeID-xUQXLJ_BPiAQnKBqk3ilWbDyUvEXUNM0LZwp5zmjiAO-H4M/s1600/lunchatDP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnp3K9M3__M0Ej-reB9IXe8-3ELrR1M7oVKRamAEhOX9beIMXUb9br4WprQGqQ9A9i4zOpiAGowAXtX3VbWYqaFB2SeID-xUQXLJ_BPiAQnKBqk3ilWbDyUvEXUNM0LZwp5zmjiAO-H4M/s320/lunchatDP.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here we are eating lunch at the Doge's palace! with a view of gondolo passing by...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Getting ready for the photoshoot...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Jonathan Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14705847341712001873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6302602444560260163.post-77931281297292855802010-12-31T17:21:00.000-08:002011-01-04T06:51:54.450-08:001.1.11* It's the New Year in Venezia!! Ragazzi Spettacolare!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX5PWURaR7mg6yQF75RQUUanGbVUK3zEVE98OKAUQ2oTkk-Ct2a4-V8hy-qQgZ6HWIo0NJR2Ik5KL4WpzPqNrVae-1m2w1nV2oezaLaEdGP8F8qyUKhCCvSCe0KvTXqoggMlUiEqyOEIM/s1600/SM1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX5PWURaR7mg6yQF75RQUUanGbVUK3zEVE98OKAUQ2oTkk-Ct2a4-V8hy-qQgZ6HWIo0NJR2Ik5KL4WpzPqNrVae-1m2w1nV2oezaLaEdGP8F8qyUKhCCvSCe0KvTXqoggMlUiEqyOEIM/s320/SM1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tonight the event in Venice was definitely in Piazza San Marco, with a DJ carrousel, a live boom camera, 3 jumbotrons in the Napoleanic courtyard, and a giant Bellini booth giving away special 2011 bottles of that special Venetian delight...To everyone. It was packed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibLCj9XBPQCzDgufdPy4oLfWvqh3cyv9pgmQuMZODtw_fUq31nK90wZzng6rH07f-lNU3J4mx1tWR22AT-mztYMCen2_-PHZ-qi44y0SH7ftNuiSdYhVdy5uTCiNAIPaAJ8349kEUPGm0/s1600/Belini1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibLCj9XBPQCzDgufdPy4oLfWvqh3cyv9pgmQuMZODtw_fUq31nK90wZzng6rH07f-lNU3J4mx1tWR22AT-mztYMCen2_-PHZ-qi44y0SH7ftNuiSdYhVdy5uTCiNAIPaAJ8349kEUPGm0/s320/Belini1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>My daughter just arrived today and we with her friend circulated through the Piazza, checking the full repertoire of events. Easy toget around, the crowd thickens towards mezzanotte.<br />
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It has been raining for days, and along with intrusions of acqua alta, it has been a non aesthetic week, despite the attempts of the christmas holiday to overcome the weather. Today the rain has stopped but still overcast, the afternoon light was soft and that made it seem alive. As I crossed <i>il ponte dei Rialto</i>, I saw a <i>sandolo da barcariol </i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">slip into the Grand Canale from one of those tertiary canals which are about wide enough for 2 gondolas to pass, easing its </span>passengers<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> across the way. The water is high, you can see the access fondamenta flooded, which gives the illusion of a wider canal. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">As I walked around the building toward the mercato, I see a gondola landing at a floating dock. The main </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Today, the day after christmas, is so calm and peaceful, I seem to have it all by myself, so the little things that happen seem delightful. Even the vaporettos which go by seem peaceful. Especially the ones with the new 'mixer' props below, they seem to drift along their path. They don't make interesting photos just because they are quiet though. But my favorite little building is ahead, just across from a little private dock.</span><br />
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The C'a'd'Oro, with its ankles soaked, and its beautiful carvings subtly rounded and its colors coming to life in the soft light of the afternoon. Look at the columns on the top level, symmetrical polychromy... not too shabby. The peak of the Venetian style. There is more meandering to do, but the light, and the protected water of the canal is gone as I travel through the winding calles on my way to the San Polo area where, as I get close, there is some excitement in the campo dei Frari. I pop through a side door.<br />
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This church is large, the vaults overhead are elegantly worked out. Note the carving on the wood ti-beam above.<br />
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Looking toward the east...This church was laid out in about 1440, after a 100 year building project for a smaller church had been completed. This one was built around the -existing- church which was demolished at some point to allow for its completion. It is not<i> Chartres</i> (1200), but it is magnificent in space, sense of volume, and furnishings.<br />
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One of which is the magnificent<i> Assumption</i> painted by Titian. Those around me declared that this was the greatest Titian... It does fit well in its position behind the main altar of this church. Note that the host and altar furniture are not there, and the choir is in rehearsal. It was freezing and I wore my hat...<br />
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The marbled choir chamber is a massive interior room, "hidden" from the rest of the church. It is obviously not hidden, but, when attending service, the choir is essentially not visible, and the music is ethereal, coming from nowhere to be seen. The Concert this evening featured a trumpet solo coming from the secret chamber in the upper right where the organ pipes are seen.<br />
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The Choir, Corocastel di Conegliano, is a men's choir founded during WWII. It is magnificent. This choir sings at a level I never thought possible, pure music. Listen:<br />
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I can't actually describe what the concert was like, but if you ever get a chance to hear this group, give up everything and go.<br />
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On my way home, I crossed the Rialto, being late I do not mention its whole name.<br />
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Set up for christmas, not sure how long these lights will last. But it gets dark at 4:30PM or so, so may be a couple of months. Just down the bridge, and veering off toward the left a little, we get to the<br />
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The Gothic arch was placed here between the two buildings at the bridge at the end of the street about 1400 AD, by the Foscari and Mocenigo families when they obtained the two buildings..at the end of the street of paradise.Jonathan Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14705847341712001873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6302602444560260163.post-21269986965381809632010-12-23T23:34:00.000-08:002010-12-24T08:34:41.105-08:00Allorra! A Christmas Eve note da Venezia<div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #993300; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;">A visitor was looking out her hotel window, </span><br />
<span style="color: #993300; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;">to see the sights the morning brings to view.</span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div><span style="color: #993300; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;">The dawning sun on the new fallen snow</span></div><div><span style="color: #993300; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;">Gave a luster to Venezia and the objects below.</span></div></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #993300; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="color: #993300; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;">with a little old oarsman so lively and quick,</span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #993300; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;">that she knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.</span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #993300; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #006600;"><i>Many thanks to KdeS and CCM</i></span></div>Jonathan Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14705847341712001873noreply@blogger.com2