View of the Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute
by Jennie Breeze
Title
View of the Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute
Artist
Jennie Breeze
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Photograph - Original Img_3938
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Photograph taken of the Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute in the Grand Canal of Venice, ItalyThe Basilica, next to the Dogana (Customs-house), stands out on the Venetian skyline for its white colour and for its architectural forms, closer in style to the Classical Renaissance than to the typical Venetian style. In memory of the salvation given to the Venetians, the sculpture of the Virgin with Child by the famous Flemish artist Le Court was put in place on the altar: on the one side, Venice is represented as a noble woman, kneeling in a suppliant pose, while on the other side, the Plauge is depicted as an old woman in flight, chased by an angel. The Dogana is located at the meeting point of two canals che Guidecca and Grand Canal. Built in the XV century and restored two hundred years later, it was the focal point for controlling and checking merchant ships passing through the island.
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January 7th, 2013
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