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Niccolo Tommaseo, Venice

Niccolo Tommaseo

Each of the three important revolutionaries of 1848, Daniele Manin, Niccolo Tommaseo, Pietro Paleocapa has in Venice the own monument, a reminder of their struggle for freedom.

Sanesi-La proclamazione della Repubblica di San Marco,1848 - litografia -1850

The proclamation of the Republic of San Marco, 1848 – lithography -1850

… Republic of San Marco was established in Venice as a result of the uprising of
the city against the Austrian government on March 17, 1848. The Lombardy and the part of Veneto still free, chose to merging with the Kingdom of Upper Italy. Despite Manin and Tommaseo were trying in vain to postpone the institutional issue at the end of the war, Castelli, Paleocapa and Avesani, pushed for the fusion of Venice with them, ratified by 4 July 1848. Manin invited the most loyal Republicans to accept the merger …

The monument to Niccolo Tommaseo by Francesco Barzaghi is located in campo Santo Stefano, in the San Marco sextier .

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Barzaghi)

Niccolo Tommaseo

Niccolo Tommaseo

The Venetians have named this statue since the beginning “cagalibri” ( “books pooper”) .The nickname is given by the stack of books put as support below the sculpture, to confer more stability.
The statue of Niccolo Tommaseo ,on a block of Carrara marble ,standing and with the arms folded. Dressed  according to the fashion of the time,reflects frowning between the rolls holding in his left hand.It seems looking for a new idea, and  ready to write it with the writing feather placed in his left hand.

The statue has the resembles of a “prophet” with visible lock of hair and messy beard.The position of the right arm, and the angle of the head was probably the usual pose for Tommaseo as seen in the few original portraits.Three volumes on his back,representing his prolific literary output, are thrown randomly one on top of other, while the fourth was carved vertical, so that with the back comes to wrap the edge of the coat. This winding strengthens the left leg that maybe had problems of stability.

niccolo tommaseo

niccolo tommaseo ,venice

Niccolo Tommaseo
Born in 1802, in Sibenik , Dalmatia (ex Venetian possession, today Croatia), son
of Jerome and Catherine Chevessich. Studied in Spalanto then in Padua and Milan.

In 1827 he moved to Florence where published the dictionary of synonyms. We find him in France in 1838 and Corsica 1839 . Back in Venice in 1840,after an anti Austrian speech against censorship,the press freedom  was arrested, then freed by the people during the insurrection against the Austrians.
He became part of the Government of Danielle Manin, of the Republic of San Marco in 1848.It was minister in the interim government, and ambassador to Paris.
After the capitulation of Venice in 1849 took refuge in Corfu then in Turin, 1854.
He died in Florence in 1874, in poverty and suffering, ill with syphilis that leads to blindness.

 

niccolo tommaseo

niccolo tommaseo

For the Italian lexicography writes: New thesaurus of Italian (1830),
Dictionary of Italian language (4 volumes). Within studies, ethnographic collection
“Folk songs Tuscan ,Corsicans, Illyrian and Greek” (4 volumes). Other works: The Perticari refuted by Dante (1825), Commentary on the Divine Comedy (3volumes ), Bible Stories and Meditations on the Gospels  (1970), The holy Gospels.

“Faith and Beauty”, is considered by critics a premature attempt at psychological novel.

 

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Venice museums

venice museums

venice museums

Venice museums ,the second issue.
In a city of art par excellence, with many museums, churches and wonderful places, choose where to go is not easy.For those who come for the first time in Venice, it is obvious that the time is preciousness.To facilitate your choice, here you will find brief descriptions,schedules, prices of some museums of Venice.

The first part of this article is on address: http://dipoco.altervista.org/venice-museum/

accademia

accademia

Accademia – Academy museum.
Founded in 1750 with educational purposes, it preserves the greatest masterpieces in the world,works of Venetian paintings ranging from 1300 to 1700.During the Austrian rule, in a period of continuous looting, the role of the Academy was critical to maintain in the lagoon, some of the works related to the Venetian tradition.
The museum contains works of the most famous masters like Bellini, Giorgione, Carpaccio , Titian and Tiepolo.

Schedules,

Mondays from 8.15 to 14.00 (last entry at 13:15)
Tuesday to Sunday from 8.15 to 19.15 (last admission 18.30)
Address: Campo della Carità, 1050, 30123 Venezia,
Phone: 041 520 0345
Ticket; info and prices for special exhibitions

http://www.gallerieaccademia.org/information/tickets/?lang=en

museo storico navale

museo storico navale

Naval History Museum
A wonderful museum that tells the history of Italian and Venetian navy.
Surprising are the reconstructions of a trireme, a “galeazza” (a large galley, star of the victory over the Turks at Lepanto in 1571), Bucintoro( the vessel used by the Doge ceremony), gondolas, torpedoes guided by divers and other boats typically Venetian.

Museums, schedules,
Summer season (1/4> 31/10)
From Monday to Thursday 8:45 to 13:30 | Friday and Saturday 8:45 to 17:30
Sundays and holidays 10.00 – 17.30

Winter season (1.11> 3.31)
From Monday to Thursday 8:45 to 13:30 | Friday and Saturday 8:45 to 17:00
Sundays and holidays 10:00 to 17:00
Closed December 25, January 1, May 1
The ticket office closes half an hour before
Address: Riva S. Biasio Castello, 2148-30122 Venice

Tel. 041.2441.399

Other informations :

http://en.turismovenezia.it/Venezia/Historical-Museum-of-Ships-6226.html

House of Carlo Goldoni

House of Carlo Goldoni

Museo Casa Goldoni
“House of Carlo Goldoni”, was built in the fifteenth century.Owned by the family Rizzi, the building was rented to Zentani or Centani, from which it took the future name, hosting also a flourishing artistic and literary Academy. Towards the end of 1600 settled there the grandfather of Carlo Goldoni, Carlo Alessandro, from Modena.Goldoni family remained in this house, where Charles was born Feb. 25, 1707, until 1719.
Tickets :
http://carlogoldoni.visitmuve.it/en/home/

Palazzo Mocenigo
The museum displays a selection of rare pieces – textiles and costumes, including original state robes of the eighteenth century. The clothes and accessories on display, originating from Venice, are made of textured fabrics, often embellished with embroidery and lace.

 

Museums, schedules,

from 1 November to 31 March; 10:00 to 16:00                                                                  from April 1 to November 30, 10:00 to 17:00
Monday, 25 December, 1 January and 1 May-Closed

Ticket office closes half an hour before

Address: Santa Croce 1992, 30135 Venice

Phone: 041 721798

Other informations

http://www.vivaticket.it/index.php?nvpg[festivaldetail]&id=572&wms_op=museiCivici&change_language=1

Murano glass
vetro di muranoThe history of Murano Glass was borne in 1291 when it ruled that the glassworks in Venice, active probably already before the year one thousand, were transferred to Murano because the ovens of the laboratories were often responsible for the disastrous fires, which became particularly serious because the buildings were mostly wooden.

Address: Fondamenta Marco Giustinian, 8, 30141 Venice, Murano
Phone: 041 739586
Museums, schedules
from April 1 to October 31, 10:00 to 18:00

from 1 November to 31 March 10:00 to 17:00
Closed 25 December, 1 January and 1 May
Ticket office closes 30 minutes before

Other informations                                                                   http://www.coopculture.it/en/heritage.cfm?id=30
Lace Museum Burano

merlettoThe Burano lace is one of the most renowned lace to world.The first evidence of the flowering of trade of Venetian lace from the late fifteenth century. But the end of the Venetian Republic (1797) coincided with the beginning of a slow crisis: the production of lace became an activity exclusively of few families, and the number of lace makers began to decline, to the risk of running out of this traditional production .

from 1 April to 31 October
10:00 to 18:00 (ticket office 10:00 to 17:30)

from 1 November to 31 March
10:00 to 17:00 (ticket office 10:00 to 16:30)
It closed on Monday, December 25, January 1 and May 1
Address: Piazza Galuppi, 187, 30142 Venice, Burano
Phone: 041 730034
Other informations:

http://museomerletto.visitmuve.it/en/home/

Museum of Sacred Paintings  Byzantines

http://en.turismovenezia.it/Venezia/Museo-Dipinti-Sacri-Bizantini-Istituto-Ellenico-6221.html

dipinto bizantinoDiocesan Museum of Sacred Art

http://www.veneziasi.it/content/view/?id=151&Itemid=482&lang=en

Venetian schools

The institutions called schools were built in Venice in the Middle Ages. The patricians
adhered only to the most important schools for reasons of prestige, or to ensure the spiritual advantages that they procured.Citizens of low social class or with dubious activities were not accepted, as well as women, if not as members of the family of the brotherhood.

Some schools were built to bring together foreign workers present in Venice: Schiavoni (slave origins), Albanians, Bergamaschi (from Bergamo city). Other schools instead gathered groups of craftsmen in their profession.The most important were the schools of a religious character.
Great school of San Giovanni Evangelista in Venice

http://www.mconlinevenues.com/venue/venice/148/scuola_grande_san_giovanni_evangelista_di_venezia.htm

Great school of Carmini

http://www.zainoo.com/en/italy/veneto/venice/scuola-carmini

Great school of San Rocco

http://en.turismovenezia.it/Venezia/Scuola-Grande-di-San-Rocco-6489.html

The school of San Giorgio degli Schiavoni

http://www.arte.it/guida-arte/venezia/da-vedere/museo/scuola-di-san-giorgio-degli-schiavoni-993

Churches

chorusIn Venice there are more than 250 churches consecrated and deconsecrated.
Chorus, contributes to the conservation and enhancement of the churches of Venice, an immense wealth,and promotes knowledge through a museum tour that combines sixteen of the greatest examples of religious architecture of Venice.

Sixteen of the largest churches of Venice, visited with a single ticket, the Chorus Pass.
http://en.turismovenezia.it/Venezia/The-Churches-of-Chorus-and-Chorus-Pass-Ticket-99421.html