Venice
Observed: Images of the Paradise of Cities
May
8 - September 5, 2004
Venice
Observed: Images of the Paradise of Cities
features eight oil paintings, a watercolor
and a print from the Museum’s permanent
collection with Venice as the subject. The
exhibition provides an exploration of the
essential uniqueness of Venetian architecture—called
venezianita—and its sumptuous and
ever-changing engagement with the light,
color and atmosphere of Venice that has
captivated visitors for centuries.
Venice Observed: Images of the Paradise
of Cities is on exhibit in the Museum’s
Cove Gallery May 8 – September 5,
2004 and is supported in part by grants
from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
and Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Regular Museum admission is $7 adults and
$5 children 4 to 17, Members and Children
under 4 are free. Museum hours are Tuesday,
Thursday-Saturday 11am to 5pm, Wednesday
11am to 8pm and Sunday 12pm to 5pm.
From the 13th century artisans who created
St. Mark’s Cathedral’s radiant
mosaics, to Henry James’ masterpiece
set in Venice, On Wings of a Dove, the “paradise
of cities” has left a singular imprint
on the visual arts and letters. Venice Observed:
Images of the Paradise of Cities will feature
artists who worked in Venice including Jacopo
di Paolo Marieschi, Felix Ziem, Edward Percy
Moran, Ernest Galvan, Eugene Feldman and
Dale Chihuly. The works are counter-pointed
with the observations of writers like Henry
James, George Gordon Lord Byron and John
Ruskin and their views of Venice.
The exhibition will also feature a documentary
on Dale Chihuly’s historic glass installations
in Venice entitled, Chihuly Over Venice.
This documentary will also be shown on PBS
station WHYY on Sunday, May 30th at 1:30pm.
Dale Chihuly at the Reading Public Museum:
A Celebration in Glass will open at
the Museum May 23 and run through September
12, 2004.
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