Virtual Exhibit: Venetian Cityscape Prints is open
VENETIAN CITYSCAPE PRINTS : A virtual exhibition by the Department for
Image Science
In June the virtual exhibition *VENETIAN CITYSCAPE PRINTS*: A
cicerone through the Venice of the early 18th century* developed by
the Department for Image Science from the inventory of the Goettweig
Monasteries Graphic Collection opens containing views of famous Venetian
palaces, churches and town squares as well as reproduction engravings of
important Venetian paintings by artists like Titian, Tintoretto and
Veronese. http://www.gssg.at/gssg/
Many artists produced their art works for the first time with the aid
of the contemporary innovation *camera ottica*, a kind of
wide-angel-lens that makes accessible, compared to the human eye, a wide
field of vision of the squares, palaces and churches realistically
visible. In this way the cityscape prints possess a documentary nature
of Venices building history. Often the engravings are the only witness
of the former look of the world-famous lagoon city before radical
modification or demolition. The exhibition which is accompanied by texts
of Werner Telesco also includes views of prominent memorials: Doge's
palace, San Marco, Piazzetta, S. Giorgio Maggiore, Santa Maria della
Salute, Rialto bridge and Arsenal. The main message of the *Vedute
Ideate* is the effect of memory, the faithful documentation of
Venetian main monuments that serves as remarkable testimonial of
Venetian self depiction at the beginning of the 18th century.
The image database, which is result of the co-operation between the
Department for Image Science, Danube University and the Goettweig
Monastery is free for scientific use. High resolution Digital Fine Art
Prints can be ordered from the Department for Image Science.
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