Tuesday, 19 February, 2019
As I looked over a few more of my photos from Venice this afternoon, I started to realize that I really did not do justice to the two wonderful art repositories that I visited yesterday.
So on what was mostly a day of rest and recuperation, here are more photos of first the church officially named the Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa Dei Frari, a.k.a., I Frari.
The Monument to the artist Titian
who is buried elsewhere in I Frari
by Luigi, Pietro and Andrea Zandomeneghi,
1843-52
The Miracles of
St. Anthony of Padua
by Flamino Floriani, 1603
The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple
by Giuseppe Porta, a.k.a., Salviati, 1550-60
The painting of
St. Joseph of Copertino in Ecstasy
by Giuseppe Nogari, 1753
and
The statue of St. Jerome
by Alessandro Vittoria, 1564
The Prophet Ezekiel has a
slight nasal problem
Moses had a nice beard
I guess that there were not a lot of barber shops in the desert during his 40 years on the road.
And then there was the incredible
wooden choir created by
Marco and Francesco Cozzi, 1468
It's 451 years old and
still awe inspiring
As always, I have to wonder
how they did this without
the aid of computers
The Monument to Jacopo Marcello
by Giovanni Buora, 1488
Jacopo Marcello was the Commander of the Venetian fleet killed in 1488, while leading his troops in the conquering of Gallipoli.
That is the Commander standing atop his monument.
The Altar of the Relics
by Francesco Penso, a.k.a., Cabianca, 1711
It was originally erected to hold a vial containing a few drops of the Precious Blood of Christ collected by Mary Magdalene. These drops of blood have been preserved by mixing them with some sort of special balm.
Maybe.
I did not see or find any mention
of who the artist may have been
for either this . . .
. . . or this fine piece of art,
but I liked them both
Let's take a closer look at some of the intricate details on the second work.
I'm guessing that this is Mary Magdalene
comforting a passed out Virgin Mary
during the Crucifixion or vice versa
A man on horseback with several
similarly shocked looking Judeans
That horse looks a bit anxious as well.
"Oh my God, what have we done?"
There are huge painted panels like these
on all of the outer walls of the beautiful choir
I liked the way that all of these
lamps aligned
Death definitely NOT
taking a holiday today
This is a small part of the huge Monument to Doge Giovanni Pesaro by Baldassarre Longhena, Bernardo Falcone da Lugano and Melchior Barthel, 1660-1669.
The Monument to Canova
by Students of Canova, 1822-27
Antonio Canova was a famed Venetian Neo-Classical sculptor who passed away in 1822.
An angel with an unlit torch and
a Lion of Venice looking desperate
at the passing of Canova
Women weeping at the
loss the great Canova
As I mentioned yesterday, the I Frari is not to be missed on your next visit to Venezia!
Now we'll head back to the other great site for masterful art that I discovered on Monday, the Scuola Grande di San Rocco.
It was just a few meters from the I Frari's doorstep.
Not part of either of these two great
art sites but interesting nonetheless
and, NO, I did not buy one
The Scuola Grande di San Rocco's
Sala Grande Superiore
When it was built in honor of Venice's patron saint of the plague-stricken, every artist wanted the commission to paint this building.
Jacopo Comin, better known as Tintoretto, cheated and rather than presenting sketches of his plans to decorate the edifice's interior, he gifted the building a fabulous ceiling panel of San Rocco that he knew the patrons could not refuse and could probably not be matched by the other interested artists.
Thus he got the commission to expand on what is now considered Tintoretto's Sistine Chapel consisting mostly of Old Testament scenes.
The real Sistine Chapel in Vatican City is far better in my opinion, but still, this room was still amazing.
You have to have deep, rich wood
paneling in a room like this one
I really enjoyed the many wood carvings of men evenly spread out along the lower walls of the Sala Grande Superiore.
A mask in Venice?
Who would have guessed?
All of the wooden, unique men were done by the Master Carver, Francesco Pianta from 1657-76.
Torture?
Is his back bleeding?
What's with the hammer?
That small shield won't help
much in a battle
A table full of mirrors?
Each stack holds about three or four of these large, easy to transport mirrors used by tourists like myself to view the ceiling panels more easily than by uncomfortably craning our necks constantly.
Good idea.
Such rich colors and
awe inspiring renderings
Moses making water gush from a rock
WATCH OUT FOR THAT
SNAKE!
It is indeed a Grande Sala
or BIG ROOM!
The Crucifixion was always at
the forefront vow religious art
in those times
San Rocco in Glory
This is the panel that Tintoretto donated that got him the commission to continue his work in the Scuola.
And another Crucifixion scene
Details from a corner of the previous
Crucifixion painting
More intricate details in a different
painting of the same Crucifixion topic
"With all of these damn Tintoretto
paintings, no one ever looks at ME!"
Upper abs . . . SOLID
Lower abs . . . SUSPECT
So many things to admire
Jacob's Ladder
Elijah Fed by an Angel
The Eternal Father Appears
to Moses
Nice Carnevale Mask
St. Sebastian being used as
target practice
As I recall from my religious studies, this occurred just before the famed Sheriff of Nottingham's Archery Contest meant to trap Robin Hood.
I am quite sure from my days as a student at St. Phillip the Apostle School in Pasadena, California in the late 1958-61, that this is the correct story behind St. Sebastian's plight.
The Adoration of the Shepherds
Cool Hat!
Fantastic Sideburns
A HEAVILY armed
Avenging Angel
A bandit perhaps
A mysterious cello player?
All in all, it was a truly interesting, humbling and inspiring day of seeing so many amazing works of art in such a short time.
Meanwhile, back in Varese . . .
"We're the Guards,
we got this Shane."
Name the movie.
It was Tuesday night, a BEAUTIFUL night for American football so we started the evening with two flag football workouts.
Our Adult Women's team
was hard at work tonight
QB Sofia Petrillo spinting out
The Ladies play with five on a side
with all players eligible to receive
a pass regardless of their original,
pre-snap alignments
Sofia passed the ball quite well
tonight and her receivers caught
everything in sight
Our U17s were also hard at work
before the Prima Squadra's workout
at 8:15 p.m.
Lots of exciting U17 action tonight
A lone blitzer in white attacking
from the right
Both flag teams accomplished a lot tonight, positive progress is a good thing.
It was time for the Prima Squadra to take the field . . .
DE Nicola "Baffo" Ruggiero
was excited to honing his skills
in a sharp looking practice jersey
I wonder where I could get one of those?
Scrimmage Time
Skorpions getting after it
We had about 30 players at practice tonight, but not enough Offensive Linemen.
That worries me greatly as we have our last scrimmage this coming Sunday with the DI Champion Milano Seamen and then open our DII season the following Sunday on the road against the powerful Busto Arsizio Blue Storm, 9-1 in 2018.
We need to have all three of our final practices before the Blue Storm game to be better attended, focused and, of course, competitive.
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