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CINEMA AND VENICE IN POPULAR CULTURE AND MEDIA
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Venice has been the setting or chosen location of numerous films, novels, poems and other cultural references. The city was a particularly popular setting for several novels, essays, and other works of fictional or non-fictional literature. Examples ... |
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ARCHITECTURE
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Venice has a rich and diverse architectural style, the most famous of which is probably the Gothic style. Venetian Gothic architecture is a term given to a Venetian building style combining use of the Gothic lancet arch with Byzantine and Arab influe... |
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MUSIC AND THE PERFORMING ARTS
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The city of Venice in Italy has played an important role in the development of the music of Italy. The Venetian state-i.e. the medieval Maritime Republic of Venice-was often popularly called the "Republic of Music", and an anonymous Frenchman of the ... |
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INTERIOR DESIGN
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Venice arguably produced the most unique and refined Rococo designs. At the time, Venice was in a state of trouble. It had lost most of its maritime power, was lagging behind its rivals in political importance and society had become decadent, with no... |
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FASHION AND SHOPPING
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In the 14th century, many young Venetian men began wearing tight-fitting multicoloured hose, the designs on which indicated the Compagnie della Calza ("Trouser Club") to which they belonged. The Venetian Senate passed sumptuary laws, but these merely... |
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LANGUAGE
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Venetian or the regional form Venetan is a Romance language spoken as native language by over two million people,mostly in Venice, but also the Veneto region of Italy, where of five million inhabitants almost all can understand it. It is sometime spo... |
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LITERATURE
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Venice has long been a source of inspiration for authors, poets and playwrights as well as being at the forefront of the technical developing of printing and publishing.Two of the most famous Venetian writers were Marco Polo in the Middle Ages and la... |
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ART AND PRINTING
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Venice, especially during the Middle-Ages, Renaissance and Baroque, was a major centre of art and developed a unique style known as the Venetian School. In the Middle-Ages and the Renaissance, Venice, along with Florence and Rome, became one of the m... |
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GLASS
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Venice is famous for its ornate glass-work, known as Venetian glass. It is world-renowned for being colourful, elaborate, and skilfully made.Many of the important characteristics of these objects had been developed by the thirteenth century. Toward t... |
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FESTIVALS
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The Carnival of Venice is held annually in the city, starting around two weeks before Ash Wednesday and ends on Shrove Tuesday. The carnival is closely associated with Venetian masks.The Venice Biennale is one of the most important events in the arts... |
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