Castiglione says that in conversation, the ideal courtier must be a man who knows the Classical authors & Italian poets as he dons a social mask of natural gracefulness projecting the illusion of spontaneity.

Raphael-Portrait of Venetian poet & historian Andrea Navagero 1516

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A Gennaro, A Venetian Nobleman, certainly has a strong case for this hashtag!
By George Frederic Watts, who was born 23rd February 1817.

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Born Giovanni Battista Piazzetta Venetian Rococo 1 of Venice’s outstanding 18th-century artists as art matured it evolved from 17th-century Italian Baroque traditions & embraced Rococo manner Director life drawing Venetian Academy (1750)

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These are some of Araki's designs inspired by Venetian carnival masks

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ヴェネツィアン・ゴンドラ × あの夏のルカ 🐠
This is a costume for a cast member of the Venetian Gondola at Tokyo DisneySea !

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1514 Daniele Barbaro, influential architect and scholar who translated & wrote extensive commentaries on the works of Vitruvius, was born in Venice.

Portrait by Titian & cover of La Pratica Della Perspettiva (1568) 1/

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Unholy 324 in Venetian Pink 48” x 48” x 3” Paper (detail view)

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Myths & Magpies inspired by a Magpie sighting in the reflective water world of Venetian mirrors and myths. Two compositions in one 😉 Buy my work https://t.co/0XjHmuFWBh

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Edmund Charles Tarbell (American, 1862–1938) - The Venetian Blind (Jealousy) 1898 oil on canvas (131.8 x 97.5 cm) Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA, USA

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Three more exquisite Venetian watercolours. There are a number of monographs on this series. They clearly show this was an artist of superlative ability.

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Mortgaging medieval children: Taking a look at the controversial decision to “mortgage” a young boy to the Venetians, and why children were used as political hostages in the Middle Ages. https://t.co/H66lBERU9G

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Fun fact: Girls' School of Knighthood now features a sardonic student knight with very clockpunk 18th century Venetian glasses because I saw them on my Twitter timeline and thought they looked cool. Artistic inspiration is very Deep, Actually

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1760, Italian castrato-soprano Giuseppe Belli is stabbed to death in Naples by "an envious Venetian". Belli was highly praised for his sweet voice and one of his best performances was Licida's aria "Consola il genitore", written for him by of Johann Adolph Hasse. ➡️

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What a stunning piece. Presenting it un-cropped for your viewing pleasure - 'Attending to the shrine, Venetian lagoon' by Hermann David Salomon Corrodi (1844-1905)

Thanks to for the heads up.

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Venetian Glass Workers,
John Singer Sargent.

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Rococo artist Rosalba Carriera, born in 1673, excelled in pastel portraits like this Muse (1725).

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Happy birthday Rosalba Carriera - born 348 years ago in 1673.

The Venetian painter became internationally known for her pastel work, especially for her portraits. Here, she captures Irish nobleman Gustavus Hamilton during his visit to the Carnival of Venice in 1730.

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Pierrot Crow is someone living in the fantasy of Commedia Dell'Arte performances feeling only herself when in costume.

Il Bauta meanwhile gets his namesake and appearance from the Venetian Carnival character of the same name

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