Venice Biennale

initial use of L.E.D., Jenny Holzer utilized this light technology again with her “Survival Series.” This series took a more personal approach, with a more poetic sense to her text. Although considered more poetic, her “Living Series” still embodies disturbing or twisted statements, such as “Men don’t protect you anymore,” or “When someone beats you with a flashlight you make the light shine in all directions” (Artarchives.com). Again, Holzer inflicted great emotion, whether it is empowering or fearful, onto the viewer. After her breakthrough with L.E.D. light projections, Holzer’s work became larger in both scale and popularity. She did work for the Guggenheim, became the first female artist to represent the United States at the Venice Biennale, and won multiple awards such as the Golden Lion award. Her work continued to feature angst and tension, which is arguable most prominent in her “Laments” series, which was inspired by the birth of her first born. This series commented on pain, death, and motherhood, with passages reading “If the process starts I will kill this baby a good way” (nytimes.com). With such harsh ideas and blatant statements, it’s easy to view Holzer simply as a cruel or pessimistic artist, but the element of complex thought and rhetoric remains the backbone of her work. It is the combination of her medium, the illuminated messages or simple script pasted onto objects, combined with her provocative passages and excerpts that engage individuals…

I chose to continue my research on John Singer Sargent for my final paper because of his strong interest in the female image. I wanted to know why Sargent chose women as his main subjects. His works include women of high social class, children of the wealthy and political figures. He also did painting of women in lower classes that he came in contact with in Venice, Capri, Spain and Africa. In this essay I will be discussing his works, the history of the paintings and the meaning behind the…

The significance of female characters in portraying the major themes and other social and political issues. The word Renaissance comes from the French and it means “to be born again’. It took place in Europe during the 14th to 16th century and was a period of innovation marked by a new era of growth. This era was used as a bridge of culture found in modern history as well as the middle ages. ( Etymonline 2009 ) . In The Lion and The Jewel we examine a theme of culture and conflict that arises,…

The Renaissance was a cultural movement that revived the glory of Greece and Rome. New ideas started flowing through Europe and beautiful works in Art, Literature and Architecture were being built. Perhaps the most famous image of the Renaissance is the colorful and intricate paintings and works of art. Renaissance Art had many characteristics that made it stand out from the previous Medieval Art style of painting. Europe had just suffered the Black Death and several wars were taking place…

Hospitals were built to allow easy application of the new policies. A prime example of plague specific hospitals can be found in the Lazarettes. Created in Venice to house those infected with the plague, the stone fortresses “...were two of the most powerful weapons in the fight against the plague between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries and were central to Venice’s public health strategy.” and the first permanent specialized wards. The Lazaretto vecchio, or old Lazaretto, was founded in…

and different in their own ways. A major part of either part of the Renaissances was music. Seeing as how society in the past was mainly religiously dominated, it may not come as a surprise to learn that a major type of music composed then was in fact church music (“From Monteverdi”). Claudio Monteverdi was an illustrious Italian composer that was most recognized for his biblical and church music. He was employed by the Duke of Mantua in his early career, where his most famous biblical music…

In the 15th century Venice was a wealthy city and the center of trade and art in Europe. Gentile Bellini was a 15th century Venetian painter well known for his portraits and large-scale paintings of contemporary Venice. This paper examines Gentile and his depiction of not only the miracle in the piece Miracle of the True Cross at the Bridge of San Lorenzo, but of contemporary Venetian society. The artist was born in 1429 and was from a family of influential leading painters of Venice including…

growth of Europe, Venice and Florence were among the top states which accelerated Renaissance and well developed states of their period. The role in the Renaissance period was significant since their influence in Northern Italy as well as in Europe at large was fairly extensive, especially that of Venice. At the same time, both states, being described by great social economic evolution, growth of arts, were considered to be practically ideals which were thought of as perfect states other…

For my Applied Music 2206 research project I choose to research one of the many great guitarist of the 19th century Ida Presti. She had a very interesting life full of lots of fun and most important to her music. Ida Presti, originally named Yvette Montagnon was born May 31st 1924 in Suresnes, France. Her father Claude Montagnon was French and her mother Olga- Gracia Lo was Sicilian. Ida studied harmony and music theory with guitarist Mario Maccaferri. Ida was a remarkable performer who…

Yanessa Morillo-Delerme was the second performer of the night. Her first performance was “Alma Del Core” by Antonio Caldara. Born in Venice, Caldara made his career in Mantua, Rome and Vienna, serving in the last of these from 1716 as vice-Kapellmeister at the imperial court. As a composer he was versatile and prolific, with some 90 stage works to his credit. Caldara wrote a steady series of over 40 oratorios, liturgical music, motets, and cantatas sacred and secular. His 1712 Christmas cantata…