Venetian Art and Culture in the Eighteenth Century

Canaletto. Festivals of the Doge: The Bucintoro Leaving S. Nicolo di Lido, c. 1763.
National Gallery of Art, Washington. Samuel H. Kress Collection.


Public Symposium


Saturday, April 1, 1995

East Building Large Auditorium


Morning Session
History and Culture

10:30 Introduction
Andrew Robison, Andrew W. Mellon senior curator, National Gallery of Art

Myth and Reality in Eighteenth-Century Venice
Brendan Dooley, assistant professor in history and social studies, Harvard University

Celebrations of Power: The Performing Arts in Eighteenth-Century Venice
Eleanor Selfridge-Field, senior research associate, Center for Computer Assisted Research in the Humanities

12:30 Intermission

Afternoon Session
The Visual Arts

2:00 Venetian Views and Views of Venice
Edgar Peters Bowron, senior curator of painting, National Gallery of Art

Between Heaven and Earth: Mary and the Saints in the Eighteenth Century
William Barcham, professor of art history, Fashion Institute of Technology

Secular Painting: The Search for Style
Mitchell Merling, visiting associate curator of European art, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

No reservations are required. Limited seating is on a first come, first-served basis.

Offered in conjunction with the exhibition
The Glory of Venice: Art in the Eighteenth Century

The exhibition was organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and the Royal Academy of Arts, London.

In Washington, the exhibition is made possible by generous support from Mobil Corporation. The exhibition is supported by the National Gallery's Fund for the International Exchange of Art and an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and Humanities.


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