Venice: Gallerie dell’Accademia -
New Wing opening. The opening of the first five rooms of the new wing, on the
ground floor, of the Galleria dell’Accademia, sponsored by by Samsung and
Venetian Heritage. With highly advanced
technology, thanks to Samsung’s involvement, visitors can enjoy Venetian art of
the seventeenth and eighteenth century with the simple touch of a tablet or
phone.
Above. Giambattista Tiepolo – The Feast of the Cross – Eighteenth Century
– ceiling – oil on canvas.
Gallerie dell’Accademia - New Wing. Toto Bergamo Rossi director
of Venetian Heritage next of a painting of The Doge Francesco Erizzo by
Bernardo Strozzi – 1635 c.
Gallerie dell’Accademia - New Wing - Tablets. Visitors to the gallery are
provided with a tablet featuring macro-images, X-rays and a detailed provenance
of the paintings enabling them upon close examination to discern otherwise
imperceptible pictorial details and facilitate their appreciation of the
artwork.
Gallerie dell’Accademia - Monastery of the Canonici Lateranensi, built by
Andrea Palladio, which will house Antonio Canova sculptures.
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Photograph courtesy Galleria dell’Accademia
Gallerie dell’Accademia - New Wing - Paolo Caliari
detto Veronese – Venice Receives the Homage of Hercules and Ceres – 1575 c. –
oil on canvas