VENICE – Poetry, by Samuel Rogers

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VENICE > There is a glorious City in the Sea. The Sea is in the broad, the narrow streets, ebbing…

ON THE EXTINCTION OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC – Poetry, by William Wordsworth

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ON THE EXTINCTION OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC > Once did She hold the gorgeous east in fee; and was the…

BOOKS SET IN VENICE – Invisible Cities / Acrosx the River and into the Trees

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Invisible Cities / by Italo Calvino > “Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears, even if the thread…

THE PERFECT ENCAPSULATION OF THE DREAMS – Venice and crucial role in the development of opera

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Venice, city of corruption, sickness and decay? Not Only. Venice has also played a crucial role in the development of…

DANCES AND MUSIC FROM THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE

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Music was an essential part of civic, religious, and courtly life in the Renaissance. From the Renaissance era, both secular…

MASTERPIECES OF ART IN THE CENTURIES / FIRENZE – Titian Vecellio: Venus of Urbino

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In her right hand she holds a posy of roses and she holds her other hand over her genitals. She…

CELESTIAL LOVE – Poetry, by Michelangelo Buonarroti

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Despite making few forays beyond the arts, his versatility in the disciplines he took up was of such a high…

STRONG PORTRAYLS GROWING UP BLACK – John Thomas Biggers, the painter that had grow nex to the “Shotgun houses”

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JOHN THOMAS BIGGERS – John Thomas Biggers was an African-American muralist and studied African myths and legends. He was drawn…

BLACK RIDERS CAME FROM THE SEA – Poetry, by Stephen Crane

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BLACK RIDERS CAME FROM THE SEA > Black riders came from the sea. There was clang and clang of spear…