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Salon Discussion: Redefining Beauty at Gabriella Cafe this Thursday, April 6

Posted on April 2, 2023 by seductivevenice

Make your reservations now so you’re sure to get a seat! The food and wine are excellent, so you’re in for a treat. See you there! p.s. I’ll have books for sale, including the new second edition of A Beautiful … Continue reading →

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Redefining Beauty: Giustina Rossi

Posted on May 30, 2020 by seductivevenice

Why have I waited so long to post this video? Giustina Rossi is a Venetian hero and the story from farthest in the past from my collection of Beautiful Women in Venice. I cajoled a stranger on a busy day … Continue reading →

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Recreations: Lucrezia Marinella

Posted on April 28, 2020 by seductivevenice

Karen has recreated this image of Lucrezia Marinella, the genre-defying author from the 1500s. I don’t know how the women back then created those little horns with their hair, and I don’t blame Karen for not trying to mimic that … Continue reading →

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Recreations: Luisa Bergalli Gozzi

Posted on April 27, 2020 by seductivevenice

Swift on the heels of Laura’s portrait of Isabella, I received this contribution from Tina, who has captured the look of Luisa Bergalli Gozzi. The original portrait comes from the frontispiece of her anthology of Venetian women writers, an important … Continue reading →

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Redefining Beauty: Giustina Renier Michiel

Posted on September 14, 2019 by seductivevenice

How does one go about translating Shakespeare into other languages? His language is so particular to its time and place, and he coined so many new phrases and has such an immense vocabulary. Yet Giustina Renier Michiel was arguably the … Continue reading →

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Redefining Beauty: Giustiniana Wynne

Posted on June 20, 2019 by seductivevenice

I’m here to set the record straight about Giustiniana Wynne. Previously, I wrote and spoke about her affair with Casanova, in which I relate a pretty funny and maybe even bawdy story about their assignation in a garret. But after … Continue reading →

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Filling a Vacancy

Posted on June 12, 2019 by seductivevenice

The Casanova in Place Symposium is only two weeks away! If you’ve been following along for the past few weeks, you’ve seen the abstracts and biographies for the papers that will be presented. But on Sunday 30 June, we also … Continue reading →

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The Notorious SCS

Posted on January 18, 2019 by seductivevenice

America is fortunate to be living with the Notorious RBG (Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg) in our times. But Venice in the early seventeenth century was lucky to have the Notorious SCS. Sarra Copia Sulum. Her friend and mentor … Continue reading →

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Two Women, One University

Posted on June 21, 2018 by seductivevenice

Today I spent a lovely day in Padova with Tiziana, the person who translated my Casanova guidebook, Seductive Venice, into Italian. We walked around the city to see the most beautiful sites, from the Caffe Pedrocchi, to the Palazzo delle … Continue reading →

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More Remarkable Venetian Women

Posted on April 28, 2018 by seductivevenice

A Beautiful Woman in Venice details the lives of Venetian women from the 1300s onwards, dipping a toe into the 1800s. Then I came across this page from Venezia Autentica, which describes a number of “my” Venetian women and then adds … Continue reading →

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