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Tag Archives: Rosalba Carriera
Filling a Vacancy
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
Posted in Casanova, Italian heritage, Venice, Writing
Tagged books, Casanova, Casanova in Place, feminism, Italian history, Italian men, Italian women, Italian writers, italy, literature, Lord Byron, Rosalba Carriera, travel, venezia, Venice, Venice history, writing
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Venice, My Muse: An Interview with Andrea Perego
This month you’ll meet another person fascinated with both Venice and Casanova. Andrea Perego is a Berlin-based Italo-Australian journalist and writer. He lived in Sydney where he worked as a broadcaster journalist for SBS Radio, and in Venice, where he earned … Continue reading
Posted in Casanova, Gondolas, Italian heritage, Venice, Writing
Tagged Andrea Perego, authors, Bellini, books, Ca' Pesaro, Ca'Rezzonico, calle, campo, canals, Casanova, Caterina Cornaro, festivals, gelato, Giorgione, Grand Canal, history, Italian history, Italian men, italy, literature, modem, photography, photos, Piazza San Marco, Pietro Bembo, Rosalba Carriera, spritz, Supernova Edizioni, travel, travel writing, Venetian architecture, venezia, Venice, Venice archives, Venice history, websites, writing, wrk
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More Remarkable Venetian Women
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
Posted in A Beautiful Woman in Venice, Italian heritage, Venice, Writing
Tagged Arcangela Tarabotti, books, Elisabetta Caminer Turra, feminism, Gaspara Stampa, history, Italian history, Italian women, italy, Maria Boscola, raffle, Rosalba Carriera, tombola, travel, venezia, Venezia Autentica, Venice, Venice history, women writers, women's history, writing
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Sneaking into Rosalba’s Garden
Ca’ Biondetti sits in the shadows of Peggy Guggenheim’s home-turned-museum on the Grand Canal. But oh, what treasures and history it holds! I’ve written about it in A Beautiful Woman in Venice as the former home of Rosalba Carriera, famed … Continue reading
A New Original
When I first started sharing my writing with a larger audience, I thought the pinnacle of success was lots of money, a book on a best seller list, and maybe a seat at Oprah’s table. Instead, so many other kinds of … Continue reading
Posted in A Beautiful Woman in Venice, Venice, Writing
Tagged books, gondola, Grand Canal, history, Italian history, Italian language, Luisa Bergalli, painting, palaces, palazzo, pastels, publishing, Rococo, Rosalba Carriera, translation, travel, venezia, Venice, women artists, women's history, writing
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Two Women, Two Tributes
Many Americans think of today as tax day since our income tax returns are due. But I’d like us to commemorate two remarkable Venetian women instead. On this day in 1703, Luisa Bergalli was born. Noteworthy, considering she was not … Continue reading
Posted in A Beautiful Woman in Venice, Venice, Writing
Tagged Ca Rezzonico, history, Luisa Bergalli, museums, painting, Rosalba Carriera, theater history, travel, venezia, Venice, women artists, women writers, writing
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