‘THE POETRY OF LIGHT. VENETIAN DRAWINGS FROM THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART’ EXHIBITION AT THE CORRER MUSEUM

The exhibition entitled ‘The Poetry of Light. Venetian Drawings from the Washington National Gallery of Art’ can be visited at the Correr Museum in St Mark’s Square until 16 March 2015. More than 130 drawings by grand masters like Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, Mantegna, Tiepolo and Canaletto retrace the myth of Venice from the Renaissance to the 19th century. There are also drawings by foreigners who loved the lagoon city, like Callow and Sargent. The exhibition is a combination of line and shadow, chiaroscuro and light, creating unique views that explore the infinite paths of light. This genuinely fascinating show covers four centuries of the history of the Serenissima with works in which Venice is always the ideal background and the perennial source of inspiration. The exhibition is organised by the Washington National Gallery of Art in association with the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia and with the contribution of The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation. It is curated by Andrew Robison, senior curator of the Washington National Gallery of Art’s department of drawings and prints, and is precious also because of the extreme fragility of the works shown, which for this reason have rarely left the confines of the American museum.

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