Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montréal, Québec, October 12th, 2013 to January 19th, 2014; title of the exhibition: Splendore a Venezia : art and music from the Renaissance to the Baroque in the Serenissima; the exhibition was organized, produced and toured by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; on tour at the Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, February 15th to May 11th, 2014.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-239).

Artistic and musical creativity thrived in the Venetian Republic between the early 16th century and the close of the 18th century. The city-state was known for its superb operas and splendid balls, and the acoustics of the architecture led to complex polyphony in musical composition. Accordingly, notable composers, including Antonio Vivaldi and Adrian Willaert, developed styles that were distinct from those of other Italian cultures. The Venetian music scene, in turn, influenced visual artists, inspiring paintings by artists such as Jacopo Bassano, Canaletto, Francesco Guardi, Pietro Longhi, Bernardo Strozzi, Giambattista and Domenico Tiepolo, Tintoretto and Titian. Together, art and music served larger aims, whether social, ceremonial or even political. --,Website of Yale University Press.,http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/book.asp?isbn=9780300197921

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