Twilight in Venice #2
by Maria Coulson
Title
Twilight in Venice #2
Artist
Maria Coulson
Medium
Photograph - Digital Art, Fine Art Phototgraphy
Description
View from Rialto Bridge of the Santa Maria della Salute (Saint Mary of Health), commonly known simply as the Salute, is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica located in the Dorsoduro sestiere of the Italian city of Venice. It stands on a narrow finger of land between the Grand Canal and the Bacino di San Marco making the church visible when entering the Piazza San Marco from the water.
In 1630, Venice experienced an unusually devastating outbreak of the plague. As a votive offering for the city's deliverance from the pestilence, the Republic of Venice vowed to build and dedicate a church to Our Lady of Health). The church was designed in the then fashionable baroque style by Baldassare Longhena, Construction began in 1631. Most of the objects of art housed in the church bear references to the Black Death.
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April 21st, 2016
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