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Under the Sky of Venice. Eighteenth-Century Veduta from the Intesa Sanpaolo Collection
L'exposition 3 septembre − 7 novembre 2021
In the days of the VI Eastern Economic Forum, the exhibition "Under the Sky of Venice" for residents and guests of Vladivostok is open. Vedutes of the 18th century from the collection of Intesa Sanpaolo", organized by the Primorsky Art Gallery together with Intesa Sanpaolo Financial Group and Banca Intesa. The new joint project is a continuation of the tradition of cooperation implemented under the relevant agreement signed on July 26, 2014 between Banca Intesa and the Primorsky Art Gallery. It made it possible to show in 2015 in Vladivostok a painting attributed to the brush of the great Italian Renaissance painter Raphael Santi, from the collection of the Nizhny Tagil Museum of Fine Arts.
This time a unique phenomenon of Venetian painting, the veduta, is presented to the public. The term is derived from the Italian word "veduta," which means "view," and refers to paintings depicting the everyday urban landscape. The genre is characterized by meticulous detail, complete identity to nature, and recognizability of the urban landscape.
By the middle of the XVIII century, Venice had become the recognized center of the art of veduta. At this time, the Venetian Republic, having reached the peak of its prosperity and passed it, on the background of constantly held festivities and carnivals, was moving inexorably towards the sunset.
The hierarchy in the genre was formed rather quickly: Giovanni Antonio Canal, nicknamed Canaletto, became the leader of the Venetian school of vedutists, his work is the benchmark for many generations of masters of the urban landscape. Among his pupils are talented painters Francesco Guardi and Michele Marieschi.
The visit to Vladivostok of outstanding Italian masters of painting took place thanks to the "Culture" project of the Italian financial group Intesa Sanpaolo, which was conceived and implemented by the bank's department for art, culture and historical heritage. This is a multi-year plan of events through which the Group works purposefully to promote art and culture in Italy. Galleries Italia, the Intesa Sanpaolo museum complex which includes branches in Milan, Naples and Vicenza, houses more than 30,000 pieces that make up the Banking Group's art collection, which ranges from archaeological monuments to contemporary art. For example, the exhibition in Milan is dedicated to the Italian art of the 19th and 20th centuries; in Naples Caravaggio's masterpiece "The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula" is on display along with works of Southern Italian art of the 17th and early 20th centuries; in Vicenza - ancient ceramics from Attica and Greater Greece, Venetian paintings of the 18th century and ancient Russian icons. A new museum in Turin is being organized, which will be mainly devoted to photography and the culture of the digital world. In addition to permanent exhibitions, the museum branches host temporary exhibitions that are created on the basis of original research projects and are organized in cooperation with prestigious national and international museums.
Since 1989 Intesa Sanpaolo has been implementing the Restituzioni program aimed at restoring and restoring works of art, the result of valuable professional collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and the competent local authorities responsible for the preservation of artistic heritage. In more than thirty years of work in this direction, two thousand masterpieces of Italian art have been restored to their former splendor.
Many masterpieces of world significance are exhibited not only in Italy, but also abroad. Connoisseurs of beauty in various Russian cities have already had the opportunity to admire some of the gems from the collections held by the Intesa Sanpaolo Galleries in Italy. And today, works from this collection are making an unprecedented journey of thousands of kilometers, crossing the entire Eurasian megacontinent to arrive in Vladivostok, thus marking an important stage in Italian-Russian cultural relations.
The paintings selected for the exhibition, belonging to the genre of veduta, can be likened to a kind of photographs created long before the invention of this technology. They are amazingly accurate images of reality, made with the help of the camera obscura technique. However, these works are not only of great artistic value. In recent years they have also played an important role in the study of sea level in Venice and in solving the biggest problem facing the lagoon today - the consequences of the phenomenon of "high water".
We sincerely hope that acquaintance with the brilliant examples of Venetian painting of the 18th century will not only be a discovery of a new cultural phenomenon, but also awaken a desire in viewers to personally visit the depicted places.
The Intesa Sanpaolo Group is one of the largest banking groups in the euro zone and the absolute leader in the Italian banking market, with a history spanning almost five centuries.
Intesa Sanpaolo has a market capitalization of 45.3 billion euro. According to this indicator the Group is the 3rd largest bank in the euro zone. Intesa Sanpaolo branches and offices serve more than 20.7 million customers in 38 countries. In Italy Intesa Sanpaolo serves its customers through 4 258 branches, which make up the most extensive national branch banking network in the country. Intesa Sanpaolo has been present in Russia for 48 years.
Banca Intesa, a Russian subsidiary of the Intesa Sanpaolo Group, services more than half of foreign trade transactions between Russia and Italy. In addition, it participates in the financing of major national and international Russian projects.
The exhibition runs from September 3 to November 7, 2021.
Age Limit: 6+
Cost: 300 rubles. - adults, 200 rubles. - students, schoolchildren, pensioners.
This time a unique phenomenon of Venetian painting, the veduta, is presented to the public. The term is derived from the Italian word "veduta," which means "view," and refers to paintings depicting the everyday urban landscape. The genre is characterized by meticulous detail, complete identity to nature, and recognizability of the urban landscape.
By the middle of the XVIII century, Venice had become the recognized center of the art of veduta. At this time, the Venetian Republic, having reached the peak of its prosperity and passed it, on the background of constantly held festivities and carnivals, was moving inexorably towards the sunset.
The hierarchy in the genre was formed rather quickly: Giovanni Antonio Canal, nicknamed Canaletto, became the leader of the Venetian school of vedutists, his work is the benchmark for many generations of masters of the urban landscape. Among his pupils are talented painters Francesco Guardi and Michele Marieschi.
The visit to Vladivostok of outstanding Italian masters of painting took place thanks to the "Culture" project of the Italian financial group Intesa Sanpaolo, which was conceived and implemented by the bank's department for art, culture and historical heritage. This is a multi-year plan of events through which the Group works purposefully to promote art and culture in Italy. Galleries Italia, the Intesa Sanpaolo museum complex which includes branches in Milan, Naples and Vicenza, houses more than 30,000 pieces that make up the Banking Group's art collection, which ranges from archaeological monuments to contemporary art. For example, the exhibition in Milan is dedicated to the Italian art of the 19th and 20th centuries; in Naples Caravaggio's masterpiece "The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula" is on display along with works of Southern Italian art of the 17th and early 20th centuries; in Vicenza - ancient ceramics from Attica and Greater Greece, Venetian paintings of the 18th century and ancient Russian icons. A new museum in Turin is being organized, which will be mainly devoted to photography and the culture of the digital world. In addition to permanent exhibitions, the museum branches host temporary exhibitions that are created on the basis of original research projects and are organized in cooperation with prestigious national and international museums.
Since 1989 Intesa Sanpaolo has been implementing the Restituzioni program aimed at restoring and restoring works of art, the result of valuable professional collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and the competent local authorities responsible for the preservation of artistic heritage. In more than thirty years of work in this direction, two thousand masterpieces of Italian art have been restored to their former splendor.
Many masterpieces of world significance are exhibited not only in Italy, but also abroad. Connoisseurs of beauty in various Russian cities have already had the opportunity to admire some of the gems from the collections held by the Intesa Sanpaolo Galleries in Italy. And today, works from this collection are making an unprecedented journey of thousands of kilometers, crossing the entire Eurasian megacontinent to arrive in Vladivostok, thus marking an important stage in Italian-Russian cultural relations.
The paintings selected for the exhibition, belonging to the genre of veduta, can be likened to a kind of photographs created long before the invention of this technology. They are amazingly accurate images of reality, made with the help of the camera obscura technique. However, these works are not only of great artistic value. In recent years they have also played an important role in the study of sea level in Venice and in solving the biggest problem facing the lagoon today - the consequences of the phenomenon of "high water".
We sincerely hope that acquaintance with the brilliant examples of Venetian painting of the 18th century will not only be a discovery of a new cultural phenomenon, but also awaken a desire in viewers to personally visit the depicted places.
The Intesa Sanpaolo Group is one of the largest banking groups in the euro zone and the absolute leader in the Italian banking market, with a history spanning almost five centuries.
Intesa Sanpaolo has a market capitalization of 45.3 billion euro. According to this indicator the Group is the 3rd largest bank in the euro zone. Intesa Sanpaolo branches and offices serve more than 20.7 million customers in 38 countries. In Italy Intesa Sanpaolo serves its customers through 4 258 branches, which make up the most extensive national branch banking network in the country. Intesa Sanpaolo has been present in Russia for 48 years.
Banca Intesa, a Russian subsidiary of the Intesa Sanpaolo Group, services more than half of foreign trade transactions between Russia and Italy. In addition, it participates in the financing of major national and international Russian projects.
The exhibition runs from September 3 to November 7, 2021.
Age Limit: 6+
Cost: 300 rubles. - adults, 200 rubles. - students, schoolchildren, pensioners.
