Event: FRIENDS’ EVENT: PROFESSOR DEBORAH HOWARD – VENICE AND THE SEA
Organizer: ART HISTORY IN FOCUS
Speakers: Deborah Howard
Tickets: £10 (concessions may apply)
Date: Oct 6th 6:00pm UK Time. Equivalent times:
Americas - PT: Oct 6th 10:00am | ET: Oct 6th 1:00pm.
Europe - UK: Oct 6th 6:00pm | CET: Oct 6th 7:00pm.
APAC - CST/HKT/SGT: Oct 7th 1:00am | AET: Oct 7th 4:00am.

Description from Art History in Focus:
"This evening we are delighted to welcome the eminent architectural historian Professor Deborah Howard who will present a special online lecture for Friends of Art History in Focus. The talk is complimentary – we will send login details automatically to all Friends a few days in advance. Don’t worry, there is no need to book your space online (although there is the option to do so if you would like to).

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To the Venetians the sea represented a range of associations, both positive and negative, a duality reinforced by biblical texts. The sea was the route to the riches of maritime trade and the way to the Holy Land, and its waters yielded both fish and salt. On the other hand, seafaring brought the dangers of storms, shipwreck, piracy and war. For the artist even the material qualities of the sea brought challenges. Water is both reflective and transparent, and it can be solid (frozen), liquid or gaseous. The swirling eddies, troughs and crests of waves are difficult to depict in a still image. The sea can be dark or light, neutral in colour or brilliantly turquoise. This lecture will consider how artists from the 13th to the 18th century addressed the cultural and visual properties of the maritime world, from the mosaics of San Marco to the seascapes of the Settecento.

Deborah Howard is Professor Emerita of Architectural History in the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of St John’s College, Cambridge.  She is one of the world’s leading experts on Venetian architecture – her  Architectural History of Venice (Yale University Press, 2004) is an indispensable guide to the city’s structures from ancient times to the modern day. Other publications include Venice & the East: The Impact of the Islamic World on Venetian Architecture; Sound and Space in Renaissance Venice; Venice Disputed and Proto-Industrial Architecture in the Age of Palladio."

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND CREDITS
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Cover image credits: Art History in FocusCover image credits: Palazzo Colonna, Rome © Saliko.