👨‍🎨15 November 1701. Pietro Longhi, prominent and prolific XVIII century Venetian painter was born Pietro Falca in Venice. He adopted the art name "Longhi" as soon as he started painting.
Longhi's pictures of real life in Venice (mainly banquets, feasts, brothels, gaming houses, street life) was in constant reference to the theatrical world, and a parallel development can be traced between his work and that of the contemporary Venetian playwright #CarloGoldoni: the latter, through the overcoming of the "Commedia dell'Arte", created a new type of theater inspired by real life, in the same way #PietroLonghi painted the social customs of the time.

Most of Longhi's paintings and frescoes are today held and visitable in Venice Museums and Palaces like Ca' Rezzonico, Querini Stampalia, Accademia Galleries, Ca' Sagredo☝️

#Longhi was also crucial for introducing to the global imagery of the time the traditional Venice Carnival masks 🎭 as people often appear wearing them in his paintings!
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📜Venice Celebrations Series. #21November, #LaSalute.
Today, like every 21 November, in Venice it's Festa di Santa Maria della Salute, maybe the most heartfelt celebration for Venetians. It's a Catholic feast in fact, a votive wooden bridge is built on the #GrandCanal to allow citizens to walk and pay tribute to the icon of Saint Mary of Health, kept in the Church of the same name: still today a true pilgrimage!
#VeniceHistory: in 1630 Venice experienced an unusually devastating 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 (Salute in Italian). The church was designed in the then fashionable baroque style by architect Baldassare #Longhena. Most of the works of art housed in the church bear references to the Black Death.
Needless to say the Church of Santa Maria della Salute is one of the most iconic image of Venice (and of Venice Rocks Channel too 😉) as you probably recognize 📸☝️
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🎼24 November 1941. Happy 80th Birthday 🥳🍾 to Giuseppe "Pino" Donaggio, born in #Burano island, Venice and longtime vacationeer in #myhometown Auronzo di #Cadore, #Dolomites.
His name won't tell much to the majority, but #PinoDonaggio was a singer, musician and above all prominent composer since the 1960s. Most of his career is characterized by film scores, having written soundtracks for horror icons such has #DarioArgento, #BrianDePalma, #LucioFulci, #JoeDante: to name a few more #PupiAvati, #TintoBrass and the music for Italian legendary comedy #NonCiRestaChePiangere by #RobertoBenigni and #MassimoTroisi.

However Donaggio will be forever remembered for writing many Italian 1960s hits, his biggest one went international in 1965 and sold 80 million records worldwide!!! 😳👏
The song was called "Io che non vivo", and was performed in English as "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" by #DustySpringfield, #ElvisPresley, #PaulAnka among the others. In the Chat Room some of these versions👇
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👨‍🎨26 November 1516. Giovanni Bellini (above his portrait☝️) passes away in his birthplace, Venice. He was one of the first Italian #Renaissance painters, the most important of the #Bellini family, although at the time his father Jacopo and his brother Gentile were more highly regarded: #GiovanniBellini was also brother-in-law of another absolute master 👉 Andrea Mantegna, who married his sister.
He revolutionized Venetian painting, moving it towards a more sensuous and colouristic style. Through the use of clear, slow-drying oil paints, Giovanni created deep, rich tints and detailed shadings. His influence on the Venetian painting school, especially on his pupils #Giorgione and #Tiziano is evident.

Bellini's most famous works are held in international museums; in Venice we can admire his frescoes and paintings in the Churches of SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, San Zaccaria and San Francesco della Vigna.
In the ChatRoom👇 Bellini works in Venice Museums.
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