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American writer Henry James compared the elegant building in the center, Palazzo Dario, to “a house of cards” and the French artist Claude Monet painted it. Palazzo Dario exemplifies another type of attraction, the residences of famous personas and the settings of important or curious events; even during Byron’s lifetime, the Venetian apartment he had occupied became a place of interest for the sightseer. The 15th-c. Palazzo Dario may owe its appeal for the artistic imagination to its distinctive semi-Italian, semi-Orientalizing façade, but its tourist popularity may also be rooted in its history of tragic deaths. One such event was the 1883 suicide of prominent English scholar Rawdon Lubbock Brown, who lived most of his life in Venice and had bought Palazzo Dario soon after he settled in the city in 1833 and spent his entire fortune on its renovations.
Italy on Paper continues through July 29.
Image:
Baron Adolph de Meyer (French, 1868-1949)
Views of Venice, early 20th century
Platinum print
Gift of Paul F. Walter (OC 1957), 2008.36.137
Have any plans for this Thursday? No? Then come help the Allen Memorial Art Museum celebrate the openings of three new spring exhibitions! For this special event, the museum galleries will remain open until 8pm. Also offered will be food (from Pink Peppercorn Catering) and tours of the new exhibitions by Denise Birkhofer, Assistant Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at 5:30pm and Liliana Milkova, Curator of Academic Programs at 6pm.
This semester’s exhibitions include: “Artists on Artists” - Organized by Denise Birkhofer, Assistant Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art; “Italy on Paper” - Co-curated by Liliana Milkova, Curator of Academic Programs, and Stiliana Milkova, with assistance from Sara Green (OC ‘12). Additional research conducted by Hanna Exel (OC ‘12) and Thomas Huston (OC ‘13); and “Ephemeral Installations and the Aesthetics of Nature” - Organized by Janet Fiskio, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies. All exhibitions will be on view through July 2012.
