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q Accademia
Campo della Carità. Tel 041-520 03 45
(bookings). 4 Accademia. Open
daily (Mon: am only). Closed Jan 1,
May 1, Dec 25. & 8 (audio). =
∑ gallerieaccademia.org
Spanning five centuries,
the matchless collection of
paintings in the Accademia
provides a complete spectrum
of the Venetian school, from
the Byzantine period through
the Renaissance to the Baroque The colonnaded apse of Murano’s Basilica dei Santi Maria e Donato
and later.
Housed in three former the atmospheric Tempest Murano was the principal glass-
religious buildings, the basis (c.1507). Among Renaissance producing center in Europe,
of the collection was the works on display are Feast in the and today most tourists visit
Accademia di Belle Arti, founded House of Levi (1573) by Veronese, to tour the furnaces and buy
in 1750 by the painter Giovanni and The Miracle of the Slave traditionally designed glass from
Battista Piazzetta. In 1807, (1548), which made the the manufacturers’ showrooms.
Napoleon moved the academy reputation of Jacopo Tintoretto. The Museo del Vetro in the
to its present premises, greatly The long gallery of Baroque, Palazzo Giustinian houses a fine
enlarging the collection with genre, and landscape paintings collection of antique pieces. The
artworks from churches and alongside Palladio’s inner prize exhibit is the dark blue
monasteries he suppressed. courtyard (1561) features works wedding cup (1470–80) with
The gallery is currently being by Giambattista Tiepolo, the enamel work by Angelo Barovier.
enlarged and some rooms may greatest Venetian painter of The architectural highlight of
be closed. the 18th century, and a view the island is the 12th-century
A highlight of the Byzantine of Venice (1763) by Canaletto. Basilica dei Santi Maria e
and Gothic section is Paolo Rooms 20 and 21 contain two Donato with its lovely
Veneziano’s Coronation of the cycles of paintings portraying colonnaded apse. Of particular
Virgin (1325), which contrasts Venetian settings: The Stories note are the Gothic ship’s-keel
with the delicate naturalism of the Cross, and Scenes from roof, the mosaic Madonna in
of Giambono’s painting of the the Legend of St. Ursula, painted the apse, and the beautiful
same name (1448). by Carpaccio (1490s). medieval mosaic floor, which
The Bellini family played a dates from 1140.
dominant role in the early w Murano
Venetian Renaissance, and E Museo del Vetro
outstanding examples of their 4 LN, 41 and 42 from Fondamenta Fondamenta Giustinian 8. Tel 041-73
work include Giovanni Bellini’s Nuove; DM from Ferrovia and 95 86. Open daily. Closed Jan 1, May
Madonna and Child between Piazzale Roma. 1, Dec 25. & = ∑ museovetro.
St. John the Baptist and a Saint visitmuve.it
(c.1504), and other paintings Like the city of Venice, Murano R Basilica dei Santi Maria
of his Madonna collection consists of a cluster of small e Donato
in room 13. One of Bellini’s islands, connected by bridges. Campo San Donato. Tel 041-73 90 56.
students, Giorgione, painted In the 15th and 16th centuries, Open daily (Sun: pm only).

Veronese’s painting of Christ’s Last Supper, retitled The Feast in the House of Levi (1573), in the Accademia

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