Tag Archives: Carlo Goldoni

LIKE MOURNING COACHES WHEN THE FUNERAL IS DONE

Posted on January 8, 2011 by Dave

Extravagant showmanship, a proclivity toward the taking of calculated risks, and unabashed greed- all salient features of the Venetian way of life- are epitomized in Francesco Guardi’s “Il Ridotto” , which also sums up the decadence of eighteenth-century Venice and … Continue reading →

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THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS: Stranded in Venice

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Dave

For a thousand years Venice held, “the gorgeous east in fee” and set its own terms for the West. Then Napoleon saw a bluff…and called it…. In Venice’s finest years she was a hard, unyielding, brilliant sort of state; an … Continue reading →

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FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY STING LIKE A WASP

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Dave

”Destined for a high-flown career in the church, he was inducted as a novice priest and introduced to the most influential people in the city, but the pleasures of Venice assailed him at every turn, and, as he later admitted, … Continue reading →

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CUNNING CUPID: 116 to 134 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Dave

“…when he had conquered well, the women were the true winners, for he devoted himself to our pleasure with the intensity of a vocation. Indeed he believed fervently in female pleasure, thinking it greater than his own.” ( M.R. Lovric … Continue reading →