"Passion in Venice: Crivelli to Tintoretto and Veronese" Exhibition
Museum of Biblical Art
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Passion in Venice presents a sacred theme central to the history of Christian Art: Christ as Man of Sorrows. Its origins rooted in Byzantium, the figure entered Venetian art in the late Middle Ages after which it flourished locally for centuries, eventually acquiring its own name in dialect, Cristo Passo. Drawn from national and international loans, Passion in Venice examines the rich visual tradition of the sorrowful Christ in Venice across different media, including illuminated manuscripts, paintings, prints, sculpture, and liturgical objects. The exhibition also addresses the issue of how this iconography reflected and shaped Venetian piety in the Renaissance and immediately thereafter.
[Image: Bill Viola (b. 1951), Man of Sorrows, 2001. Color video on freestanding LCD flat panel, 48.26 x 38.1 x 15.24 cm (19 x 15 x 6 in.) Duration: 11 minutes, Viola Studios LLC.]
Media
Schedule
from February 11, 2011 to June 12, 2011
Artist(s)
Battista Franco, Bill Viola, Paolo Veronese, Cristoforo Solari et al.