<p class="ql-block">更新:也许是看了一次Jonny Depp和Amber的诉讼,也许是知道我刚从威尼斯回来,YouTube推荐了电影 The Tourist. 完全不知此片在威尼斯拍摄的。熟悉的景致,给观影带来不同的体验。</p> <p class="ql-block">威尼斯一直在我心中占据独特位置,gondola的浪漫,威尼斯商人的精明。而从听了St. Frari 教堂的介绍就更心心念念。</p><p class="ql-block">1. <span style="color:rgb(176, 79, 187);">St. Frari Church</span>: 提香及其师傅作品; </p><p class="ql-block">2. <span style="color:rgb(255, 138, 0);">St. Mark’s Basilica</span>: Bronze Horses, Mosiacs; golden Plates, St Mark’s mortal remains;</p><p class="ql-block">3. <span style="color:rgb(1, 1, 1);">Palazzo Ducale</span>: 值得相信了解那时的institution. (后续) </p><p class="ql-block">4. Correr Museum;</p><p class="ql-block">5. <span style="color:rgb(237, 35, 8);">Burano Island</span> colorful houses</p><p class="ql-block">——-</p><p class="ql-block">5/23: 前晚因邻居声大没睡好,无精打采,到了Frari教堂看到提香等其他艺术家的作品以及提香之墓,肃然起敬。拿着Rick Steves的audioguide让孩子们帮着找一件件珍品。而这些远不只是艺术馆里的陈列,是信徒们每次来此都能见到的,<b>沉浸在灵性之中的历史和文化。</b></p> <p class="ql-block">提香的Assumption of Mary (1518), 见下面介绍。“教堂内收藏有众多艺术品,最著名的就是文艺复兴艺术大师提香1518年完成的祭坛画《圣母升天》。画面大胆的用色和构图,描绘了圣母玛利亚在天使簇拥下升入天堂的场景,谁能想到这幅作品出自一位26岁的年轻艺术家之手。” “教堂各个小堂和大厅两侧的壁龛中,还能看到更多由名家创作的绘画和雕塑作品,如另一幅提香的名作《佩萨罗圣母》、多纳泰罗《施洗者约翰》木雕、乔瓦尼•贝利尼的三联画、巴托罗密欧•维瓦里尼《圣母、圣子和圣人们》等。” <a href="https://www.zhijianshang.com/santa-maria-gloriosa-dei-frari/" target="_blank" style="font-size:18px;">教堂简介</a></p> <p class="ql-block">儿子问我如果都已经看到图片,还见真迹为何?我竟无言以对。他不只是说这一幅画,而是我这种对各名作包括建筑做攻略的模式。可是我问他,如果不事先知道,怎会来这门票只有两欧的教堂?看看多少人在St Mark’s 门前排队?</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p> <p class="ql-block">提香师傅Giovanni Bellini的作品: Madonna and Child with Saints and Angels (1488)</p> <p class="ql-block">更早期Venezianno的Madonna and Child (1339)。同一简朴的教堂,有三代艺术家的作品。</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p> <p class="ql-block">提香之墓</p> <p class="ql-block">Unfortunately the tomb of the sculptor Canova was under renovation in Oct 2021. It is very unusual its <span style="color:rgb(57, 181, 74);">pyramid shape</span>. It was designed by Canova himself and built by his students after his death.</p> <p class="ql-block">5/22/2022</p><p class="ql-block">Palazzo Ducale 总督府</p><p class="ql-block">由于前一天下飞机拖行李转米兰又连夜到了威尼斯,疲劳使我们一觉睡到11点。这个宫殿是我事先没买票的,之前看到票很多。可上午忙乱中到了私人导游网页看当天票卖光了,急匆匆赶到那里。到了广场见到Correr Museum,想起之前<span style="font-size:18px;">听攻略说在Correr Museum买Doge’s Palace 票排队最少。果然很顺利,买了四合一套票,先从Correr博物馆逛起。午餐后去了Doge’s Palace。看到对大理石会和十大理事会(Council of Ten)的介绍,我跟儿子提到选举,他反问“选举难道不是只限于贵族之间吗”,我倒是语塞,只好说那皇帝还不是选举出来的呢。</span></p><p class="ql-block">“总督府是总督(威尼斯统治者)的居所,同时也安置了包括大理事会(Maggior Consiglio)和十大理事会在内的政府机构。</p><p class="ql-block">在豪华的综合体内,一楼有法院,行政办公室,庭院,豪华楼梯、舞厅、监狱、酷刑室。 其他监狱牢房位于Prigioni Nuove(新监狱)运河对岸,建于16世纪后期,并通过叹息桥与宫殿相连。 ”</p><p class="ql-block"><a href="https://muve.vivaticket.it/en/event/musei-p-san-marco-ducale/155153?qubsq=3dffd6f1-a436-489d-bc87-f2291690bbe6&qubsp=1459c1c9-9c9c-47b8-a9cb-8f97d5904a3c&qubsts=1653330312&qubsc=bestunion&qubse=vivaticketserver&qubsrt=Safetynet&qubsh=753b6261b8a4950f122e9e0812ea953c" target="_blank">官方买票网站</a></p><p class="ql-block"><a href="https://palazzoducale.visitmuve.it/en/home/" target="_blank">Palazzo Ducale 官方网站</a></p><p class="ql-block">【提示:官方网站有时不好找,Google最先出来的往往是私人tour group offering skipping the line service. 是否买city pass则取决于待几天,能转几个博物馆。威尼斯佛罗伦萨罗马等等都有类似的options:city pass, individual tickets from official websites, our private tour group service at a much higher price. 】</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">5/23</p><p class="ql-block">从St. Frari 出来午餐后就到了St. Mark’s Basilica预定的时间。用语言形容St. Mark似乎词穷,下面有对铜马的描述。前一天去总督府时已经体会到了这座地标的热门,周日排队的人群绕着教堂,估算得一俩小时。“始建于公元829年,重建于1043~1071年,曾是中世纪欧洲最大的教堂,是威尼斯建筑艺术的经典</p><p class="ql-block">,也是一座收藏丰富艺术品的宝库,是基督教世界最负盛名的大教堂之一,第四次十字军东征的出发地。威尼斯的荣耀、富足、历史和信仰,尽在于此。”</p> <p class="ql-block">外部的复制品</p> <p class="ql-block">St Mark’s Basilica: <span style="font-size:18px;">A church, a cathedral, and a basilica </span></p><p class="ql-block">各种文化的组合</p><p class="ql-block">Treasure room:修复不开</p><p class="ql-block">St Mark’s tomb: 看到,<b>contains the mortal remains of Mark, the Gospel Writer. </b></p><p class="ql-block">Golden alterpiece</p><p class="ql-block">mosaic of Byzantine splendor </p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">拜占庭时代威尼斯商人是少数与伊斯兰做生意的,而Correr博物馆里陈列着武士与Turks争战的各种器械。</p> <p class="ql-block"><b>St. Mark’s 上吸睛的鸽子</b></p><p class="ql-block">希望以后能在狂欢节期间再访威尼斯。</p><p class="ql-block">两天转了各处的小巷,看着花哨的面具🎭,想起读到的和听到的狂欢节细节,比如请参加者朗读色情小说然后给个某部位小雕塑等等乐子。还了解了威尼斯大家族怕女儿们结婚冲淡财富,把他们送修道院,结果修道院成了exotic places。</p><p class="ql-block">威尼斯狂欢节介绍</p><p class="ql-block"><a href="https://www.roadaffair.com/best-festivals-in-the-world/" target="_blank">威尼斯狂欢节是世界上十五大之一</a></p><p class="ql-block">When: 40 days before Easter, on Shrove Tuesday</p><p class="ql-block">Carnevale di Venezia or Venice Carnival dates all the way back to the 11th century, but came to international acclaim in the 18th century. During the weeks dedicated to Carnival each year thousands of tourists and locals take to the streets in beautiful costumes and masks to enjoy music, dancing, parties and the festive atmosphere.</p><p class="ql-block">Festivities also include live theatrical plays featuring intriguing and comical traditional folk characters, lavish 18th century-style galas in beautiful old Venetian buildings, open air street parties and an award ceremony at Carnival’s closing to celebrate the very best costumes and masks.</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">听Rick Steves讲威尼斯时最触耳惊心的是说威尼斯人口流失之严重,说不知几十年后这座著名水城是否成为空城,只作为游乐园令观光者欣赏。因观光人潮过多、水患一年比一年严重。从1970s的十五万减到现在的五万,人口每年减少一千人,一半是老人去世,另一半是年轻人搬走。如果没有了威尼斯人,这座城市还是威尼斯吗?<a href="https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5636741" target="_blank" style="font-size:18px;">双城记:人口减少的困境</a></p><p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:18px;">两天来总算看到似乎是一所小学的庭院,男孩踢足球,女儿翻跟头。</span></p> <p class="ql-block">孩子们对总督府无大兴趣,出来后才四点多,儿子找到布拉诺小岛。坐vaporetto四十分钟到达。</p><p class="ql-block">Burano在我们眼中就是土耳其的Narzilli,一下子让你喜欢上。<span style="color:rgb(237, 35, 8);">那花香那颜色那gelato</span>,这个只有2700人的小岛让人迷恋。<span style="font-size:18px;">在这个教堂听了很久信徒们祷告,我们也感恩好运气。老大想在这里喝酒看日落及晚餐,我却着急回到威尼斯主岛找超市(读过超市关门较早),留下遗憾,以后再来吧。</span></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">“It rose in importance only in the 16th century, when women on the island began making lace with needles, being introduced to such a trade via Venetian-ruled Cyprus.[6] When Leonardo da Vinci visited in 1481, he visited the small town of Pano Lefkara and purchased a cloth for the main altar of the Duomo di Milano.”“布拉諾島占地21公頃,在小島上逛沒多久,就能看到許多空屋,由於島上所有物資仰賴船隻運送,因此生活物價高,島上平均每年人口流失60人,目前居民剩下約2700人。</p><p class="ql-block">除了彩色屋子以外,布拉諾島也以傳統漁村、居民手工製作的蕾絲製品、奶油餅乾聞名,島上還有一個蕾絲博物館,展示自16世紀流傳下來的空氣繡縫法,但這項傳統恐怕也將失傳。”</p> <p class="ql-block">两天威尼斯,各角落转悠,除了地标商贩还想搜寻本地人的影子。貌似转悠到一所学校,<b>驻足看孩子们踢球翻跟头</b>,他们是威尼斯人吗?</p> <p class="ql-block">附注:</p><p class="ql-block">关于威尼斯人口下降:“现任法国卢浮宫博物院研究委员会主席、意大利历史艺术学家萨尔瓦多·塞提斯(Salvatore Settis)说:“威尼斯人正在不断地放弃自己的家乡,而‘到此一游’游客正把地标性的城市环境变为购物广场和主题公园。威尼斯脆弱的命运已经成为每一座吸引游客并从中获利的历史名城的未来象征。”</p><p class="ql-block">的确,威尼斯只是一个最典型的例子,它是人类历史上最早的国际金融中心,也是世界上最美丽的人造都市。它是“运河之城”、“桥梁之城”,是“亚得里亚王后”,是许多艺术家、建筑设计师、城市规划师争相研究的对象。然而,过早的成名带来的不是持续的繁荣,不断流失的人口和个性的遗忘让它渐渐地成为一个美丽的“空壳子”,而在全球消费主义的蔓延下,许多历史名城都在“奔赴”威尼斯同样的命运。</p><p class="ql-block">萨尔瓦多·塞提斯在《假如威尼斯消失》一书中,发出了这样振聋发聩的提问:谁才是威尼斯真正的居民?是什么灾难导致了他们的灭亡?城市有灵魂吗?谁在消灭历史城市?威尼斯的价值何在?他以“威尼斯”为例,用广博的学识和专业的眼光度剖析了现代社会里城市建设的诸多问题,用雄辩揭穿房地产商的破坏和历史名城最弱的命运。在他看来,人类应该建造可以生活的城市和景观,而不是以欣赏为目的—— “环顾四周,尽情沉迷于城市和风景之美还远远不够——我们不期望从美中获得奇迹般的拯救,来赦免一切的罪责。””</p> <p class="ql-block">2009年威尼斯居民甚至为这座城市举办了葬礼: “一名男子身披黑色斗篷,用威尼斯当地方言朗诵诗歌,表达对威尼斯人生活现状的惋惜。在抵达著名的里亚尔托桥后,众人把棺材抬上了岸,并接着把它抬到了市政厅前面。随后,抬柩人打碎棺材,取出一面画有凤凰的旗帜。在意大利,灰烬中复活的凤凰代表“重生”。在里亚尔托桥边上还竖起了一个巨大的电子屏幕,显示着正逐年下降的威尼斯人口数量。”</p> <p class="ql-block">Venice notes</p><p class="ql-block">Doge’s and St. Mark’s Basilica</p><p class="ql-block">Bridge of sighs </p><p class="ql-block">Rialto Bridge </p><p class="ql-block">Libreria Acqua Alta</p><p class="ql-block">Transportation: Grand Canal Vaporetto</p><p class="ql-block">Ponte dell’Accademia: bridge</p><p class="ql-block">Teatro La Fenice: opera:周一不开</p><p class="ql-block">The Merchant of Venice: souvenirs</p><p class="ql-block"><b>涉及威尼斯的两本书</b></p><p class="ql-block">“The rise and fall of Venice’s empire is an irresistible story and [Roger] Crowley, with his rousing descriptive gifts and scholarly attention to detail, is its perfect chronicler.”—<b>Empires of the Sea</b> charts Venice’s astounding five-hundred-year voyage to the pinnacle of power in an epic story that stands unrivaled for drama, intrigue, and sheer opulent majesty. City of Fortune traces the full arc of the Venetian imperial saga, from the ill-fated Fourth Crusade, which culminates in the sacking of Constantinople in 1204, to the Ottoman-Venetian War of 1499–1503, which sees the Ottoman Turks supplant the Venetians as the preeminent naval power in the Mediterranean. In between are three centuries of Venetian maritime dominance, during which a tiny city of “lagoon dwellers” grow into the richest place on earth. Drawing on firsthand accounts of pitched sea battles, skillful negotiations, and diplomatic maneuvers, Crowley paints a vivid picture of this avaricious, enterprising people and the bountiful lands that came under their dominion. From the opening of the spice routes to the clash between Christianity and Islam, Venice played a leading role in the defining conflicts of its time—the reverberations of which are still being felt today.</p><p class="ql-block">Venice Opera House</p><p class="ql-block">The City of Falling Angels is Berendt's first book since Midnight, and it immediately reminds one what all the fuss was about. Turning to the magic, mystery, and decadence of Venice, Berendt gradually reveals the truth behind a sensational fire that in 1996 destroyed the historic Fenice opera house.</p> <p class="ql-block">The story of apostle Francis to which this church was dedicated was a beautiful story to learn of, the great sculptures that were there, the story and where it all centered.</p><p class="ql-block">Built in the middle of the 13th century, this church was extended and grew until the 16th century. The church is filled with magnificent treasures and laden with history. Most importantly, the Titian painting of the Ascension above the altar; it signifies the beginning of modern art as Titian broke all the rules of his day, and also caused huge religious debate due to the depiction of Mary ascending to Heaven directly. In 1518 this was completely outrageous.</p> <p class="ql-block">轮渡去Burano Island</p> <p class="ql-block">布拉诺小岛教堂</p> <p class="ql-block">Frari教堂提香祭坛画《圣母升天》</p>