Artwork shown at the Venice Biennale: a blog that showcases artworks from the last 11 years.

The central concept behind the Venice Biennale is to display artwork that represents the world’s diverse culture and traditions, as well as economic and political climates. The exhibitions are open to the public and take place over the course of two months in different locations throughout Venice, Italy. Artists are selected by an international committee of art experts to participate in the event. This year’s exhibition, titled ‘All The World’s Futures’, opened on June 1st and will close on November 22nd.

Titled ‘A Survey of Classic Artwork Shown at the Venice Biennale’, this Tumblr blog features artwork shown at previous Biennales from 2003-2012. All images are linked back to their original posts.’

There is a website called A Survey of Classic Artwork Shown at the Venice Biennale. It’s a blog that showcases artworks from the last 11 years. They are all original and authentic pieces that were shown at the Venice Biennale and there is no description of them. The site owner simply wants to show you what the latest art looks like, so you can make up your own mind about it.

Trying to judge artwork when you have no idea what to look for can be difficult and confusing. This site has a lot of random art work with no descriptions or explanations, so you can see if you enjoy looking at it or not. This makes it easier to understand art if you come across something similar in the future, as you will be able to compare it directly to past experiences.*

This site is also useful for studying art history because these works are originals, some of which have now been lost or destroyed. You can see what they looked like and how they were displayed, as well as gain first hand experience of viewing them.*

This website is a great resource for anyone who wants to follow or study classic art but hasn’t had the opportunity because they live in a place where it isn’t displayed often. It will also make a great gift

The Venice Biennale is a grand old event in the art world, and it is one of the few events that is truly international. Artists are selected from all over the world to show their latest works in the titular city, where they have been graciously welcomed. This provides an excellent opportunity for us to visit some of these artists’ websites and see what they are about.

You’ll notice that some of these websites are much more creative and exciting than others. Not only do some artists seem to be more comfortable with technology, but some just happen to have better ideas than others in terms of what to make their website into.

The following blog features a beautiful entry from every year since 2004. It does not cover every artist that was at each show, but it does cover many of them. This blog is intended for those who are interested in seeing how artists make use of technology, as well as how they depict themselves in their online presence. If you’re interested in seeing some of these classic works (and even if you’re not), this blog is well worth visiting.

Sculptor, painter, printmaker and poet, Desiderio da Settignano (1464-1529) was one of the finest Florentine artists of his generation. His earliest surviving works are small figures carved in the round from boxwood, often depicting members of the Medici family. Settignano’s later work reflects a fluency in sculpture and relief carving seen in his marble reliefs in the Loggia dei Lanzi.

Towards the end of his life he turned to painting, producing a number of altarpieces and decorative fresco cycles. His response to this new medium is evident in the delicate surface quality of his paintings, which can be seen to have been strongly influenced by Fra Bartolomeo. In particular, Settignano’s paintings from this period have been noted for their use of sfumato – a soft focus effect apparent in many areas throughout this painting.”

The exhibition continues until November 21st 2014 at the Arsenale, San Barnaba and Giardini.*

http://www.arcturusgallery.com/VeniceBiennale2014/EccentricHeroes2014DesiderioSettignano.html

With over 200 countries in attendance and thousands of artists from around the world, the Venice Biennale, is a premier art showcase.

The Biennale takes place once every two years and was first launched in 1895. It is the oldest and most prestigious contemporary art exhibition in the world and is held in Venice’s historic Palazzo Cavalli-Franchetti for a period of six months. The national pavilions are located across the Grand Canal from this main exhibition space with an on-site theatre, comprehensive bookshop and library.

“The Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, which houses the British Pavilion, has a fascinating history dating back to the 6th century AD, when it was occupied by Benedictine monks who later gave it to Napoleon. In 1807 it became part of English territory under the terms of the Peace Treaty of Tilsit between Napoleon and Czar Alexander I.

Art is a powerful way to express not only one’s opinion of the world, but also one’s opinion of oneself. This idea is put forward in the book, The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure, and Human Evolution  by Denis Dutton, who suggests that art comes from either “the artist’s attempt to make something beautiful or his desire to be seen as someone who appreciates beauty.” [1]

Although I firmly believe that art has an innate quality within it that allows it to be interpreted differently by each individual person, I do agree with Dutton about art being an extension of the artist’s ideology. In this paper, I will write about these connections by first examining three works from the 2005 Biennale in Venice. I then move on to discuss the artist Damien Hirst and his connections between art and death. Finally, I will end this paper by writing about how my interpretation of these pieces has changed over time.*

Sites like Pinterest, Tumblr and Instagram allow individuals to curate their own personal collections of images and share them with their friends. These three sites have similar layouts but each is different in its content and rules so it can take some time to figure out how to navigate each one.

Tumblers “curation” is quite similar to Pinterest in that you can organize your image into boards based on different topics. Unlike Pinterest, the “pinned” images are not in chronological order and there doesn’t seem to be a way to sort them by date or preference which can make it more difficult to find what you’re looking for.

Tumblers biggest asset is the ability to post videos and quotes as well as pictures. This could be very helpful if you wanted to share a video of your trip instead of just taking pictures.