Lecture 27: The first of eight lectures on Venice surveys its setting and history.
At the core of the city are the ducal palace and Basilica of San Marco, adorned with bronze horses and the enamel plaques for the Pala d'Oro, plunder from the sack of Constantinople in 1204 during the Fourth Crusade.
Lecture 28: Vittore Carpaccio and Gentile Bellini were painters devoted to Venice's beauties and virtues, which they..
Lecture 30: One of the major influences on Bellini was Antonello da Messina. This lecture traces that influence through works such..