Santa Maria della Salute
by Mariola Bitner
Title
Santa Maria della Salute
Artist
Mariola Bitner
Medium
Photograph - Photography
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Santa Maria della Salute (English: Saint Mary of Health), commonly known simply as the Salute, is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica located in the Dorsoduro sestiere of the Italian city of Venice. It stands on a narrow finger of land between the Grand Canal and the Bacino di San Marco making the church visible when entering the Piazza San Marco from the water. The Salute is part of the parish of the Gesuati and is the most recent of the so-called plague-churches.
In 1630, Venice experienced an unusually devastating outbreak of the plague. As a votive offering for the city's deliverance from the pestilence, the Republic of Venice vowed to build and dedicate a church to Our Lady of Health (or of Deliverance, Italian: Salute). The church was designed in the then fashionable baroque style by Baldassare Longhena, who studied under the architect Vincenzo Scamozzi. Construction began in 1631. Most of the objects of art housed in the church bear references to the Black Death.
The dome of the Salute was an important addition to the Venice skyline and soon became emblematic of the city, inspiring artists like Canaletto, J. M. W. Turner, John Singer Sargent, Francesco Guardi, and Laza Kostić.
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September 27th, 2013
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Comments (32)
John S
Wonderful Shot...Love all the tiny details you captured ! Also thanks for the history of the Santa Maria Della Salute..Great Job!
Sarah Batalka
Beautiful capture! Great detail, stunning architecture! Love those clouds too! v15/fav
Mariola Bitner
Thank you Jim Carrell for featuring my "Santa Maria della Salute" in the group Comfortable Art!
Mariola Bitner
Thank you Nadine and Bob Johnston for featuring my "Santa Maria della Salute" in the group Artists News!
Laurie Search
Sooo beautiful, Mariola!! Wonderful composition! Congratulations on your feature and publication!!! :)))fv
Nadine and Bob Johnston
Thank You for Submitting your Artwork.... Liked the subject, description, technique, composition, and color... So Today it was Published in the Internet publication ARTISTS NEWS.... YOU or Friends Can use Ctl-C to copy the link: http://paper.li/f-1343723559 and Ctl-V to put it into your the Browser Address bar, to view the publication. Then, Tweet, FB, and email, etc a copy of the publication, to just anyone you feel would be interested. Happy Promoting! :-)
Mariola Bitner replied:
Thank you Nadine and Bob Johnston for featuring myartwork in your publication" Artists News.. Appreciated!