Article: Cesti, Antonio (Pietro)

Article: Shakespeare's Venice. (depiction of Venice, Italy)
Contemporary Review;  May 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......speak of thee as the traveller doth of Venice: Venetia, Venetia, Chi non ti vedo, non...Mantuanus is a great writer, and all know that Venice is the place to see on one's Grand Tour...shorthand ideal for travellers. And I was in Venice lately, on the lookout for traces of Shakespearean...

Article: Venice is drowning: will one of the world's most beautiful cities disappear beneath the waves? (Special Report).
Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication;  November 29, 2002 ;     700+ words ...THERE'S REALLY NO PLACE like Venice, the floating city on Italy's northeast coast, off the Adriatic Sea. In Venice, the streets are canals and the buses...tourists from around the world come to Venice each year to ride along its canals, view...

Article: Venice unmasked.
The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine);  August 17, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Venice is the drag queen of Italian cities. Baubled, bejeweled...glittering masks of Carnavale and the glamorous facade of the Venice Film Festival and the rest of the time getting ready for the party. Although there are no gay clubs or bars in Venice proper (the closest are in nearby Maestre or Padua), ...

Article: Artists view splendorous Venice in Swiss show
AP Worldstream;  November 14, 2008 ;     696 words ...Superlatives are never lacking in descriptions of Venice's stunning beauty, with its unmatched...greatest humanist of the Middle Ages, Venice was another world when he arrived there...painters and writers have been fascinated by Venice for centuries. And the works of some of...

Article: Death and Venice: Editor's Introduction.
The Literary Review;  March 22, 1999 ;     700+ words ...I was last in Venice in 1987. It was my second and, to date...since then, but I have never gone back to Venice--nor do I ever plan to return. Twice is...me. Strangely yet somehow befittingly, Venice and that promise seem bound together as...

Article: Tropic of Venice.(Book review)
The Historian;  June 22, 2009 ;     491 words ...Tropic of Venice. By Margaret Doody. (Philadelphia, Pa...Pp. 345. $32.50.) Margaret Doody loves Venice. Her opening chapter reads like the narrative...depth of delight immediately produced by Venice--an ineffable delight something between...

Article: For Venice fest, MIFED not in competition.
Video Age International;  September 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......really is nothing I don't like about the Venice Film Festival, insisted Mike Ryan, chairman...Moritz [de Hadeln, former director of the Venice Fest] into the lagoon! He continued, I like the style of Venice, it has the unmistakable feel of La Dolce...

Article: VENICE - WATER AMAZING CITY.
Banbridge Leader (Banbridge, Northern Ireland);  October 16, 2007 ;     700+ words ...VENICE is somewhere everyone should visit at least once in their...the year to visit this enchanting city. During the summer Venice is jam-packed with tourists, making strolling around its...as they queues are impossible. At this time of the year Venice becomes one of the most romantic places in the world...

Article: Venice
Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World;      700+ words ...VENICE VENICE. One of the first cities in Italy to engage in international commerce after the devastations of the early Middle Ages, Venice established a maritime empire by 1300 and a territorial empire from the...

Article: In Search of Another St Petersburg: Venice in Russian Poetry (1823-1997).(Review)
The Modern Language Review;  July 1, 2000 ;     497 words ...In Search of Another St Petersburg: Venice in Russian Poetry (1823-1997). By JAN...Sagner. 1997. 112 pp. DM 20. The theme of 'Venice in Russian Poetry' is one that may have...also remarkable. The author was taken to Venice as a child, then, when he learned Russian...

Article: ITALY: MOODY'S CHANGES OUTLOOK ON VENICE TO NEGATIVE FROM STABLE.
IPR Strategic Business Information Database;  July 6, 2009 ;     501 words ......changed the outlook on the Italian City of Venice's Aa2 issuer and debt ratings to negative...reflects the fiscal pressure associated with Venice's tight operating performance and growing...Francesco Soldi, Moody's lead analyst for Venice. Going forward, ongoing tight operating...

Article: A glorious day in Venice, on a budget of euro30
AP Worldstream;  September 25, 2008 ;     700+ words ...For centuries, Venice has captivated travelers with an array...a friend and I spent a glorious day in Venice sampling food, streetscapes and architecture...There's no better way to start your day in Venice than with an Illy or Lavazza espresso...

Article: A glorious day in Venice, on a budget of 30
AP Worldstream;  September 25, 2008 ;     700+ words ...For centuries, Venice has captivated travelers with an array...a friend and I spent a glorious day in Venice sampling food, streetscapes and architecture...There's no better way to start your day in Venice than with an Illy or Lavazza espresso...

Article: Venice and the Islamic World: "[This] is the first major exhibition to explore one of the most important and distinctive facets of Venetian art history: the exchange of objects and interchange of ideas between the great Italian maritime city and her Islamic neighbors in the Eastern Mediterranean.".(The World Yesterday)(Critical essay)
USA Today (Magazine);  May 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......private collections around the world, Venice and the Islamic World, 828-1797 is the...the Islamic contribution to the arts of Venice during her heyday, from the medieval to...such as sills, carpets, and porcelain. Venice's own markets in turn brimmed with precious...