For the annual Kirker Spring Lecture the Venice in Peril Fund presents:
Reflections of Venice; How Water inspired her Artist,
a talk by Caroline Campbell
Director of the National Gallery of Ireland
Tuesday 14 May 2024
Royal Geographical Society
Reception and Prosecco – 6.30pm
Lecture – 7.15pm
Ruskin famously wrote of the stones of Venice, but what of its water? Venice would be nothing without water. The lagoon and canals were the core of her trading activity and wealth, from the Middle Ages to the eighteenth century made manifest in the continuing annual tradition of the city’s marriage to the sea. From the late 19th century, the Lido also became an important element of Venice’s appeal and in particular as a tourist attraction.
In this, the 17th Venice in Peril Kirker Spring lecture, Caroline Campbell will explore the creative impulse of water – canal, river, lagoon, sea – in the work of Venetian artists and visitors to the city, from Carpaccio and Titian, Canaletto and Tiepolo, to John Singer Sargent, Thomas Mann and John Lavery.
For info and tickets click HERE
Copyright: Christie’s Images/Bridgeman Images, Venetian Canal, John Singer Sargent (1856-1925)
