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About this Work of Art ~
"Santa
Maria della Salute"
was created in 1977 by Laszlo Tar, and depicts a beautiful and
romantic scene in Venice, Italy of the famous Santa Maria della
Salute church. In
October of 1630, after nearly a third of Venice's
150,000 citizens had been killed by plague, the Venetian Senate
made an offer to God: "Stop the plague, and we'll build
a church to honor the Virgin Mary." God came through,
or maybe the onset of cooler weather reduced the population
of plague-ridden
fleas. Whatever the reason, the plague was stopped in its tracks.
The Venetian authorities honored their promise by giving the
Virgin a prime chunk of real estate near the tip of Dorsoduro,
where the Grand Canal merged with St. Mark's Basin.The
view is looking down the Grand Canal, toward the lagoon. Tar
visited Venice twice -- once in 1977 and again in 1995. He
loved the colorful
architecture,
canals and people of Italy. On this
day, he captured a moment in time that is timeless and will
have special meaning to anybody who has ever visited this wonderful
place. Beautiful!
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Detail of Artwork - |
The
original is a watercolor & goauche on paper and the print
captures the beauty of that medium in
perfect
detail.
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