03 — ARTWORK
Exterior view
SELVA, Giovanni Antonio · 1806 →
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San Maurizio is a Neoclassical-style, deconsecrated church located in the Campo San Maurizio in the sestiere of San Marco in Venice. A church was present at the site before the first reconstruction in the 16th century. A further reconstruction took place in 1806 by the Neoclassical architect Giovanni Antonio Selva. It once housed a studio of a young Antonio Canova. Near the church was built the scuola degli Albanesi. The present structure is mainly a design of Selva.
The church now houses the Museo della Musica, the museum of BaroqueThe period in art history from about 1600 to about 1750. In this sense the term covers a wide range of styles and artists. In painting and sculpture there were three main forms of Baroque: (1) sumptuous display, a style associated with the Catholic Counter Reformation and the absolutist courts of Europe (Bernini, Rubens); (2) dramatic realism (Caravaggio); and (3) everyday realism, a development seen in particular in Holland (Rembrandt, Vermeer). In architecture, there was an emphasis on expressiveness and grandeur, achieved through scale, the dramatic use of light and shadow, and increasingly elaborate decoration. In a more limited sense the term Baroque often refers to the first of these categories. The development of the Baroque reflects the period's religious tensions (Catholic versus Protestant); a new and more expansive world view based on science and exploration; and the growth of absolutist monarchies. instruments, composers, and the music of Venice. It features period instruments, and documents, including exhibits on Antonio Vivaldi, but also documents on Amati, Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, and Francesco and Matteo Goffriller.
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author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Exterior view by SELVA, Giovanni Antonio},
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date = {2026-09-09},
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}ACCESSED 2026-09-09. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
OTHER WORKS BY GIOVANNI ANTONIO SELVA
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