p-andore:

history week meme | day four: one location

Venice is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is situated across a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges. The islands are located in the shallow Venetian Lagoon, an enclosed bay that lies between the mouths of the Po and the Piave rivers. Parts of Venice are renowned for the beauty of their settings, their architecture, and artwork. The name is derived from the ancient Veneti people who inhabited the region by the 10th century BCE. The city was historically the capital of the Republic of Venice. Venice has been known as the “La Dominante”, “Serenissima”, “Queen of the Adriatic”, “City of Water”, “City of Masks”, “City of Bridges”, “The Floating City”, and “City of Canals.”

The Republic of Venice was a major financial and maritime power during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and a staging area for the Crusades and the Battle of Lepanto, as well as a very important center of commerce (especially silk, grain, and spice) and art in the 13th century up to the end of the 17th century. The city-state of Venice is considered to have been the first real international financial center which gradually emerged from the 9th century to its peak in the 14th century. This made Venice a wealthy city throughout most of its history.

It is also known for its several important artistic movements, especially the Renaissance period. After the Napoleonic Wars and the Congress of Vienna, the Republic was annexed by the Austrian Empire, until it became part of the Kingdom of Italy in 1866, following a referendum held as a result of the Third Italian War of Independence.

p-andore:

history week meme | day six: one art/literary movement or one piece of art/literature

A salon (in french ‘Salon Littéraire’) is a gathering of people under the roof of an inspiring host, held partly to amuse one another and partly to refine the taste and increase the knowledge of the participants through conversation. The salon was an Italian invention of the 16th century, which flourished in France throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, under the influence of the Lumières (though they were carried on until as recently as the 1940s in urban settings.) These gatherings were important places for the exchange of ideas and often consciously followed Horace’s definition of the aims of poetry, “either to please or to educate” (Latin: aut delectare aut prodesse). They played a big part in the wake of the Age of the Enlightenment.

During the 18th century, women were the center of life in the salon and carried very important roles as regulators. They could select their guests and decide the subjects of their meetings. These subjects could be social, literary, or political topics of the time. They also served as mediators by directing the discussion. The period in which salons were dominant has been labeled the ‘age of conversation’ and The salonnières were expected, ideally, to run and moderate the conversations.

ahsteria:

tag yourself: nine muses

calliope: old bookshelves, scented face cream, acts like they don’t give a shit but really cares a lot, needs a hug, marble staircases, script writing with calligraphy pens, wandering through rose gardens to think

clio: nonchalant, smiles with teeth, denim jackets, up to date, would take a bullet for a friend, watching the sunset while driving on an empty road, star stickers on cheeks, lots of instagram followers

erato: hopeless romantic, fav flower is roses, light blush, sleeps with a duvet, wants to write a love letter, likes poetry, kinda sad sometimes, the feeling of sunlight shining on your face, lipstick stains

euterpe: has a really pretty bedroom, friendly, laughs loudly, always listening to music, tries to keep a daily journal but ends up writing like three entries a year, wants everyone to like them, currently trying to learn six languages

melpomene: really sad sometimes, way stronger than they realize, loves thunderstorms, rarely uses emojis, mint and lemon water, writer, dark chocolate, intelligent but most don’t notice, still loves harry potter, empty beaches in the winter

polyhymnia: loves reading classics, waking up to the rhythm of rainfall, expensive coffee, meditative, overthinks everything, head in the clouds, has a powerful look, probably writes poetry

terpsichore: loves to dance, probably sings in the shower, fav color is glitter, loves doing makeup, smells nice, finding shapes in the clouds as a summer breeze pushes them across the sky, would eat ice cream for five years if they could

thalia: theater kid in hs, can’t wait for spring, sunlight seeping through blinds onto soft white blankets, relies on earbuds, the smell of wet earth after rain, peaceful resting face

urania: knows constellations, speaks to the stars, role model is the moon, believes in soulmates, loves a lot, into astrology, would die for the people they love most, night sky reflected in their eyes, small smiles holding huge secrets