…the rest is smoke
Helen Sear represents Wales, the exhibition runs at Santa Maria Ausiliatrice, Castello 450, near via Garibaldi.
The title is a quote from a Latin inscription taken from Andrea Mantegna’s St. Sebastian (Nothing is stable if not divine. The rest is smoke). Exploring art and its different media in relation to temporality and unimportant level of human existence.
A must-see.
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There are lots of variations of this famous Venetian pudding. The original recipe was created in Treviso by the chef Roberto Linguanotto aka Loli.
No marsala, no liqueur, here are the ingredients:
12 egg yolks
½ kg of sugar
1 kg of mascarpone
savoiardi (lady fingers)
espresso coffee, cooled
cocoa powder
Action
First prepare a large moka, pour the coffee into a bowl and let it cool.
Beat the egg yolks with the sugar until you get a creamy mix, then add the mascarpone. Quickly dip the savoiardi in the coffee, one at a time, and line the bottom of a glass dish with a layer of savoiardi, top with half of the mascarpone mix, and then add another savoiardi layer, then the remaining mascarpone and a final dusting of cocoa powder.
Chill in the fridge for about 4 hours, then serve and enjoy!
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Apart from the usual islands tour – Murano, Burano, Torcello – there’s one small island you might want to visit. It’s San Lazzaro degli Armeni, a stone’s throw from Lido. There’s a vaporetto – number 20 – leaving each day from San Zaccaria at 3.10 p.m. in coincidence with the guided tours held by the Meckitarist monks.
In the 15th century the place was a leper colony, hence the name Lazzaro, the patron saint of lepers. The hospital was moved in the 16th century and the island was abandoned. It became Armenian in 1717. The monastery was and remains an important centre for Armenian culture. Lord Byron studied in the library, helping the monks to prepare the first English-Armenian dictionary. The ancient library contains 150,000 volumes, beautiful illuminated manuscripts, oriental artefacts and an Egyptian mummy (450-430 BC) attributed to Namenkhet Amun, a priest at the Amon Temple in Karnak.
For those visiting the Venice Biennale there’s a special discount on the entrance ticket for the show Armenity. More info here.
Don’t forget to ask for Vartanush (literally sweet rose), a special jam made from rose petal around May.
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A campo (field) is a square. The only piazza is Piazza San Marco.
A campiello or a campazzo is a small square.
Rio is a canal.
Rio terà is a canal that has been filled in. You can easily detect this by the different disposition of the pavement slabs.
Piscina is a pool or turning basin that has been filled in to become a square.
Calle is the name of a street.
Ruga is an important street, usually lined with shops.
Fondamenta and Riva define a wide street running along a canal.
Ramo (branch) is a short street or an extension of another street with the same name.
A salizzada indicates a paved street (once rare).
A sottoportego is an arcade or arched passage under a building.