Stelle e viaggi
Subtitle: un ciclo astronomico del XIII secolo nel portale maggiore della Basilica di San Marco a Venezia = Stars and travels : a 13th century astronomical cycle on the main portal of St.Mark's Basilica in Venice
By: a cura di Gloria Vallese
Contributors: Accademia di belle arti di Venezia
Publisher: Accademia di belle arti
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Venezia
Language: ita; eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9788884350077
Subjects: Astrology in art; Exhibitions; Astronomy in art; Church doorways; Relief (Sculpture), Medieval; Basilica di San Marco (Venice, Italy)
Other titles: Stars and travels
Description: Stars and Travels' is an art and science exhibition, ideated by Gloria Vallese, and entirely created by professors and students of the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice. It stems from the discovery that the main portal of San Marco in Venice contains an early, extraordinary sculptural representation of the celestial sphere (half of the 13th century), with stars and constellations represented not only in Western iconography, but according to a vast range of languages from North Europe to India and China.
Notes: "Magazzino del Sale 3, Dorsoduro 264, Zattere, Venezia, 18/6 - 30/9 2016."

Includes bibliographical references.

Text in Italian and English.