Venice: Light and Landscape March 4, 2011

The city of Venice--a center of commerce, art, and architecture during the Middle Ages and Renaissance--resulted from extraordinary human ingenuity. Beginning as a community of fishermen in the seemingly barren Venetian lagoon, its inhabitants developed one of the most powerful, rich, and sophisticated cities in the world. In this exhibition, art history students from the University of Toledo use works of art in the TMA collections to explore important aspects of this magical city, its setting, and its artistic inspiration.