The Gallerie dell'Accademia of Venice are dedicating an exhibition to the most famous printer in the world: Aldo Manuzio.
Until 19 June 2016, the exhibition
Aldo Manuzio. Il rinascimento di Venezia at the
Gallerie dell’Accademia of Venice, will show an unrepeatable period in the history of European and Western culture -
Renaissance - and it will particularly present
the story of the man who invented the concept of modern book and of publishing:
Aldo Manuzio.
Together with Manuzio's most famous illustrated books, an itinerary of paintings and sculptures from Renaissance is presented for the occasion:
masterpieces by Giorgione, Carpaccio, Bellini, Tiziano, Lorenzo Lotto and Pietro Lombardo - some of them on loan from the great museums of Europe and US.
An important part of the exhibition is dedicated to the intense relationship that tied Aldo Manuzio to the culture of northern Europe and to
Erasmus of Rotterdam: he thought that having his works printed by Manuzio was of fundamental importance for the circulation of his thinking throughout Europe.
Between 1495 and 1515 Aldo Manuzio printed in Venice
a hundred-odd editions of a unique beauty, which actually created the modern book and publisher - and invented the reading public. Manuzio managed to conceive of and achieve his extraordinary programme of making the great classics available to scholars and writers for the first time: those of Greek culture, and then collecting the writings in Latin along with those of the new Italian literature. He has been careful both in the format and the typefaces,
rediscovering beauty in the ‘divine’ proportions of the classical world.
Masterpieces of painting and sculpture created in this same period and with the same achievement of rediscovery of classical culture will enter into dialogue with the most beautiful books in the world in this amazing exhibition - which is a rare opportunity, not to be missed.
Opening time
Monday: 8.15 am – 2.00 pm (last entry at 13:15 pm)
From Tuesday to Sunday: 8.15 am to 7.15 pm (last entry at 6:30 pm)
Tickets
Gallerie dell’Accademia + Palazzo Grimani + exhibition: € 15
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