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| Keywords: Moran, Thomas, Venice, The Lagoon Looking toward Santa Maria della Salute, 1894.jpg en Thomas Moran American 1837 “1926 Venice The Lagoon Looking toward Santa Maria della Salute 1894 Watercolor and gouache over graphite on cream laid paper 27 3 x 41 2 cm 10 3/4 x 16 1/4 in Gift of Mrs Philip T White x1969-370 After achieving fame and fortune with his pioneering vistas of the American West Moran began traveling to Venice in the late 1880s painting composite views on canvas and paper of the alluring city and its lagoon As demonstrated in this characteristically luminous example Moran avoids topographical specificity by condensing the setting so that the various monuments ”notably the tower in St Mark ™s square and the white-domed church Santa Maria della Salute ”are all visible within the same dreamy composition evoking Venice ™s evanescent beauty as if seen from the low perspective of a floating gondola 1894 Princeton University Art Museum Thomas Moran other versions PD-Art Uploaded with UploadWizard American art in the Princeton University Art Museum 1894 American drawings in the Princeton University Art Museum 1894 Drawings in the Princeton University Art Museum 1894 Watercolor paintings in the Princeton University Art Museum 1894 Watercolors by Thomas Moran Paintings of Santa Maria della Salute Venice Paintings of boats in Venice | ||||
