The Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista is defined by a marble screen built by Pietro Lombardo between fourteen seventy-eight and fourteen eighty-one, which closes off the courtyard from the surrounding city. This site began in…
Venice Scuole Grandi Walk
On this walk, we trace the historic lay confraternities and craft guilds of San Polo and Dorsoduro, visiting their magnificent, art-filled headquarters and monumental halls.
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1. San Giovanni Evangelista, Venice
2. Scuola Grande di San Rocco
The Scuola Grande di San Rocco is defined by its massive, two-story facade and its status as the only one of the great Venetian confraternities to survive the fall of the Republic. Established in fourteen seventy-eight, this lay…
3. Scoletta dei Calegheri
The Scoletta dei Calegheri sits on the edge of Campo San Tomà, distinguished by a fine stone relief above its arched entrance. This carving, attributed to the workshop of Pietro Lombardo and dated to fourteen seventy-eight, shows Saint…
4. Scuola dei Varoteri
The Scuola dei Varoteri sits as a detached, two-story brick building in the middle of Campo Santa Margherita. Unlike every other structure in this square, which belongs to a continuous terrace, this building has open air on all four sides.…
5. Scuola Grande dei Carmini
The Scuola Grande dei Carmini features two bright facades of Istrian stone, their pale, clean surfaces broken by the dark lines of thick, wrought-iron window grilles. This building in the Dorsoduro district served as the headquarters for a…
6. Gallerie dell'Accademia
The Gallerie dell’Accademia is housed within a sprawl of three connected buildings on the south bank of the Grand Canal: the former church, monastery, and Scuola Grande of Santa Maria della Carità. You can identify the complex by the…