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Italy audio travel guide. This tour guides you through the Basilica while our professional narrator, accompanied by historically appropriate background
Enhance your holiday travel experience by downloading this audio tour of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari in Venice, Italy.
Great Discoveries Audio Tour of the Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari provides today's tourist the most enjoyable and informative way to visit one of the most beautiful Gothic churches in Italy. The Frari, also known as Santa Maria Assunta, is the mother church for Venice's Franciscan Order and one of the Venice's most important monuments. St. Francis of Assisi began his religious movement in Italy around 1200. His spiritual group, called Franciscan's, consisted of people who chose to serve and worship God in religious simplicity and poverty.
The grandeur of its architecture, the harmony of its lines, the magnificent monuments along the walls, the gradual rise of the double order of steps, the stained-glass windows shining above and casting their soft glow below, seem to move ones eye towards a single point, 'the Assumption by Titian, the most precious of all of the Basilica's masterpieces. Everything focuses from above, drawing one's eye toward the brilliant light, which holds the visitor in a sense of inexpressible spiritual wonder.
The totality of the setting adds to the power and splendor that have made Titian's masterpiece famous throughout the centuries. The artist knew exactly how to use the whole of the architecture to perfectly frame his painting, which the great sculptor Canova described as the most beautiful picture in the world. Titian is buried here, in the Frari, in a rather simple tomb designed by Canova, which stands along the right aisle of the church. The church's plain exterior belies the magnificence of its interior. Upon entering, visitors become dumbstruck by the grandness of the architecture and many treasures contained therein. Twelve mighty columns, representing the twelve apostles, hold up the sky of the Basilica, which is composed of beams, ribbing, keystones with figures, webs and ogives, which harmoniously intertwine, overlap and intermingle. The side aisles are lined with spectacular monumental tombs to Venice's, if not great and good, then certainly rich and sometimes famous citizens.
The Frari contains many other masterpieces by some of the greatest Renaissance artist, in fact too many to mention in this writing. There is however, another exceptional work, which demands some attention, a wooden statue of "John the Baptist", carved by the great 15th century Florentine master, Donatello. It is the only statue by Donatello left in Venice and one of his masterpieces.
This carefully researched tour guides you through the Basilica while our professional narrator, accompanied by historically appropriate background music, points out and describes the most significant monumental tombs, the great works of art and other historic treasures. Shatter your idea of history, throw down your guidebook and venture off to see and hear the stories behind this resplendent church, the lives of the great Italians buried here, and the great Renaissance artists who crafted this unique edifice.
Guides are recorded in easy to follow segments that are readily located on your iPod. This 2 hour and 17 minute, 29 track, audio tour is designed to work with an easy to read building diagram, with clearly numbered locations, which coordinate with the track numbers and descriptions displayed on your iPod.
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Enhance your holiday travel experience by downloading this audio tour of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari in Venice, Italy.
Great Discoveries Audio Tour of the Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari provides today's tourist the most enjoyable and informative way to visit one of the most beautiful Gothic churches in Italy. The Frari, also known as Santa Maria Assunta, is the mother church for Venice's Franciscan Order and one of the Venice's most important monuments. St. Francis of Assisi began his religious movement in Italy around 1200. His spiritual group, called Franciscan's, consisted of people who chose to serve and worship God in religious simplicity and poverty.
The grandeur of its architecture, the harmony of its lines, the magnificent monuments along the walls, the gradual rise of the double order of steps, the stained-glass windows shining above and casting their soft glow below, seem to move ones eye towards a single point, 'the Assumption by Titian, the most precious of all of the Basilica's masterpieces. Everything focuses from above, drawing one's eye toward the brilliant light, which holds the visitor in a sense of inexpressible spiritual wonder.
The totality of the setting adds to the power and splendor that have made Titian's masterpiece famous throughout the centuries. The artist knew exactly how to use the whole of the architecture to perfectly frame his painting, which the great sculptor Canova described as the most beautiful picture in the world. Titian is buried here, in the Frari, in a rather simple tomb designed by Canova, which stands along the right aisle of the church. The church's plain exterior belies the magnificence of its interior. Upon entering, visitors become dumbstruck by the grandness of the architecture and many treasures contained therein. Twelve mighty columns, representing the twelve apostles, hold up the sky of the Basilica, which is composed of beams, ribbing, keystones with figures, webs and ogives, which harmoniously intertwine, overlap and intermingle. The side aisles are lined with spectacular monumental tombs to Venice's, if not great and good, then certainly rich and sometimes famous citizens.
The Frari contains many other masterpieces by some of the greatest Renaissance artist, in fact too many to mention in this writing. There is however, another exceptional work, which demands some attention, a wooden statue of "John the Baptist", carved by the great 15th century Florentine master, Donatello. It is the only statue by Donatello left in Venice and one of his masterpieces.
This carefully researched tour guides you through the Basilica while our professional narrator, accompanied by historically appropriate background music, points out and describes the most significant monumental tombs, the great works of art and other historic treasures. Shatter your idea of history, throw down your guidebook and venture off to see and hear the stories behind this resplendent church, the lives of the great Italians buried here, and the great Renaissance artists who crafted this unique edifice.
Guides are recorded in easy to follow segments that are readily located on your iPod. This 2 hour and 17 minute, 29 track, audio tour is designed to work with an easy to read building diagram, with clearly numbered locations, which coordinate with the track numbers and descriptions displayed on your iPod.
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