A Life of Seduction: Venice in the 1700s

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Courtesy: NOMA

Gabriel Bella, "La regata delle donne in Canal Grande."

The grandeur of Venice comes to America’s most historic city in A Life of Seduction: Venice in the 1700s, an exhibition at the New Orleans Museum of Art. This exhibition illuminates eighteenth-century Venetian life and pageantry during the century of Casanova, Canaletto, and Tiepolo, and countless others who spread Venetian taste and style throughout the world. Visitors to the exhibition will see objects depicting the opulence of the time, when the city was a cultural mecca. Three-hundred-year old carnival masks, costumes and robes, shoes, handbags, and regal glass objects are displayed among exquisite paintings by Canaletto and Guardi. Originated by NOMA and organized by Contemporanea Progetti, NOMA is the sole venue in the United States. noma.org.