A Grand Tour:
By Melville Holmes and Kathryn Brogdon
Images of Italy from the Permanent Collection
of the Jundt Art Museum
January 18 through May 9, 2020
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Open my heart and you will see,
Graved inside of it “Italy.”
Robert Browning
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“De Gustibus —” 1855
The sentimental tourist’s sole quarrel with his Venice is that he has too many competitors
there. He likes to be alone; to be original; to have (to himself, at least) the air of making
discoveries. The Venice of to-day is a vast museum where the little wicket that admits you
is perpetually turning and creaking, and you march through the institution with a herd of
fellow-gazers. There is nothing left to discover or describe, and originality of attitude is
completely impossible.
The condition of this ancient sanctuary [St. Mark’s] is surely a great scandal. The pedlars
and commissioners ply their trade … at the very door of the temple; they follow you across
the threshold … scuffling with each other for customers. There is a great deal of dishonour
about St. Mark’s altogether, and if Venice, as I say, has become a great bazaar, this exquisite
edifice is now the biggest booth.
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Henry James
Italian Hours, II, Venice 1882
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