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{{Short description|Church building in Venice, Italy}}
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[[File:Santa Maria dei Carmini Intérieur.jpg|thumb|240px|Interior view.]]
[[File:Santa Maria dei Carmini (Campanile).jpg|thumb|240px|The bell tower.]]
'''Santa Maria dei Carmini''', also called '''Santa Maria del Carmelo''' and commonly known simply as the '''Carmini''', is a large [[Roman Catholic]] church in the sestiere, or neighbourhood, of [[Dorsoduro]] in [[Venice]], northern [[Italy]]. It nestles against the former ''Scuola Grande di Santa Maria del Carmelo'', also known as the ''[[Scuola dei Carmini]]''. This charitable confraternity was officially founded in 1597, and arose from a lay women's charitable association, the ''Pinzocchere dei Carmini''. The members of this lay group were associated as tertiaries to the neighbouring [[Carmelite]] monastery. They were responsible for stitching the [[scapular]]s for the Carmelites.
==History==
The church originally was called Santa Maria Assunta, and first dated to the 14th century (circa 1348).<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=WkFBAQAAIAAJ Karl Baedeker's guide], page338.</ref> The brick and marble facade contains sculpted lunettes by [[Giovanni Buora]]. Among the roofline decorations are images of Elisha and Elijah, thought to be founders of the Carmelite order. The bell tower, designed by [[Giuseppe Sardi]], is topped by a statue of the Madonna del Carmine sculpted in 1982 as a replacement by [[Romano Vio]]. The previous original was destroyed by lightning.
==Description==
The chancel and side chapels in the interior were rebuilt in 1507-14 by [[Sebastiano Mariani]] from Lugano. The counter-facade has a large monument (1602) to [[Jacopo Foscarini]] who was a [[procurator of San Marco]], admiral of the fleet, and whose family palace lies across the canal.
The second altar on the right has an altarpiece depicting the ''Adoration of the Shepherds'' (1509–11) by [[Cima da Conegliano]].
The third altar on the right has a ''Madonna del Carmelo with saints'' (1595) by [[Pase Pace]] and [[Giovanni Fontana (Dominican)|Giovanni Fontana]].
The statues of ''Virginity'' (left) and ''Humility'' on the right of the nave were completed (1722–1723) by [[Antonio Corradini]] and [[Giuseppe Torritti]] respectively. The bronze angels on the balustrade are by [[Girolamo Campagna]]. The wooden frontal represents the ''Miracles of the Madonna'' (1724) and was carved by [[Francesco Bernadoni]]. The ''Tabernacle'' is by [[Giovanni Scalfarotto]].
The fourth altar on the right has the funereal monument to Andrea Civran (1572), a Venetian general.
The ''Glorification of the Scapular'' (1709) was frescoed by [[Sebastiano Ricci]] on the nave ceiling. The stucco work was completed by [[Pietro Bianchini]] to designs of [[Abbondio Stazio]]. In the fresco, the angels uphold a [[scapular]], and a painted inscription say it is an ornament of Mt Carmel.
The fourth altar on the left, past the entry to the sacristy, was erected by the guild of the ''Compravendi Pesce'' or fishmongers (1548) with an altarpiece depicting the ''Presentation of Jesus at the Temple'' (1541–1542) by a young [[Jacopo Tintoretto]].
The third chapel on the left has an altarpiece depicting the ''Lamentation of the Dead Christ'' (c. 1476) by [[Francesco di Giorgio Martini]]. In front of the chancel are paintings by [[Marco Vicentino]], [[Palma il Giovane]], and [[Gaspare Diziani]].
The second altar on the left has two statues depicting the prophets Elijah and Elisha by [[Tommaso Rues]]. Elijah holds a flaming sword. The first altar has a painting of ''[[Saint Nicholas in Glory|St Nicholas of Bari in Glory between St John the Baptist and St Lucy]]'' (1529) by [[Lorenzo Lotto]].
The upper register of the nave is lined with 24 large canvases from the 1666-1730s, painted by artists such as [[Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini]], [[Gaspare Diziani]], [[Girolamo Brusaferro]] and [[Pietro Liberi]]. The choirs includes 3 paintings (c. 1545) by [[Andrea Meldolla]].
Near the entrance to the cloister is a relief of the ''Madonna and Child'' (1340) by [[Arduino Tagliapietra]].
==Sources==
*{{Cite book| first=Antonio| last=Manno| year=2004| title=The Treasures of Venice| editor =The Rizzoli Art Guides| pages= 532–535| publisher=Rizzoli International Publications |location=New York}}
==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.wmf.org/project/scuola-grande-dei-carmini-scuola-grande-di-santa-maria-del-carmelo World Monuments Fund restoration of the Scuola]
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