List of things named Venetian

The list of things named Venetian is quite extensive.

Venetian generally describes anything from or related to the Italian city of Venice, or the Veneto region (of which Venice is the capital), or of the Republic of Venice (697–1797), a historical nation in that area. The term may also refer to the Venetian language, a Romance language spoken mostly in the Veneto region.

The term Venetian may also mean from or related to the American city of Venice, Florida, in Sarasota County.

There are many concept names that use the term "Venetian" in those general senses, such as Venetian cuisine, Venetian music, Venetian grammar, etc. There are however many concepts where "Venetian" has a special sense that cannot be deduced form the general ones. There are also many people, buildings, and works of art with "Venetian" in their name.

History

Venetian Albania (1392–1797), dominion of the Republic of Venice in present south Montenegro and north Albania
Venetian Crete, the Kingdom of Candia (1212–1669), a colony of the Republic of Venice
Venetian Crusade (1122–1124) by the Republic of Venice to the Holy Land
Venetian Dalmatia (1400–1797), dominion of the Republic of Venice in present Croatia
Venetian ducat, a gold ducat coin issued by the Republic of Venice from 1284 to 1797
Venetian grosso, a silver coin minted by the Republic of Venice in 1193
Venetian Interdict, a Papal decree placing sanctions on the Republic of Venice in 1605–1607
Venetian lira, a currency of the Republic of Venice issued from 953 to 1807
Venetian rule in the Ionian Islands (1361–1797), by the Republic of Venice
Venetian Province, a historical province (1797–1815), the former territory of the Republic of Venice
Venetian rule or Venetocracy (Βενετοκρατία, Venetokratia), the period of Venetian rule in Greece (1212–1669); see Frankokratia

Geography

Venetian Ghetto, the Venice borough where Jews were segregated in 1516; origin of word "ghetto"
Venetian Hills, a neighborhood in southwest Atlanta (GA), USA.
Venetian islands, in the Venetian Lagoon south of Venice
Venetian Islands, Florida (USA), artificial islands between Miami and Miami Beach
Venetian Isles, New Orleans (Îles Vénetiennes), a neighborhood of the city in Louisiana, USA
Venetian Lagoon, the shallow bay on the south side of Venice
Venetian Plain, the flatlands in the Veneto and Friuli regions of Italy
Venetian Slavia or Slavia Friulana, a Slovenian-speaking enclave in the Friuli region of Italy
Venetian Village, Illinois, a census division in Lake County (IL), USA; about 2900 hab in 2010

Styles of arts and crafts

Venetian glass, artistic glass objects from the island of Murano in Venice's bay
Venetian Gothic architecture, a building style developed in Venice in the 1300s
Venetian needle lace, also Venetian point or point de Venise, a type of lace with floral motifs, popular in the 1600s
Venetian painting, a major tradition in Italian Renaissance painting
Venetian polychoral style, a style of choral music from the Baroque and Renaissance
Venetian Renaissance, a period in Venetian history that covered the 15th and 16th centuries
Venetian Renaissance architecture, a style of buildings originated in Venice around 1480
Venetian school (art), a style of painting starting in the 1400s^[1]
Venetian School (music), style and composers in Venice from 1550 to 1610

Objects and products

Architecture and furniture

Venetian arch, a usually pointed arch with a band wider at the peak than at the spring^[2]
Venetian blind, or Venetian, a common type of window blind similar to Persian blind
Venetian curtain, a type of theater front curtain
Venetian dentil, an architectural ornament; a type of dentil
Venetian door, a door with narrow sidelights, like a Venetian window^[3]
Venetian carpet, a type of inexpensive carpet^[4]
Venetian window, a type of window with arched top flanked by two narrow sidelights

Utensils, materials, plants

Venetian ball, a ball of glass with enclosed objects, often used as paperweight^[5]
Venetian blind shades or shutter shades, sunglasses with horizontal slats instead of lenses
Venetian chalk, a white compact talc or steatite used especially for marking on cloth^[6]
Venetian mask, a special variety traditionally worn in the Carnival of Venice
Venetian plaster, a type of polished plaster including marble dust
Venetian pearl, an imitation pearl made of solid glass
Venetian-style shoe, or Venetian loafer, a plain mid-heel slipper
Venetian soap, made with olive oil^[7]
Venetian sumac or smoke tree (Cotinus abovatus)^[8]
Venetian swell, a swell organ with blinds patterned closing the swell box^[9]

Colors, pigments, and varnishes

Venetian blue, same as cobalt blue
Venetian ceruse, a lead-based white cosmetic face paint used in the 1600s and 1700s
Venetian green, a bluish dark green color^[10]
Venetian lake, a red painter's pigment or shade or carmine (color)^[11]
Venetian red, a painter's pigment
Venetian rose, a shade of pink^[12]
Venetian scarlet, a shade of red^[13]
Venetian turpentine or Venice turpentine, an artists' varnish from larch (Larix decidua) resin^[14]
Venetian white, a painter's pigment, mix of lead white and barium sulfate^[15]
Venetian yellow or amber yellow, a shade of yellow^[16]

Other

Venetian Carnival, or the Carnival of Venice, a traditional festivity since the 12th century
Venetian Festival, any modern costume festivity inspired on the historic carnival of Venice