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International book project (with contest)
‘La Serenissima’ The Beauty of Transience
(for Titian and Claude Monet / Vivaldi, Turner, Goethe)
(Book series: LOUNGE 2 – volume XV)

Editor: Kurt Ries
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You may use Google Translate or any other translation tool. (Die deutschsprachigen Teilnahmebedingungen können per E-Mail angefordert werden!)

No limitation on size, style, medium and subject for your works of art – see below / the text highlighted in blue).

Since you are invited, your participation is guaranteed!

“Only the world of reality has its limits, while the world of the imagination is boundless.” (J.-J. Rousseau)

With one image you can present your work on a full page. I need up to three artworks (jpg files). The book has the character of a beautiful gift book with art and lyrical poems. It will be bilingual (English as the first language plus German): EXAMPLE (sample book) Or scroll in the other volumes here – most upper menu ART BOOKS!

Once again, famous cultural sites will be highlighted and their attention drawn to the book.

Deadline for payment: February 28, 2026

• Entry fee: EUR 149,00 for one of your artworks on a full page.

Offer for additional images, please see in the rules!

(The JPG images can be sent until the end of May 2026.)

If you are interested, please send us an email and ask for the payment details! We will send it to you with our brief guideline (summary of the Rules):

kurt.ries@enter-into-art.de

Explanation on the subject: ‘La Serenissima’ – The Beauty of Transience
(for Titian and Claude Monet / Vivaldi, Turner, Goethe)

To mark the anniversaries of Titian and Claude Monet, this book presents also other prominent artists who had a strong connection to Venice (Turner, Vivaldi, and Richard Wagner). The volume is complemented by fitting verses by Johann Wolfgang Goethe, which he wrote in Venice.

On the occasion of the 450th anniversary of Titian’s death and the 100th anniversary of Claude Monet’s death, this book project explores the theme of “The Beauty of Transience.” We aim to contrast these two artists associated with Venice. Titian is the most prominent representative of Venetian painting during the golden age of the Republic of Venice, a period that represents both its flourishing and its gradual economic decline. Venice was never destroyed, yet it still succumbs to transience. Alongside William Turner, Claude Monet embodies those artists who frequently visited the city to depict its melancholic beauty. His last journey took him to Venice before he dedicated himself to his late, almost abstract, water lily series. The revolution in landscape painting, however, first occurred during the Renaissance, a fact reflected in Titian’s paintings. Similarly, the works of Vivaldi and Richard Wagner offer connections to Venice and the theme of transience: Vivaldi composed the movement “Winter” for his “Four Seasons,” and Wagner was inspired by Titian’s Assunta painting (he died in Venice in 1883).

Based on this overview, you are invited to interpret the above theme in a broad and open manner, without focusing solely on the city of Venice.

You confirm your participation with your payment. It means you have read, understood and agree to the rules and conditions. According to the rules payment must be made to Kurt Ries.

(Help to avoid mistakes! Please use the right email address with Paypal and also the right bank account number! Read the samples in our rules carefully and register in the same way.)

Included in the fee:

• A printed art gift book will be published, with your page and one selected artwork, indicating your website address (if desired). The book is printed in hardcover and softcover.
• Participation in the contest for up to 11 book design awards.
• Providing the book with the specific PR content and design: a short descriptive statement (a bilingual slogan written by us for each artwork), an entertaining foreword and poems, selected by the editor.
• The artist receives the simple right of use of the book (worldwide) for an unlimited period of time.

See also our free services (the link below)! Presentation of the book in the internet by an online book, blog posts and other presentations…

Please ask for our Rules with further infomation or use the above link!

1. REGISTRATION, PAYMENT, AWARDS (See PART 1 of our Rules!)

a) I need your address (decisive for your payment) and your current website address (if there).

The pictures can be sent a few months later (see the deadline for the pictures in our invitation or on our website: CALL ARTISTS).

b) Please rename your jpg images with the following file name (or at least 1, 2, 3):
(your first and last name number country – without comma!)

Example:
Pablo Picasso 1 France.jpg
etc.

If you order more pages, please send us more images!

c) Please rank the artworks according to your preference! Artwork information should be exactly in the following format:

First and Last name Number of the picture, Country, Title, Year, Technique, Size in cm
(example: Pablo Picasso 1 France, Portrait, 2013, oil on Canvas, 80 x 100 cm)

You can send up to 3 artworks (an image of each piece to be sent as a jpg file of approx. 3,000 to 4,000 KB), out of which will be selected one. One side of the image file must be 20 cm long by 300 dpi.

Please send your address and the information of your artworks together with your images to the following email address:  kurt.ries@enter-into-art.de

Alternatively (if the emails not arrive):
kurt-ries-kunst@web.de

2. ABOUT THE BOOK (See PART 2 of the Rules!)

The bilingual book will be printed in soft and hardcover (21 x 21 cm). Artists can buy copies of the printed book at a reduced author price. No compulsory purchase! No print copies are included in the cost to publish. Please see in detail the Author’s Price section in the PART 2 of the Rules! Regarding distribution please click on the links included!

3. COPYRIGHT (See PART 3 of the Rules!)

By paying the fee, the artist acquires the right to use the book as specified in a special contract, which comes into force when it is signed by the artist. The copyright and other rights of artwork use remain with the artist. The works are, therefore, freely available to the artist!

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