COOL NOVEMBER FOG

THE FIRST FOG OF WINTER IN LONDON HAS REMINDED US OF THE MAGICAL EFFECTS OF THIS WATER SUSPENDED IN AIR. SOUND IS MUFFLED, SHAPES ARE BLURRED, FRAGRANCE IS ENHANCED

FOG IS CREATED WHEN HUMID AIR CONDENSES AS IT DRIFTS OVER A COLD LANDSCAPE OR RIVER. IT OFTEN HAPPENS AFTER A COLD NIGHT AND IS BURNED-OFF BY THE SUN THE FOLLOWING DAY

IT IS A NATURAL RELAXING FACE MIST. AND IT’S FREE!

VIEWS OF VENICE ARE SOME OF THE FIRST PICTURES TO CAPTURE COLD WINTER FOG. IPPOLITO CAFFI, BORN IN 1809, MADE HIS NAME IN VENICE CAPTURING VIEWS OF THE CITY UNDER MANY WEATHER EFFECTS, INCLUDING THIS ONE

VENEZIA SOTTO NEVE E NEBBIA 1842, 26 X 42 CM, MUSEO CA’ PESARO, VENICE

THIS VIEW IS LOOKING UP THE GRAND CANAL TOWARDS ST MARK’S, PALAZZO PAPADOPOLI WITH THE OBELISKS ON THE RIGHT. THICK COLD FOG IS ROLLING DOWN THE CANAL FROM THE LAGOON

SANTA MARIA DELLA SALUTE, mattinata sotto la nebbia 47 x 61 cm

TRAVELLING UP THE GRAND CANAL, THIS IS SANTA MARIA DELLA SALUTE IN THE MORNING WITH THE SUN STARTING TO BREAK THROUGH

SANTA MARIA DELLA SALUTE SOTTO NEBBIA E NEVE 1852, 56 X 72 CM

THIS IS THE SAME VIEW BUT A BIT CLOSER TO LA SALUTE AND ON A COLDER DAY. IT WAS PAINTED ON THE ARTIST’S RETURN TO VENICE AFTER BEING IN GENOVA AND SWITZERLAND ON THE RUN FROM THE AUSTRIANS (he got caught-up in the first war of italian independence of 1848). IT’S PAINTED FROM A BOAT IN A LOCATION CLOSE TO THE CURRENT PONTE DELL’ACCADEMIA WHICH WAS BUILT IN 1854. THE DOGANA IS ALMOST VISIBLE IN THE FROZEN FOG

SANTA MARIA DELLA SALUTE E LA DOGANA 44 x 63 cm, museo revoltella, trieste

HERE WE ARE LATER IN THE DAY AND LATER IN DATE. THE SUN HAS BURNED-OFF MOST THE MIST ON THE CANAL. BUT BEYOND THE STEAMSHIP DENSE FOG STILL SHROUDS THE SQUARE RIGGED CUTTER MOORED OFF THE DOGANA

JUST AS LARIA NATURAL PERFUME SMELLS UNIQUE ON EACH PERSON, DIFFERENT WEATHER CONDITIONS CHANGE THE AROMAS AROUND US

COOL FOG MODULATES A FRAGRANCE: THE WATER IN THE AIR MIXES WITH THE VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AND RELEASES THEM SLOWLY. LARIA WORN ON A FOGGY VENETIAN DAY WILL HAVE THE COOL GREEN AND GENTLE WOOD NOTES ACCENTUATED. THE SWEETER FLORAL NOTES WILL BE MORE UNDERSTATED: THE SUBTLETY OF WINTER