The backdrop, a huge scrim, is used to project titles, Venetian scenes, paintings (including a Caravaggio) and even fireworks.

The Venetian scenes mirror Sargent's imaginative relationship to women in general.

Both are filled with mirrors and appropriate paintings like the obligatory Venetian scene complete with gondola.

S Map This backstreet joint offers a glimpse into a fairly typical Venetian eating scene.

It was the most commonplace Venetian scene imaginable.

Similar to Sargent's other Venetian scenes, the street is mostly darkened, the peripheral figures in shadow, while light spills on the buildings from the distance.

At various sites, actors will re-create paintings of Venetian scenes and characters.

A few framed paintings of Venetian scenes with gondolas and gondoliers completed the typical decor.

Don't let the lighthearted Venetian bedroom-balcony-to-gondola chase scene at the beginning fool you.

They show an Egyptian scene with laborers and a Venetian scene of commercial trading.