The essay focuses on the valorisation of pictorial works to be brought back into their original exhibition contexts, reflecting on the contribution of today’s digital technologies in enhancing their understanding and enjoyment. Starting from this assumption, the focus is on the principles of digital storytelling to be implemented in installations capable of maintaining a continuous dialogue between physical and digital space, through video projections interacting with reconstructions of 3D-printed architecture, obtained through careful perspective restitutions. In particular, there are three canvases depicting some of the most important events in the life of Saint Mark, painted by Gentile and Giovanni Bellini and by Giovanni Mansueti, respectively for Guardian Grande Marco Pellegrini and Jacopo Dardani. They were once kept in the Sala dell’Albergo of the Scuola Grande di San Marco in Venice, where their return is now hoped for. The multimedia installation planned for the Sala Capitolare is thus configured as an edutainment route that anticipates the rediscovery of the original works, to be contemplated only after understanding their specific meanings.
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