It was the former home of the Venetian Scuola of the same name. The Scuola was founded in 1594 under Doge Pasquale Cicogna, and was the last of its kind to be recognized as a Scuola Grande in 1767 by the Council of Ten. Initially it was located in the Convent of the Church of Carmini, whose structure also faces the campo of the same name. The present scuola building was designed by Francesco Caustello and Baldassare Longhena. In 1807, the confraternity was suppressed by Napoleon's anticlerical decrees. The Austrians allowed the Scuola to reopen, and it continues activities today, though mostly cultural activities.
Exterior
The entrance facade and porch are of Baroque style, are facing south and overlook the southwestern tip of Campo Santa Margherita, while the west facade is parallel to the left of the nave of Carmini church. and visible from Campo dei Carmini. The whiteness of the two facades is due to their Istrian stone surface and opposes the black thick wrought iron balustrades that close all the windows of the building.
Interior
The Scuola dei Carmini contains many works of great artistic value, due to their presence in their original location.
Inside the school, on the ground floor, there is a large chapel with a single nave, baroque style, the ceiling is apparent woodwork is remarkable. The main altar is dedicated to Our Lady ofMount Carmel, protector of the brotherhood, the painting of the altarpiece, an oil on canvas of the Venetian painter Sante Piatti, represents it. The piece is entirely decorated with grisaille paintings by Niccolò Bambini. On the left wall the circumcision of Jesus, surrounding the access to the staircase of Baldassare Longhena, Faith, Hope and Charity. On the right wall The rest of the holy family in Egypt and the Assumption of the Virgin. From this room, to the right of the stairs you can access the sacristy, a small room covered by a barrel vault and embellished by the original wooden seats.
The stairs and the corridor
The grand staircase and the corridor with barrel vaults on a drawing of Baldassare Longhena, were made by his pupil Antonio Gaspari. The sculptures in staff are the work of Alvise Bassi and were set up between 1728 and 1729. Three medallions in the last ramp show the theological Virtues, frescoes of Sante Piatti dating from 1733.
The capitular hall
It is the largest of the rooms, enriched in all its parts by the most precious works. It is richly illuminated by the paintings on canvas of the ceiling by Giambattista Tiepolo which were executed from 1739 to 1744. The stuccoes are of the Swiss decorator Abbondio Stazio in 1740, gilded by Carpoforo Mazzeti from 1742 to 1743. In the hall there is an altar dedicated to the Virgin with a statue of the Madonna and Child offering the scapular, a 17th century work of Bernardo Falconi.
Penance, humility, truth : Penance ; Humility ; The Truth.
Angel with lilies and putto with scapulars : A putto brandied two scapulars, an angel in the center holds a bouquet of lilies, two seraphim below kiss.
The Virgin in glory hands Saint Simon Stock the scapular 1749. The last central picture to have been put in place.
Courage and Justice : Courage ; Justice.
Prudence, purity and temperance : Prudence ; Purity ; Temperance.
Bordering on both sides the central table.
The angel who saves a boy who falls from a scaffolding
The angel dressed in red wears the scapular for the faithful
Angel with lilies and putto with scapulars : A putto brandied two scapulars, an angel in the center holds a bouquet of lilies, two seraphim below kiss.
The angel of indulgences
;The walls
Sala dell'Albergo
So called because we welcomed pilgrims and the poor. Nowadays, it is reserved for meetings of the Chancellery and members of Scuola. The wall coverings are carved walnut and the pavement is made of polychrome marbles. ;The ceiling ; The walls
The rooms of the archive
The rooms of the archive contain ceiling and wall paintings by Giustino Menescardi with elaborate woodwork, specially caryatids by Giacomo Piazzetta father of the painter Giovanni Battista Piazzetta.; the iconography of the paintings was organized by Gaetano Zompini. Among Menescardi's paintings are Martyrdom of Brothers Maccabe and Abigail placates David's designs against her husband Nabal. The ceiling depicts a Virgin appears to Elias atop Mount Carmel. In the antechamber a painting by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta Judithe and Holofernes from 1745. On the wall in front of the file cabinet is a large painting by Gaetano Zompini: Esther faints before Ahasuerus. On the wall facing the windows a two-part paintings by Giustino Menescardi: The Martyrdom of the Maccabees and St. Salome . On the wall of the cabinet of the Archives two paintings. Abigail soothes and disarms David indignant against his husband Nabal by Giustino Menescardi and Rebecca at the Well by Gaetano Zompini.
