Commissioned in 1750, the Palazzo Venier was planned as a testimony to the power and wealth of a great Venetian family, but the fortunes of the Veniers waned midconstruction and the project was abandoned. Empty, unfinished, and decaying, the building was considered an eyesore until the early twentieth century when it attracted and inspired three women at key moments in their lives: Luisa Casati, Doris Castlerosse, and Peggy Guggenheim. Luisa Casati turned her home into an aesthete’s fantasy where she hosted parties as extravagant and decadent as Renaissance court operas, spending small fortune The Unfinished Palazzo - Judith Mackrell od authora Judith Mackrell a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
Autor |
Judith Mackrell |
Jazyk |
anglický |
Počet stran |
408 |
Rok vydání |
2017 |
Typ |
filmy |
Nakladatelství |
Thames & Hudson |