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The unfinished palazzo : life, love and art in Venice : the stories of Luisa Casati, Doris Castlerosse and Peggy Guggenheim

Mackrell, Judith, author

Overview

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 Venier family waned and the project was abandoned with only one storey complete. Empty, unfinished, and in a gradual state of decay, the building was considered an eyesore. Yet in the early 20th century the Unfinished Palazzo's quality of fairytale abandonment, and its potential for transformation, were to attract and inspire three fascinating women at key moments in their lives: Luisa Casati, Doris Castlerosse and Peggy Guggenheim. Each chose the Palazzo Venier as the stage on which to build her own world of art and imagination, surrounded by an amazing supporting cast, from d'Annunzio and Nijinsky, via Noel Coward and Cecil Beaton, to Yoko Ono.

• Publisher: Thames & Hudson Inc.
• Subject: Casati Stampa, Luisa, 1881-1957 Homes and haunts Italy Venice. / Delevingne, Doris Homes and haunts Italy Venice. / Guggenheim, Peggy, 1898-1979 Homes and haunts Italy Venice. / Palazzo Venier dei Leoni (Venice, Italy) / Upper class women Italy Venice Biography. / Palaces Italy Venice History. / Venice (Italy) Social life and customs 20th century.
• ISBN: 9780500518663, 0500518661

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
NA7756.V5 M33 2017	1	BOOK	ARTS