Items taken from Venice (1907) (results page 1)

Front Cover, Venice Venice (1907)

The book has (or had when I started) its original binding, blue with gold lettering stamped in place.

Keywords: book covers, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-04-12

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Frontispiece: The Horses of San Marco, Looking North. Venice (1907)

Bronze (or painted) statues of horses in strong sunlight. The printed colours or this painting do not reproduce well on the screen. There is a caption, “By permission of the Hon. John Collier.”

Keywords: statuary, pillars, animals, horses, colour

Places shown: Venice; Veneto; Italy

Added: 2006-04-12

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Title Page, Venice Venice (1907)

Venice, title page, with the publisher’s mark.

The book was also published in the US in the same year, by Dodd, Mead & Co.

Keywords: title pages, colour, page images

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-04-12

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4.—View on the Grand Canal Venice (1907)

The Grand Canal, Venice; theCanal Grandeis the largest canal in Venice.

Keywords: water, canals, colour, cities, buildings, colour

Places shown: Venice; Veneto; Italy

Added: 2006-05-22

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63.—Bronze Well-Head by Alberghetti—Courtyard of the Palazzo Ducale. Venice (1907)

“Marco tells of magnificent feasts made by the Great Kaan on his birthday and on New Year’s Day. He delights in stories of the chase within the domain of Cublay’s palace of Chandu (perhaps the Xanadu [...]

Keywords: statuary, fountains, courtyards, architecture, buildings, people, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: Venice; Veneto; Italy

Added: 2006-04-12

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130.—Palazzo Sanudo Venice (1907)

A grand arch in a crumbling wall on the opposite side of a canal in Venice marks an entrance to the palace of Sanudo.If, before leaving the campo, we make a short journey on foot along the Salizzada w [...]

Keywords: paintings, art, doorways, canals, water, doors, architecture, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-06-02

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Cloisters in Santa Scholastica, Subiaco Venice (1907)

One of the three cloisters in this Benedictine monastery; it was built by Abbot Lando in 1235, and is decorated on the vault with mosaic work by the Cosmati. See page 36 and interleaf, page 82.Page 8 [...]

Keywords: cloisters, interiors, sunlight, people, windows, pillars, colour, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Subiaco; San Lorenzo; Rome; Italy

Added: 2014-08-10

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