I've been a little busy finishing a house in Westchester, NY, so I haven't had a chance to post recently. Add to that that we were at the Biennale in Venice and a furniture exhibit in Versailles, so things have been busy. I thought that I would share some of the beautiful things that I saw while abroad starting with the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice. The church is set on an island given to the monks of San Giorgio by doge Tribuno Memmo in 982. The first church was consecrated in 829 but the current building, Palladio's masterpiece was begun in 1529. The monastery was abandoned after the Republic fell in 1812 and is now headquarters of the Cini Foundation arts center.
The Camapnile is very similar in style to the one at San Marco, it has spectacular views of Venice and the Veneto right to the alps.
The maze
View from the top to San Marco
From the Vaporetto stop looking at Venice
The amazingly simple and elegant interior by Palladio was one of two masterpieces on display. The other is the installation by Anish Kapoor called Ascension.
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