Venice - Free Audiobook
Author(s): Dorothy Menpes, Mortimer Menpes,
1 / 10Arrival and First Impresssions
- 1. Arrival and First Impresssions
- 2. History
- 3. A Glimpse Into Bohemia
- 4. Architecture
- 5. St. Mark's
- 6. Painters of the Renaissance
- 7. Streets, Shops, and Courtyards
- 8. The Islands of the Lagoon
- 9. Social Ups and Downs
- 10. Gondolas and Gondoliers
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Following his assignment to South Africa as Black and White Magazine's war artist, Mortimer Menpes travelled extensively, becoming the artist of choice for A. & C. Black's colour guide book series. His guide to Venice, co-authored with his daughter, Dorothy Menpes, contained 75 watercolour illustrations. Menpes's text, which serves well as a guide to the art and architecture of present-day Venice, is enlivened by his enthusiasm for everything Venetian, and especially by his satirical portrait of the community of foreign artists who gather at the Panada restaurant. - Summary by Phil Benson
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