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

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Mackrell, Judith, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Guggenheim, Peggy, 1898-1979.
• Casati Stampa, Luisa, 1881-1957.
• Palazzo Venier dei Leoni (Venice, Italy).
• Casati Stampa, Luisa, 1881-1957--Homes and haunts--Italy--Venice.
• Delevingne, Doris, 1900-1942--Homes and haunts--Italy--Venice.
• Guggenheim, Peggy, 1898-1979--Homes and haunts--Italy--Venice.
• Upper class women--Italy--Venice--Biography.
• Palaces--Italy--Venice--History.
• Palaces.
• History.
• Upper class women.
• Venice (Italy)--Social life and customs--20th century.
• Homes.
• Manners and customs.
• Italy--Venice.
• HISTORY / Women.
• HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century.
• HISTORY / Social History.
• Buildings--Italy--Venice.
• Buildings.

Local Subjects:

• HISTORY / Women.
• HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century.
• HISTORY / Social History.

Genre:

• Biographies.
• History.

Physical Description:

408 pages : illustrations (1 color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Thames & Hudson Inc., 2017.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

• Luisa Casati: the living work of art
• Doris Castlerosse: the salonnière
• Peggy Guggenheim: the collector.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-397) and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Nichols fund bookplate.

ISBN:

• 9780500518663
• 0500518661

OCLC:

973401340