ITALY Venice Interior Saint Mark's Baptistery

Description: The Baptistery in St. Marks, Venice Another Fine Quality Print from Martin2001 One of the finest 19th Century Italian views, drawn and engraved by the best artists of the time. Print Specifics: Type of print: Steel engraving - Original antique printYear of printing: not indicated in the print - actual: 1858 Original artist - Engraver: Brockedon - Carter Publisher: Blackie and Son, Queen Street Glasgow, Edinburgh & London. Condition: 1 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good - 4. Fair) Dimensions: 9 x 13 inches (23 x 33 cm), including blank margins (borders) around the image. Paper weight: 3-4 (1. Thick - 2. Card - 3. Heavy - 4. Medium heavy - 5. Slightly heavier - 6. Light) Reverse side: BlankNotes: 1. The photos show the overall view of print and enlarged image. 2. Green color around the print in the photo is a contrasting background on which the print was photographed. 3. Print detail is sharper then the photo of the print. Narrative: The Church of St. Mark, from its first foundation in the tenth century, until its final completion in 1111, was an object of especial regard to the Doges, who devoted themselves to its progress and adornment. Its excess of ornament, in columns and screens, statues, arabesques, and mosaics, destroys the impressive effect which its scale of grandeur and magnitude would otherwise have produced. It is difficult to describe its architecture. The original plan was a Greek cross, and the adornments are Byzantine, Syriac, and Gothic, with much that cannot be referred to any known type or style. The subdued light renders the interior very striking, although under a stronger illumination the elaborate ornaments would distract the eye, and produce a meretricious effect. San Marco is set with rich objects won by Venetian enterprise and valour. In the principal front, there are five hundred splendid columns of precious marbles, of various colours; some polygonal, some with Armenian and Syrian inscriptions deeply engraven, the whole presenting a multiform enigma to the mind. The character of the entire building is rich and strange, full of mystery and meaning. The chapel of the Baptistery is enriched with mosaics of the eleventh and twelfth centuries, representing, amongst other subjects, the baptism of Christ. One of the bronze doors is said to have been brought from the basilica of St. Sophia, at Constantinople. The Benetier, or water vase, is a work in porphyry, of the fifteenth century. It is supported by an antique altar of Greek sculpture, ornamented with dolphins and tridents, the attributes of Neptune, which though not inappropriate to Venice, can by no stretch of fancy be construed into emblems of St. Mark. A statue of the Baptist in bronze, the work of Francisco Segala, is placed over the font. The chapel of the Baptistery contains the tomb of Andrea Dandolo, the last Doge who obtained the honour of interment in St. Mark's. He was "an intrepid warrior and a skilful politician, the friend of Petrarch, and the oldest historian of Venice, as his ancestor was the greatest hero " Martin2001 Satisfaction Guaranteed Policy! Any print purchased from me may be returned for any (or no) reason for a full refund including all postage. Internet seller since 1998.Five-star service.

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