Title
Calli e canali in Venezia
Files
Description
FIRST EDITION of a luxuriously produced, yet popular volume of 100 topographical photogravure plates. Among the beautiful photos are the picturesque Venetian 'Palazzi', the public areas of Piazza San Marco and the little 'Campi' and 'Calli'.
Publication Date
1891
Publisher
Organia
City
Venezia
Keywords
Venice, Architecture, Views
Disciplines
Architecture | Fine Arts | Illustration | Italian Literature | Printmaking
First Department
Architecture
Second Department
Visual Art, Communication and Design
Recommended Citation
Ongania, Ferdinando, "Calli e canali in Venezia" (1891). Rare Books at James White Library. 3.
https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/library-books/3
Comments
"Ferdinando Ongania was an antiquarian book seller, with a shop in St. Mark's Square, Venice. His love of Venice inspired him to record the architecture of his beloved city, but Call E Canali in Venezia was surely his masterpiece. St. Mark's Museum in Venice had an exhibit in 2011 celebrating Ongania's work.
These beautiful, finely produced original photogravures on creamy, luxurious thick paper reveal a Venice of a bygone era that has been lost forever. It captures a more serene time in the nineteenth century before the annual invasion of 15 million tourists that the city now experiences. The luminous photogravures, in subtle black and sepia tones, portray an idyllic world of palazzos, canals, and bridges where scenes of enchanting beauty were part of everyday life."