Tower In Venice?

[Patti Harrison]

I have a painting which was purchased in Scotland, painted by a Scottish artist
It is a still life floral scene with a window that views the water and
gondolas.
As well there is a tower in the background and I was told it is the Tower of
Venice. Can you confirm this.
Thanks,
Patti yvr0...@cyberstore.ca

[David Swanson]

Yes, I checked my records, and it seems that all still life flower
scenes purchased in Scotland do contain the tower of Venice.

David

We are born, so to speak, provisionally, it doesn't matter where. It
is only gradually that we compose within ourselves our true place of
origin so that we may be born there retrospectively and each day more
definitely. - Rilke

[Lisa Maccari]

David Swanson (dc...@darwin.clas.virginia.edu) wrote:
: Yes, I checked my records, and it seems that all still life flower

: scenes purchased in Scotland do contain the tower of Venice.

: David

The bell-tower of S.Marco in Venice is NOT original! It crashed down
at the beginning of this century, an was rebuilt almost identical in
1902, or some year around...

Lisa

[David Swanson]

In article <3h57rn$a...@sisifo.arcetri.astro.it>
li...@sisifo.arcetri.astro.it (Lisa Maccari) writes:

Lisa,

You're right! I forgot to take that into consideration. I've
recalculated, and it appears that only still-life flower scenes
purchesed on the east coast of Ireland contain the original tower of
Venice. What appears to be the tower of Venice in still-life flower
scenes purchased in Scotland, on closer inspection, will be found to be
only a '67 Buick hood ornament meant to symbolize the tower, a subtle
pictorial parody of the New York Met Life building.

[Siro Trevisanato]

Al furbone che "attacca" il mio post riga per riga senza citarlo
faccio la stessa cortesia.

Il mio post diceva :

On Tue, 7 Feb 1995, Siro Trevisanato wrote:

[osservazioni di Lisa Maccari e Marco Bertamini omesse]

> Thanx for the invitation. I'll briefly take the floor.
> The church tower of S. Marco collapsed in 1902 and was rebuilt "come era
> dove era" by 1912. The coming down of the building was immortalized in
> some photographs showing how the tower collapsed on itself and the
> cappella del Sansovino, rather than falling on a side and demolishing
> the procuratie and/or the basilica and/or the palazzo ducale.

E fin qui tutto bene. Nessuno ha obiettato (potevano) che avevo dato un
altro nome alla loggia del S.

>
> Last but not least I wanted to point out, that whoever identified
> the church tower of St. Marc with the "Tower of Venise" could be
> in for a surprise : there is no such thing as a tower of Venise.
> Venise has a large number of towers, some of which belong to
> sacred, and some of which belong to lay buldings. Some church

Qui inizia l'"attacco" : Venezia avrebbe due sole torri (all'arsenale).
Il termine inglese tower e' piu' esteso di quello italiano torre (per es.
include i campanili), ragion per cui, visto che scrivevo in inglese, non
vedo la forza dell'argomento del mio contraddittore.

> towers have also been converted into dwellings (e.g. along the road
> to the ponte degli Scalzi starting at S. Maria Mater Domini).
>
> As far as towers are concerned, I can think of the torre dell'orologio

Secondo il mio detrattore la torre dell'orologio non sarebbe una torre.
Tutti pero' la chiamano cosi'. E' bassa, e' incastrata tra altri
edifici ed ha un sottoportico, ma e' una torre.

> in Piazza S. Marco, the towers of the arsenal, and the Torre del bovolo

Le torri dell'arsenale le ho menzionate anch'io, dal post del detrattore
sembra che me ne fossi dimenticato.

> behind campo Manin. If you include church towers I imagine that the

Circa quella del bovolo (veneziano per chiocciola) : han tirato via
i muri della costruzione nella quale la scala si trova[va]? Anche
quella _e'_ chiamata torre. E' incorporata sul lato d'un palazzo,
e allora?

> most famous one is the one of S. Giorgio on the homonymous little
> island facing the piazzetta (believed by most people to be Piazza

E qui nessun commento, strano.

> S. Marco). Moreover, a careless tourist wouldn't be able to tell
> the difference between the church tower of S. Marco and the one of
> S. Francesco delle vigne.

Il mio detrattore finge di non aver letto quel "a careless tourist":
sfido qualunque careless tourist a distinguere i due campanili. Certo
ad essere ai piedi delle costruzioni e' una cosa; a vederli da distante,
e quindi non sapere dove trovarsi e guardare in alto e scorgere i
campanili e doverli identificare e' un'altra.

>
> Don't think that only Jacopo will try to contradict me, Jennifer is
> on the prawl, too :-)
>
> Sa[l]udi,
>
> Siro
>
> PS As far as bombs are concerned, the only ones I know of, were those
> sent by the Austrians during WWI, and which landed in front of S. Marco
> (small plaques on the sagrato).
>

Grazie dell'ascolto (specie Jennifer, so che bazzichi sul net).
Saluti,

Siro

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