In
this enormous imposing mass of 17th century architecture
Bald Longhena achieves, in his last creation,
an expression of magestic splendour and titanic
solidity.
The building was strarted from the inside wing
of the courtyard, and in 1673, the facade was
begun and three years later, the "piano nobile"
was built.
The work was interupted first by the death of
Longhena in 1682, and again in 1703, and was only
brought to completion in 1703 with the help of
the architect Antonio Gaspari, who finished the
top floor according to Longhena's plans, and also
the side facing the canal.
Today it is the International Gallery of Modern
Art and Museum of Oriental Art.
Collection of works by 19th- and 20th-century
Italian and foreign artists.
Closed: Monday, December 25, January 1, May 1
Admission: euro 5,50; reduced euro 3,00
Last entrance 1 hour before closing time.
A remarkable collection of modern art located
in a baroque palace built on a plan by Baldassarre
Longhena.
The museum displays important canvases by European
artists such as Klimt, Kandinsky and Chagall
as well as masterpieces of 20th century Italian
art.
The palace also houses the Museum of Oriental
Art, the most important of its kind in Europe,
the founding collection being that of Enrico
di Borbone at the end of the 19th century.
There are exhibits of paintings, sculptures,
pottery, and ceremonial armaments and weapons
of war, lacquer work, kakemono (Japanese paintings
on rectangular-shaped paper) and screens.
