Venice #1: Palazzo Fortuny - A journey through time ... A must visit for art lovers

A journey through time

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It was when I got separated from my Venice tour, so I walked around the streets thinking If I should do a gondola ride, since it was a bit expensive for a single person. And I stumbled upon this place – Palazzo Fortuny.

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Palazzo Fortuny - Once owned by the Pesaro family, this Gothic building in Campo San Beneto, near the church of the same name, was transformed by Mariano Fortuny into his own photography, stage-design, textile-design and painting atelier. Source

Paradise for art lovers

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The building from the outside looked Gothic -style, not sure what was to expect, I went inside with not much hope. As soon as I entered, it felt like a completely different world, it was an artist’s paradise with a rich and varied art collection from statues, to textiles, architecture, paintings, and much more.

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The place is a perfect intersection of art, design, and architecture.. But what excited me most was the paintings and the Delphos gowns. I have admired them since the time I read about the finely pleated Delphos gown from the ancient Greek sculptures and I can see it close, it was beyond anything for me!

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DELPHOS GOWNS

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Delphos pleated dress – Mariano Fortuny

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Printed silk tunic over a Delphos dress by Mariano Fortuny - Palazzo Fortuny

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The dress was inspired by the Hellenistic classical sculpture of the Charioteer of Delphi, discovered in 1896.

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You enter a dark room, and from the first glance, the paintings capture your eyes and thoughts. It is a mysterious place, and so much to see, the walls are adorned with rich tapestry, and paintings, the space with a collection of paintings and sculpture, furnishing lamps, theatre models, the famous Delphos and theatre costumes. Every single artwork is a masterpiece in itself which cannot be missed. you can't help but marvel at these incredible work of arts.

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The Bottega Cadorin - A Dynasty of Venetian Artists, Sculptor - Vincenzo Cadorin

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I would recommend anyone going to Venice to include this if you are even remotely interested in the arts.

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The collections within the museum comprise an extensive number of pieces and materials which reflect the various fields investigated in the artist’s work. These are organized under certain specific headings: painting, light, photography, and textiles.

• Painting: there are around 150 paintings by Mariano Fortuny, which illustrate the various phases of his career as an artist, where the Wagnerian period (until 1899) holds a central place.

• Light: the main focus of Fortuny’s work was light design, perfectly identified with the creation of the celebrated theatre dome.

• Photography: photographs exhibited were taken either from the collection left by Mariano Fortuny or from the Musei Civici di Venezia's collection, comprising works from 1850 to the Second World War, in a rich variety of styles, techniques, and historic images.

• Fabrics: the collection of clothes, fabrics, prints, materials and ornamental clothes make up a rich sample of Fortuny’s work in the field of fabrics and fashion design, in which the artist took ornamental motifs and reinterpreted them in a modern decorative style. Source

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PAINTINGS

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‘Portrait of a muse’ painting by Mariano Fortuny, 1935
Portrait of Henriette Fortuny in Pompeian costume with a Delphos dress and Knossos scarf designed by Mariano Fortuny

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Still Life. The plasters in the atelier (1940) - by Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo

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SCULPTURES

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Wood carved sculpture Fortuny Palazzo

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Guido Cadorin – nude female sculpture relief

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ARCHITECTURE

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TEXTILES

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THE MUSEUM

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