Venice
Mortimer Menpes and Dorothy Menpes
Read by Phil Benson
Following his assignment to South Africa as Black and White Magazine's war artist, Mortimer Menpes travelled extensively, becoming the artist of choice for A. & C. Black's colour guide book series. His guide to Venice, co-authored with his daughter, Dorothy Menpes, contained 75 watercolour illustrations. Menpes's text, which serves well as a guide to the art and architecture of present-day Venice, is enlivened by his enthusiasm for everything Venetian, and especially by his satirical portrait of the community of foreign artists who gather at the Panada restaurant. - Summary by Phil Benson (4 hr 52 min)
Chapters
Arrival and First Impresssions | 20:48 | Read by Phil Benson |
History | 29:21 | Read by Phil Benson |
A Glimpse Into Bohemia | 20:25 | Read by Phil Benson |
Architecture | 29:09 | Read by Phil Benson |
St. Mark's | 16:02 | Read by Phil Benson |
Painters of the Renaissance | 47:10 | Read by Phil Benson |
Streets, Shops, and Courtyards | 32:49 | Read by Phil Benson |
The Islands of the Lagoon | 30:55 | Read by Phil Benson |
Social Ups and Downs | 24:34 | Read by Phil Benson |
Gondolas and Gondoliers | 41:19 | Read by Phil Benson |