Venice, Rebuilding the Campanile

About this work

This sketch shows a busy square with tall, ornate buildings and a crowd of people. Two big columns stand in the foreground, each topped with a statue. In the middle, a tall, pointed tower rises above the rest—it looks like it’s being rebuilt. The ground is wet, and scaffolding clings to the tower’s sides. The artist focused on the moment Venice fixed its famous bell tower after it collapsed in 1912. The sketch feels rushed, like a quick note of a big event. Look up technique: lithography to see how this drawing was made.