St. Mark's Square
2006
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
2006
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
St. Mark's Square is a 2006 by Giulia Zaniol, depicting Carpet, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print shows St. Mark’s Square in Venice. It’s by Giulia Zaniol, made in 2006 using etching and metallic pigments. The print belongs to a series about how tourism has changed Venice. Zaniol won a prize for these etchings. She layered delicate color with chine collé to build depth. The square looks busy, yet quiet somehow. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum next.
A landscape-format print of St. Mark's Square depicts a cruise ship silhouetted against the horizon, with the square's architectural forms partially obscured by a swirling, textile-like background pattern rendered in green and gold. The composition merges the city's historic public space with the effects of mass tourism, using etched lines and metallic pigments to evoke Venice's traditional textile heritage. The densely patterned ground references brocades and velvets associated with the city, while the distant ship underscores the impact of visitor influx on its fabric.
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Giulia Zaniol’s prints bring Venice’s watery streets to paper. Two 2006 prints in this set—*St. Mark’s Square* and *Venice Lagoon*—capture the city’s light and currents in crisp, quiet lines. The works sit between…
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