Screenprint on paper
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Rose and Chris Prater
Death in Venice
Collection
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/john-piper-1774" aria-label="More by John Piper" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">John Piper</a>
Presented by Rose and Chris Prater through the Institute of Contemporary Prints 1975
alley
arch
architecture
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
features
Gothic
historical: imagined views
Italy
medieval
natural phenomena
periods and styles
places
shadow
stonework
townscapes / man-made features
Venice - non-specific
Venice, capriccio view
<p>John Piper designed the sets for the first staging of the opera <i>Death in Venice</i> in 1973. The opera was based on the novella by Thomas Mann and was the work of British composer Benjamin Britten with Myfanwy Piper, who wrote the libretto.Piper’s sets used narrow revolving panels painted with details of Venetian architecture. This screenprint is from a portfolio of eight based on the sketches he made for the set designs.</p><p><em>Gallery label, May 2007</em></p>
paper print screenprint
22 December 2006 – 24 February 2008
2008-02-24
22 December 2006 – 24 February 2008
2008-02-24
2006-12-22
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2006-12-22
John Piper
Collection based display
[title not known]
Presented by <a href="/search?gid=999999979" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Rose and Chris Prater</a> through the Institute of Contemporary Prints 1975
<p>John Piper designed the sets for the first staging of the opera <i>Death in Venice</i> in 1973. The opera was based on the novella by Thomas Mann and was the work of British composer Benjamin Britten with Myfanwy Piper, who wrote the libretto.Piper’s sets used narrow revolving panels painted with details of Venetian architecture. This screenprint is from a portfolio of eight based on the sketches he made for the set designs.</p>

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alley arch architecture cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents features Gothic historical: imagined views Italy medieval natural phenomena periods and styles places shadow stonework townscapes / man-made features Venice, capriccio view Venice - non-specific