Lithograph on paper
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San Marco Venice
Presented by Curwen Studio through the Institute of Contemporary Prints 1975
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Venice, San Marco
<p>Piper had first drawn in Venice in the spring of 1959, for a commission from the Arthur Jeffress Gallery in London. He then regularly made paintings and drawings of the city, and drew illustrations for an edition of Adrian Stokes's book Venice.</p><p>Piper had always admired the writing of John Ruskin, who had affected his art more than any other critic. He used the surface of this lithograph to imitate the unexpected dazzle of light from the façade of St Mark's Cathedral. This fascination combines Ruskin's interest in the variety of weather and in The Stones of Venice.</p><p><em>Gallery label, July 2008</em></p>
paper print lithograph
8 November 2004 – 1 August 2005
2005-08-01
8 November 2004
2004-11-08
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2004-11-08
John Piper: Ruins
Collection based display
San Marco, Venice
image: 645 × 467 mm
Presented by <a href="/search?gid=999999974" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Curwen Studio</a> through the Institute of Contemporary Prints 1975
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<span class="text7">Piper had first drawn in Venice in the spring of 1959,      for a commission from the Arthur Jeffress Gallery in London. He then      regularly made <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>paintings</span></a> and <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawings</span></a> of </span><span class="text15">the      city, and drew illustrations for an edition of Adrian Stokes's book </span><span class="text18">Venice.</span><span class="text15">
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<span class="text7">Piper had always admired the writing of </span><span class="text16">John Ruskin, who had affected his art more</span><span class="text7"> than any other critic. He used the surface </span><span class="text16">of this <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/l/lithography" title="Glossary definition for 'Lithography'"><span>lithograph</span></a> to imitate the unexpected</span><span class="text7"> </span><span class="text17">dazzle of light from the façade      of St Mark's</span><span class="text7"> Cathedral. This fascination      combines Ruskin's interest in the variety of weather and in </span><span class="text19">The Stones of Venice. </span>
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