Venice: Rio delle Torreselle

In Venice, a veritable feast of architectural delights, subjects will change their nature almost as you watch, as the sun's position moves to reflect light from new unexpected angles. This scene could be painted at five different times during the day with just as satisfying a result. But Venice is not a large place and is walkable from end to end. Its charm lies in its nature as a city of canals. Tradesman go about their everyday work in their boats. There are no roads, only passageways, bridges and steps. The carpenter in the painting unloads his supplies and will return home for supper in his shapely craft.

Venice is another world and in a thousand years only the shape of the boats and the dress of the people have changed its appearance.

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