The Palazzo Contarini-Fasan, Venice Frame:natural mosaic-like effect

mosaic-like effect

The balustrade leads to the front door of the church of SS Domenico e Sisto in Rome

and a small buoy

of which this is the largest and most magnificent

Uccello's approach is also highly decorative

The Palazzo Contarini-Fasan, Venice Frame:natural mosaic-like effectThe drawing shows a view up the Grand Canal from a point roughly in the middle of the opening into the Bacino di San Marco, focussing on the buildings between the Calle del Traghetto and Rio dele Ostreghe. The buildings are, from right to left: the Palazzo Contarini, with two upper storeys of ogee arched windows and balconies; the Palazzo Contarini Fasan, with two upper storeys of ogee arches and very ornate balconies; the Palazzo Manolesso Ferro,