'100 Churches of Venice and the Lagoon' by Alejandro Merizalde

100 CHURCHES OF VENICE AND THE LAGOON Photographs by Alejandro Merizalde

Essay by Marina Gasparini Lagrange

Plate 1. santa maria assunta (gesuiti)

Plate 2. santa maria di nazareth (scalzi)

Plate 3. san simeone piccolo

Plate 4. san nicola da tolentino

Plate 5. santa maria dei miracoli

Plate 6. san giorgio dei greci

Plate 7. chiesa della misericordia

Plate 8. san nicolò dei mendicoli

Plate 9. sinagoga italiana

Plate 10. sinagoga levantina

Plate 11. san marziale

Plate 12. santa teresa

Plate 13. santa maria del redentore

Plate 14. san giobbe

Plate 15. santa maria maddalena

Plate 16. san barnaba

Plate 17. santa maria gloriosa dei frari

Plate 18. madonna dell’orto

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'100 Churches of Venice and the Lagoon' by Alejandro Merizalde

Published on Aug 25, 2021

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'100 Churches of Venice and the Lagoon' is a photographic project started by Alejandro Merizalde in 2014, alongside a broader body of black and white work that began in the city in 2008. The color photographs in this book document religious temples from every sestiere in Venice and the smaller towns surrounding the Venetian lagoon: from Murano to Burano and Torcello; from Pellestrina to Chioggia and deep into the northern lagoon to areas like Lio Piccolo, Mesole and beyond, Merizalde found and photographed their respective churches whether they remained in service or had been deconsecrated or repurposed. Following their architectural similarities, the book presents a layout that favors the façade and relies on this subtle repetition for artistic sustenance and balance. A poignant essay by Marina Gasparini Lagrange provides an account that combines her personal experience as a former resident with her intellectual and historical perspective. '100 Churches of Venice and the Lagoon' presents an in-depth view

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