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Peggy Guggenheim Collection
Palazzo Venier dei Leoni stands along Venice’s Grand Canal, but its appearance differs from the tall palaces surrounding it. Construction began during the eighteenth century for the Venier family, but only one level was completed. Its low profile and broad waterfront terrace eventually became part of the building’s distinctive character. Peggy Guggenheim purchased the unfinished […]
Uffizi Gallery
Walking through the Uffizi in Florence with our daughters was an experience of being surrounded not only by great works of art, but by the history of collecting art itself. The long corridors lined with ancient sculpture were part of the museum experience long before the Uffizi became famous primarily for paintings by Botticelli, Leonardo, […]
