Word: palazzos
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...merely a copy of the master's work that the mystery was finally solved. Cleaned and restored to its original brilliance, and authenticated by Italy's ranking experts on the period, Caravaggio's Ecce Homo went on public view last week in Genoa's Palazzo Bianco...
...started in 1952 when a wealthy Italian contractor named Paolo Masieri commissioned Architect Wright to design a building as a memorial to Masieri's son Angelo, killed in an automobile accident in the U.S. The new palazzo was to be used as a study center and quarters for architectural students. A site was chosen on the Grand Canal between the magnificent 15th century Ca' Foscari, once a residence of the doges, and the 16th century Palazzo Balbi. The house which Wright's palazzo would replace is a dingy brownstone residence...
...Arizona home last week, Architect Wright himself dismissed the opposition to his building as the work of "unenlightened sentimentalists" - mostly tourists. Said he: "I love Venice and in designing the palazzo, I have tried to show this love for the culture of Venice and not intrude on it . . . As an architect, I hope Venice will be able to save itself from the tourists...
...highbrow writers, a handsome, American-born Italian princess nearing 72 is the closest thing to a patron saint in the world today. When they visit Rome (and that is the thing for them to do these days), they vie for invitations to her home, a gloomy Renaissance palazzo with an irresistibly highbrow address: 32 Via delle Botteghe Oscure (Street of the Dark Shops). There they get fruit juice and cakes, plenty of rarefied talk about writers and writing, and lots of sympathy. The Princess Marguerite Caetani's interest in their work is as genuine as her 800-year...
...year-old De Gasperi, premier for eight years, had chosen the road to retirement after his fall last summer. He seemed content, after a period of rest, to run the Christian Democrats from the secretary general's office and let others sit in the Premier's palazzo. But, as Italian politicians became increasingly aware, De Gasperi had no intention whatever of fading away. Colleagues were convinced that, given the proper time & place and good prospects of success, nothing would please the old leader more than to be called once again to form a government. Until the right time...