Venetian Interiors

 One hundred deep solitudes together constitute the city of Venice

Therein lies its charm

A model for the man of the future

~~Friedrich Nietzsche

The fabulous interiors of 15 private homes in Venice are revealed in Venetian Interiors, a lavishly photographed volume by Giuseppe Molteni, one of Europe's top interiors photographers. This superb volume takes the reader behind the facades of Venice to explore the greatest achievements of contemporary Venetian interior design and decoration. 

The residential interiors range from fabric designer Mirella Spinella's converted lumber warehouse, and  the blue-and-white harmonies of Rubelli's palazzeto, to British architect Michael Carapetian's modernist brewery conversion, and the home of DJ Spiller who combines high-tech electronics with frescoed ceilings and rocaille wood paneling in an ancient noble mansion.

Venetian Interiors is an enchanting volume essential for anyone who has fantasized about living in one of the most romantic cities in Europe.

Venetian Interiors is published by Rizzoli New York.
Release date: June 2012

This former lumber warehouse in the Cannaregio sestiere, was once part of the building housing the service quarters of the palazzo owned by the Da Lezze family, and now the residence of fabric designer  Mirella Spinella.

© Giuseppe Molteni, from Venetian Interiors, Rizzoli New York, 2012

This home, situated in the attic of a medieval Venetian palazzo, is located in the San Polo sestiere.

© Giuseppe Molteni, from Venetian Interiors, Rizzoli New York, 2012

In Venice much of the architectural remodeling inspired by modern ideals has taken place in attics and lofts. This loft is no exception, and was designed by the architect Paolo Fabris.

© Giuseppe Molteni, from Venetian Interiors, Rizzoli New York, 2012

This Gothic palazzetto embellished by a multi mullioned lancet arch originally belonged to the Pisani family, prominent members of the Venetian nobility, now the home of Matilde Favaretto Rubelli and her family.

© Giuseppe Molteni, from Venetian Interiors, Rizzoli New York, 2012

Palazzo Gradenigo, built in the seventeenth century, is the unlikely facade disguising the laboratory where thirty-six-year-old DJ Spiller creates, and mixes his house music.

© Giuseppe Molteni, from Venetian Interiors, Rizzoli New York, 2012

This refurbished loft in an eighteenth-century palazzo overlooking Campo dei Mori, in the Cannareggio sestiere, is now the home of the artist Pietro Russo aka Pietrorusso.

© Giuseppe Molteni, from Venetian Interiors, Rizzoli New York, 2012

Mark Twain once said that history is Venice

© Giuseppe Molteni, from Venetian Interiors, Rizzoli New York, 2012

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