View of Venice
Medium
woodcut from six blocks on six sheets of paper
Dimensions
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Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Accession Number
1949.565.1
Tags
male
About this artwork
By the end of the 15th century, Venice had emerged as the major printing center in Europe, where books were printed in various languages to be shipped around the world. The city also became the great emporium for prints, and the woodcut developed beyond its humble origins as a popular art for simple pious imagery, playing cards, and later for book illustration. View of Venice epitomizes this new ambitious scope for the woodcut. This monumental print can be compared in scale only to a mural decor...