Punta della Dogana ( Italian: Punta della Dogana ) is an art museum in one of the old customs buildings in Venice (Dogana da Mar). Also called the triangular region of Venice, where the Grand Canal meets the Canal of Judecca , and where the church of Santa Maria della Salute , the patriarchal seminary of Venice and Dogana da Mar are located at the very tip of the triangle.
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Geography and History
Punta della Dogana is located between the Grand Canal and the Judecca Canal at the tip of the island in the Dorsoduro area [1] . Next to each other are Dogana da Mar, the patriarchal seminary of Venice and Santa Maria della Salute [2] . Diagonally from Punta della Dogana lies St. Mark's Square [1] .
On this territory there were docks and customs points at the beginning of the XV century. Temporary structures built to store goods and customs points were replaced by Punta della Dogana, the construction of which began in 1677 [2] .
Dogana da Mar
The Art Museum of Art is located in the Dogana da Mar building and beyond. It was built between 1678 and 1682 as a customs [1] . The styles of its arcades reflect the different eras in which they were erected [2] . At the top of the building are statues of the Atlas , symbolizing the superiority of the Republic of Venice [1] . Two slaves hold a golden ball on which Fortune stands by architect Giuseppe Benoni . This 17th century statue rotates in the wind [2] . The last reconstruction of the building was done by Alvise Pigazzi in 1838 [2] .
Restoration
The restoration of the building was carried out under the guidance of the Japanese architect Tadao Ando from January 2008 to March 2009 at the expense of Francois Pinault [3] , the French billionaire and art collector [1] . He signed a 33-year agreement with the city [4] . Dogana da Mar was empty decades earlier with unsuccessful plans to turn it into an apartment or hotel. The plastered brick exterior of the building was restored without changes and is the only surviving part of the original structure. Ando removed all the internal partitions and annexes in Punta della Dogana that appeared there after the 17th century and replaced them with a structure made of rough concrete: the halls were located on two floors with extensive use of natural lighting and grouped around a central two-light space. The facades of the complex were carefully restored and lined with marble, 20 gates overlooking the water were completely replaced, through which only works of art and other goods could be brought in and taken out. Inside, the brickwork of historical walls and wooden floors were also restored (in some cases, their parts were replaced with frosted glass [1] . The restoration cost amounted to € 20,000,000 [1] .
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Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Jäger, Frank Peter. Old and New: Design Manual for Revitalizing Existing Buildings . - Birkhäuser Architecture, October 26, 2010. - P. 68–71.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Arte e Storia di Venezia . - Bonechi, 2007 .-- P. 103.
- ↑ Punta della Dogana e delle meraviglie . Exibart (July 20, 2013). Date of treatment January 4, 2019. Archived July 23, 2013.
- ↑ 'Boy With Frog' to Be Removed in Venice . The New York Times (May 2, 2013). Date of treatment January 4, 2019.
Literature
- Jodidio, Philip. Tadao Ando Venice: The Pinault Collection at the Palazzo Grassi and the Punta Della Dogana . - Skira Rizzoli, September 28, 2010.
- Romanelli, Giandomenico. Dogana da Mar / Giandomenico Romanelli, Jean Claude Hocquet, Paola Rossi. - Mondadori Electa, December 16, 2010.
Links
- The Other Biennale | Punta della Dogana . T Magazine (May 18, 2009). Date of treatment January 4, 2019.