Venetian Colour Marble Mosaic Painting and Glass 12501550 Author:Paul Hills The colours of Venice enchant visitors and inspire artists, as they have for centuries. This wide-ranging book traces the origin of that enchantment by exploring for the first time Venetian colour in relation to Renaissance social, cultural, and environmental forces. Venetian colour in buildings, table glass, dress, and paintings was a product o... more »f the lagoon site and mercantile culture of the time, the author shows.« less