Sentences with phrase «with venetian»

With a Venetian chandelier, glass dome ceiling and harpist, this is one of the grandest afternoon teas served in Edinburgh.

Designer Mallory Mathison Glenn stands in the entry, which features 14 - foot ceilings hand covered with Venetian plaster.

Linda has dared to mix French chairs with a Venetian - style mirror and north African influenced rug and tables, and as usual, it looks fab.

But — I love how the coffee table blends with everything in my studio (can you see how the project table above, which was white, now blends with the Venetian Plaster wall color?)

Allow plenty of light into your kitchen with a Venetian blind or white shutters.

Home offers beautiful 2 - story great room w / tons of natural light open to a Gourmet Kitchen with Venetian Granite Countertops, Travertine Backsplash, Island & SS Appliances.

Cara Ober stops by Glasstress, where international art stars collaborate with Venetian glassmakers.

They show Van Dyck experimenting with modes of expression associated with Venetian and early Netherlandish painting.

After studying painting with the Venetian artist Alessandro Rossi from 2002 until 2004, Bubacco opened a studio in Murano and began to take part in exhibitions in Italy and throughout Europe.

When Julian Schnabel paints in Montauk, in the open, he only uses paint that is water - resistant, whereas in New York, in his studio situated in the penthouse of his palazzo Chupi (with Venetian - style façade, pink with 180 windows), he also uses ink.

Wilson worked with Venetian craftsmen to develop an innovative process for layering traditional Murano glass mirrors together and also conceived of a technique that reversed the centuries - old mirror making tradition — etching and painting the verso black rather than silver — in order to lend a ghostly appearance to the reflection that the mirror casts.

In what is hopefully a more productive hand over, Los Angeles - based artist Mark Bradford is using his exhibition at the US pavilion to initiate a six - year collaboration with a Venetian social cooperative for ex-offenders, opening a store selling goods they produce.

Conceived by Tadao Ando, this 225 - seat auditorium offers a wide range of events - conferences, concerts, screenings - that underline the will to establish a dialogue with a Venetian and international public.

Working in collaboration with Venetian glassmakers, he began producing ornate mirrors and eighteenth - century style chandeliers, using black Murano glass in a radical departure from traditional Rococo colors.

But his «painterly» style — with its emphasis on the visible mark and texture of paint - as - matter — resonated most powerfully with the Venetian oil painters, such as Giorgione and Titian.

Having crafted a guitarist with a Venetian mask and bright pink hair, I'm highly satisfied with my time.

Masquerada is a single - player light RPG adventure where real - time combat can be paused for tactics with Venetian - styled masks that grant deadly magic.

Some rooms have four - poster beds complete with canopies, in keeping with the Venetian origins of the building.

The balcony or veranda in each suite offers stunning views of the Elounda landscape, the sea or the island of Spinalonga, with its Venetian castle.

The Habsburg influences in Northern Croatia and Slovenia contrast with the Venetian effect around the Istrian coast.

These sophisticated, Moroccan - inspired 3 - bedroom 3.5 bath homes glow throughout with a Venetian finish.

The picturesque town of Rethymno surrounded by impressive mountains and the endless Cretan Sea, with the Venetian harbor and the magnificent alleys, the full flowered fresh painted yards, the fort of Fortetza, and the attractive traditional taverns will transfer the guests to forgotten ages.

This handsome urban resort is designed to resemble Venice, with a Venetian Village complete with romantic footbridges spanning canals complete with gondolas.

It still shows evidence (specifically carvings of the winged lion of St. Mark) of its link with the Venetian empire, but before the Venetians, there was Illyria, the Roman and the Byzantine eras.

Proof you're in paradise: 16 airy villas, set along a jungle - swathed ravine, fitted with Venetian mirrors, hand - loomed rugs, and greenstone - lined plunge pools filled with mineral - rich spring waters, courtesy of the adjacent Arenal Volcano.

As a grand finale, explore restored Dubrovnik, which became a major maritime power after breaking with the Venetian Republic in the 14th century.

Surrounded by many traditional villages, like Nopigia with its delightful ancient stone theatre and Kalathenes with the Venetian villa known as the Rotonda, you are sure to find a piece of Kissamos» long history.

The Buzz: The five - acre pool deck, a Roman garden the Palazzo shares with The Venetian; they also share the massive Canyon Ranch SpaClub.

When we left Réthimno this morning, a town with Venetian fortifications and charming narrow streets with shops and terraces, and had to start with a mean climb, we were tempted to take the New Road with its smooth surface.

Whether you're thinking about buying a big - ticket item (we need a vacation) or smaller impulse purchases (I need a double tall latte with Venetian chocolate), your sense of entitlement can muddy the waters when it comes to what you want and what you really need.

In Gondola, the internationally acclaimed «American with the Venetian heart» (The Washington Post), Donna Leon, tells the fascinating story of the famous boat.

«Few detective writers create so vivid, inclusive and convincing a narrative as Donna Leon, the expatriate American with the Venetian heart....

The vehicle is Jet Black with a Venetian Beige Full Leather interior.

Subaru Premium with Venetian Red Pearl exterior and Ivory interior features a 4 Cylinder Engine with 152 HP at 6000 RPM *.

Subaru Limited with Venetian Red Pearl exterior and Slate Black interior features a 4 Cylinder Engine with 175 HP at 5800 RPM *.

Hyundai 2.4 L Sport with VENETIAN RED exterior and BEIGE interior features a 4 Cylinder Engine with 185 HP at 6000 RPM *.

It would seem to me that you are simply destined for a BMW 428i... Luxury line, probably in Imperial blue with the Venetian beige leather.

The master bath is sheathed in marble with Venetian - plaster insets; the sink fittings are by Sherle Wagner, and the 1960s mirror is made of polished nickel and coconut shells.

The atriums were refinished with Venetian plaster.

In its last centuries as capital of the Byzantine Empire, it was not only the holy city of the Orthodox world, dedicated to the Mother of God, but also a cosmopolitan trading centre, with Venetian, Genoese, Muslim, Jewish, Slav and Avar inhabitants.

Robertson described his dream to the Guardian: «I was standing at a window with venetian blinds just like the actual gas chamber, and the blinds opened up and I could see a crib in the middle of the room.

In this time I often only walked with Venetians, though I also made a point of visiting the Rialto Bridge.

Not exact matches

Las Vegas Sands owns the Venetian and the Palazzo casinos on the Strip, along with the Sands Expo convention center in Vegas and Sands Macao.

While I wish Ring offered some sort of entry - level free cloud video storage option, I really like that every Video Doorbell 2 purchase comes with easy - to - remove face plates in different color finishes: satin nickel and venetian.

Determined to enjoy (but not too much) the fruits of their labors, the growing middle class of Dutch burghers, merchants, traders and manufacturers filled their tidy town - houses with art that celebrated their personal dignity and accomplishments, the humid sweep of their lowland countryside, and the miraculous bounty of Indonesian spices, Chinese porcelains, tropical fruits, Persian carpets, Venetian glass and other luxuries made available through the expertise of their merchant fleets.

Safiyya Baffo, a Venetian convert and Ottoman queen with some influence over Turkish foreign policy, wrote to her friend Queen Elizabeth in 1594, addressing her as «chosen among those which triumph under the standard of JESUS CHRIST» (her capitals) and emphasizing how Elizabeth's Protestant policies had stirred hope in Muslim hearts.

Marai's burned - out Casanova has escaped from a Venetian prison and, after many years, meets up with the Duke of Parma for whose beautiful wife's favors he had once contended.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who ought to have known better, will serve as an example: «it would be something monstrous to conceive this beautiful Venetian girl falling in love with a veritable negro.»

If the Christian Venetians would only look at him with unbiased eyes, they would see that he acts with a human, perfectly understandable motive.

Inside, behind streetfront windows hung with always - closed venetian blinds, the mosque consists of brick walls and a coffered ceiling painted white and green wall - to - wall carpeting that's overlaid with red floral - patterned rugs.