THE UNFINISHED PALAZZO: Life, Love and Art in Venice

Commissioned in 1750, the Palazzo Venier was planned as a testimony to the power and wealth of a great Venetian family, but the project was abandoned. Empty and decaying, it was an eyesore for over a century until Luisa Casati, Doris Castlerosse, and Peggy Guggenheim, in turn, used it as a stage on which to re-fashion their lives. Illus.