St Mark s Clock tower Venice Italy
St Mark s Clock is the clock housed in the St Mark s Clocktower on St Mark s Square in Venice adjoining the Procuratie Vecchie The first clock housed in the tower was built and installed by Gian Paulo and Gian Carlo Rainieri father and son between 1496 and 1499 and was one of a number of large public astronomical clocks erected throughout Europe during the 14th and 15th centuries The clock has had an eventful horological history and been the subject of many restorations some controversial After restorations in 1551 by Giuseppe Mazzoleni and in 1615 by Giovanni Battista Santi the clock mechanism was almost completely replaced in the 1750s by Bartolomeo Ferracina In 1858 the clock was restored by Luigi De Lucia Digitally restored Art oil paintings with a combination of fina art and good composition What enables painting is the perception and representation of intensity Every point in space has different intensity
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