Venice of a thousand reflections Venice of silk marble mirror and light. In an intimate and
informed invitation to the city Servane Giol guides us through a maze of canals secluded
campos and narrow alleyways to meet some of Venice's most creative residents opening the door
to private historic palazzi as well as more recently restored houses and apartments owned by a
new generation of artists and designers drawn to Venice's radiant beauty energy and
lifestyle. Whether it is in interior design glassmaking shoemaking or the restoration of
historic monuments her circle of talented friends has brought a renewed vibrancy to the city
giving visibility to some of Venice's most elegant traditional crafts and passionately
safeguarding them for future generations. Organized around the rich materials and textures of
the city's densely woven fabric of history and celebrating the artisan's skill at every turn
this visually stunninglove letter to the secret beauties of Venice captured by photographer
Mattia Aquila is both a revelation and unique reminder to all those who wish to recall the
golden iridescent silence of their first sight of the mythical city that floats between sky and
sea.
