The extravagant ballroom and soaring allegorical frescoes like Giambattista Tiepolo's Merit between Virtue and Nobility in the Throne Room (actually for Rezzonico weddings) and others, more wistful, by Guardi all catch the tone of a declining Venice and the frivolous lives of the idle rich.
THe architecture demonstrates how shallow wealthy Venetians were.
All of the architecture show Italy at the height of its power.
A girl is licking a plate.
The courtyard is paved in granite.
A man and a woman are getting ready to head to the beach
Several people are talking.
People are standing at standing desks.
He decided to stop defending.