Canaletto

From Venice to London, the views of a world of splendourBy Octave Uzanne
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Canaletto began his career as a theatrical scene painter, like his father, in the Baroque tradition. Influenced by Giovanni Panini, he is specialised in vedute (views) of Venice, his birth place. Strong contrast between light and shadow is typical of this artist. Furthermore, if some of those views are purely topographical, others include festivals or ceremonial subjects. He also published, thanks to John Smith, his agent, a series of etchings of Cappricci. His main purchasers were British aristocracy because his views reminded them of their Grand Tour. In his paintings geometrical perspective and colours are structuring. Canaletto spent ten years in England. John Smith sold Canaletto’s works to George III, creating the major part of the Royal Canaletto Collection. His greatest works influenced landscape painting in the nineteenth century.

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Length4 hrs 16 mins
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LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Introduction
2Alfred de Musset (1810-1857)
3Venice during the Eighteenth Century
4Venetian Society
5Il Carnavale
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6The Nobility
7Theatrical Arts, Poetry and Painting
8Canaletto: His Talent and Training
9His Origins and Youth
10His Beginnings and Rome
11His Return to Venice
12His Trips to London
13Canaletto: Portraitist of the Serenissima
14The Subjects of his Paintings
15His Talent as an Engraver
16Canaletto’s Legacy
17Bellotto, Nephew and Disciple
18Colombini, Marieschi, Vinsentini, Guardi and Longhi

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