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Canaletto - Bernardo Bellotto paints Europe (Hardcover)
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Canaletto - Bernardo Bellotto paints Europe (Hardcover)
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In 1761, Bernardo Bellotto painted his famous panorama of Munich,
signing the painting "Canaletto"--as he signed many of his
paintings--in tribute to his uncle and teacher Giovanni Antonio
Canal. In addition to the famous panorama, Bellotto completed over
the course of several months two stunning palace views for the Duke
of Bavaria, Maximilian III Joseph.
Placing Bellotto's Munich paintings within the artist's broader
body of work, this well-illustrated book highlights the Italian
painter and printmaker's capacity to create paintings of European
cities that are both remarkably realistic and compositionally
idealistic. Depicting Dresden, Vienna, Turin, and Warsaw, the
paintings demonstrate an elaborate attention to architectural and
natural detail and a sophisticated understanding of the specific
quality of light in each place. By juxtaposing the paintings with
Bellotto's preparatory sketches, the book also sheds light on his
complicated process, which is thought to have included the use of
the popular optical aid of that time, the camera obscura. Rounding
out the book is a contemporary artistic reevaluation of the
paintings through the medium of photography.
Bringing together many well-known works by the Venetian "vedute"
with a trove of paintings rarely seen, including a series of highly
idealized architectural depictions, the book illustrates his
critical contribution to this important European tradition.
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