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Looking at Canaletto

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Description:If ever there was a painter who replays close and leisurely study, it is Canaletto. This companion to his works in the Royal Collection, which holds the largest collection of his paintings and drawings in the world, includes Canaletto's biography, shows his development as a draughtsman, painter and etcher, and introduces the artistic background against which his achievements as the arch-chronicler of eighteenth-century Venice should be seen.Above all, in its many illustrations and details from his works, it is a book to encourage you to look and to enjoy - the lively yet elegant cityscapes, the brilliance of Canaletto's depiction of the reflections of light and water, the airy space of his vistas and panoramas, the wit and bustle of the figures in his paintings, and the melancholy beauty of his wash-drawings of the Venetian lagoon.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Looking at Canaletto. To get started finding Looking at Canaletto, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 176

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Royal Collections Trust

Release: 2017

ISBN: 1909741418

Description: If ever there was a painter who replays close and leisurely study, it is Canaletto. This companion to his works in the Royal Collection, which holds the largest collection of his paintings and drawings in the world, includes Canaletto's biography, shows his development as a draughtsman, painter and etcher, and introduces the artistic background against which his achievements as the arch-chronicler of eighteenth-century Venice should be seen.Above all, in its many illustrations and details from his works, it is a book to encourage you to look and to enjoy - the lively yet elegant cityscapes, the brilliance of Canaletto's depiction of the reflections of light and water, the airy space of his vistas and panoramas, the wit and bustle of the figures in his paintings, and the melancholy beauty of his wash-drawings of the Venetian lagoon.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Looking at Canaletto. To get started finding Looking at Canaletto, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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