Giovanni Antonio Canal (1697-1768), known as Canaletto, is one of the most popular of all old master painters. His views of Venice and London are much celebrated and admired. First published in 1982, this revised book traces Canaletto's career from his beginnings as a scene-painter with his father to the work of his later years in artists. Canaletto was interested in depicting the world around him, but unlike most of his fellow artists, but he was more than a mere recorder of the amazing scenery of Venice or of Georgian ...
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Giovanni Antonio Canal (1697-1768), known as Canaletto, is one of the most popular of all old master painters. His views of Venice and London are much celebrated and admired. First published in 1982, this revised book traces Canaletto's career from his beginnings as a scene-painter with his father to the work of his later years in artists. Canaletto was interested in depicting the world around him, but unlike most of his fellow artists, but he was more than a mere recorder of the amazing scenery of Venice or of Georgian England. He had the power, in the words of one of his contemporaries, to paint so that "the eye is deceived and truly believes it is the real thing it sees", and his insight and technical skills were so dazzling that it was thought he must rely on some sort of optical apparatus. His first views of Venice were painted around 1725 for Stefano Conti of Lucca. Soon after he came into contact with Joseph Smith, British Consul in Venice, who was to become his most important patron. Through Smith's influence, he came to England between about 1746 and 1756 during which time he painted many London scenes including views of Westminster Bridge, Whitehall, the Old Horse Guards, St James's Park and Somerset House as well as views of Warwick Castle and Eton College. These and many others of Canaletto's best paintings and watercolours are reproduced in the book's much expanded range of colour illustrations.
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Used-Very Good. Giovanni Antonio Canal (1697--1768), called Canaletto, is one of the most popular of all Old Master painters. His views of Venice, Rome and London are much celebrated and admired, but he was more than a mere recorder of scenery. In the words of one of his contemporaries, he had the power to paint so that 'the eye is deceived and truly believes it is the real thing it sees'. J G Links originally wrote on Canaletto in 1982, to wide acclaim. For this book, he returned to the subject, revised his original text and produced a magnificent new book that is beautifully designed with many full-colour reproductions of Canaletto's works. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks. wrapped in complimentary Brodart dust jacket protector...
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Used-Very Good. Giovanni Antonio Canal (1697--1768), called Canaletto, is one of the most popular of all Old Master painters. His views of Venice, Rome and London are much celebrated and admired, but he was more than a mere recorder of scenery. In the words of one of his contemporaries, he had the power to paint so that 'the eye is deceived and truly believes it is the real thing it sees'. J G Links originally wrote on Canaletto in 1982, to wide acclaim. For this book, he returned to the subject, revised his original text and produced a magnificent new book that is beautifully designed with many full-colour reproductions of Canaletto's works. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks.
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Fine in Fine D. J. jacket. Fine clean copy in fine condition with fine dust jacket. Large or heavy book and may require extra postage. No AMAZON international order on this title. Size: 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall.
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VG+/VG+ Grey boards; blind-stamp lettering. Color-pictorial dust jacket wtih bw lettering. Map end papers. 256 pp. with more than 200 illustrations in color and bw. A sumptuous catalogue of more than 200 paintings, drawings, and etchings illustrating the life and work of Canaletto, in 12 sections. With a chronlology, list of sources, list of plates, and index. Each work well-annotated. Revised, updated, and enlarged edition. Includes bibliographical references and index.
