Canaletto and the Venetian Vedutisti

by Filippo Pedrocco

Zuanne Antonio Canal was born in the Venetian parish of San Lio on 28th October 1697, and began his career as a painter of scenes for the theatre. In 1719 he went to Rome, and here, according to the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1878351494
• ISBN13: 9781878351494
• Release Date: December 1995
• Publisher: Riverside Book Company
• Length: 79 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.3" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Gaze and wonder!

Those who have already come across 'The Great Masters of Art' series by this publisher will already be aware of the high standards of the reproductions. This book is no exception. Ninety glossy pages of Canaletto's work and those of his contemporaries, the most famous being Luca Carlevarijs, Bernardo Bellotto, and Francesco Guardi. We even have the delight of some paintings by their fifteenth-century predecessors, Gentile Bellini and Vittore Carpaccio, to gaze at in wonder. The text by Filippo Pedrocco - an expert on Venetian art generally and curator of the city's museum of the eighteenth century at the Ca' Rezzonico - is insightful and informative. He supplies a bibliography and there is an index of works shown in the book at the end. All in all an economical and glorious introduction to the Venetian Vedutisti of the eighteenth century.