Eyewitness Views: Making History in Eighteenth-Century Europe

by Peter Björn Kerber

Canaletto, Bernardo Bellotto, Luca Carlevarijs, Giovanni Paolo Panini, Francesco Guardi, Hubert Robert--these renowned view painters are perhaps most famous for their expansive canvases depicting the ruins of Rome or the canals of Venice. Many of their most splendid paintings, however, feature important contemporary events. These occasions motivated some of the greatest artists of the era to produce their most exceptional work. Little explored by...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1606065254
• ISBN13: 9781606065259
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 4.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 10.3" x 11.2"