Fully illustrated with many details, this publication marks the first time the 24 Woburn Canalettos have been reproduced in colour. An extensive introduction by the leading Canaletto scholar Charles Beddington puts these works into perspective.
Charles Beddington Boeken
View painting in 18th-century Venice began with the emergence of Luca Carlevarijs and ended with the death of Francesco Guardi in 1793, followed by Napoleon’s invasion and the fall of the Venetian Republic in 1797. In between, a constellation of remarkable painters captured the city in dazzling pictures that are among the greatest achievements in 18th-century art. Canaletto may be the artist popularly associated with Venice, but he had many rivals who competed for commissions, often from foreigners whose patronage was to determine the later course of Venetian view painting. All the major figures are represented here—Bellotto, Carlevarijs, Guardi, Joli, Marieschi, and Vanvitelli—together with fascinating contemporaries such as Cimaroli and Tironi. Charles Beddington sets the scene with an overview of the artists then working in the city, and draws on the latest research and scholarship to illuminate the complex stylistic relationships between them. Succinct, lively biographies for each artist are followed by short introductions to the works, grouped chronologically by artist. Each painter saw the same topography with his own unique vision; this beautiful book demonstrates the varied responses to the cityscape, with its ever-changing light, as well as to its spectacles and ceremonies.
Canalettos Ansichten von Venedig verzaubern durch ihr betörendes Zusammenspiel von Licht, Wasser und Atmosphäre. Als Höhepunkte der Vedutenmalerei heute in vielen renommierten Museen und Sammlungen der Welt vertreten, waren sie schon im 18. Jahrhundert äußerst begehrte Kunstobjekte – nicht zuletzt bei den Besuchern der Stadt, die sie als Reisesandenken erwarben. Erstmals stehen Canalettos Bilder seiner Heimatstadt in einem umfassenden Überblick neben den Werken seiner Rivalen Belotto, Carlevarijs, Guardi, Joli, Marieschi und Vanvitelli. In immer raffinierteren Kompositionen wetteiferten die Künstler um die Gunst des Publikums und stachelten sich so zu künstlerischen Höchstleistungen an. Ihr einzigartiges Panorama der Lagunenstadt entführt uns zu einer Reise in das Venedig des 18. Jahrhunderts.
