{"product_id":"canaletto-andreas-schumacher-9783777422473","title":"Canaletto: Bernardo Bellotto Paints Europe","description":"In 1761, Bernardo Bellotto painted his famous panorama of Munich, signing the painting \"Canaletto\"--as he signed many of his paintings--in tribute to his uncle and teacher Giovanni Antonio Canal. In addition to the famous panorama, Bellotto completed over the course of several months two stunning palace views for the Duke of Bavaria, Maximilian III Joseph. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Placing Bellotto's Munich paintings within the artist's broader body of work, this well-illustrated book highlights the Italian painter and printmaker's capacity to create paintings of European cities that are both remarkably realistic and compositionally idealistic. Depicting Dresden, Vienna, Turin, and Warsaw, the paintings demonstrate an elaborate attention to architectural and natural detail and a sophisticated understanding of the specific quality of light in each place. By juxtaposing the paintings with Bellotto's preparatory sketches, the book also sheds light on his complicated process, which is thought to have included the use of the popular optical aid of that time, the camera obscura. Rounding out the book is a contemporary artistic reevaluation of the paintings through the medium of photography. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Bringing together many well-known works by the Venetian \u003ci\u003evedute\u003c\/i\u003e with a trove of paintings rarely seen, including a series of highly idealized architectural depictions, the book illustrates his critical contribution to this important European tradition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andreas Schumacher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3777422479\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783777422473\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hirmer Verlag GmbH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.70h x 9.30w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2015","brand":"Andreas Schumacher","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48446412620031,"sku":"9783777422473","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_242bbc72-5d13-4c10-81da-833dfc668cb9.jpg?v=1777224461","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/canaletto-andreas-schumacher-9783777422473","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}