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See also:CANALE (or CANALETTO), See also:ANTONIO (1697-1768) , Venetian painter, See also:born on the i8th of See also:October 1697, was educated under his See also:father See also:Bernard, a See also:scene-painter of See also:Venice, and for some See also:time followed his father's See also:line of See also:art . In 1719 he went to See also:Rome, where he employed himself chiefly in delineating See also:ancient ruins, and particularly studied effects of See also:light and shade, in which he became an See also:adept . He was the first painter who made See also:practical use of the See also:camera lucida . On returning See also:home he devoted his See also:powers to views in his native See also:city, which he painted with a clear and See also:firm See also:touch and the most facile mastery of See also:colour in a deep See also:tone, introducing See also:groups of figures with much effect . In his latter days he resided some time in See also:England . His pictures, in their particular range, still remain unrivalled fore their magnificent See also:perspective . The See also:National See also:Gallery; See also:London, has five pictures by him, notably the " View on the See also:Grand See also:Canal, Venice," and Median!-cal See also:power . the " Regatta on the Grand Canal." He died on the loth of See also:August 1768 . Bellotto (commonly named Bernardo), who is also sometimes called CANALETTO (1724–1780), was his See also:nephew and See also:pupil, and painted with deceptive resemblance to the See also:style of the more celebrated See also:master . |
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