Canaletto / by Katharine Baetjer and J.G. Links ; essays by J.G. Links, Michael Levey, Francis Haskell, Alessandro Bettagno, and Viola Pemberton-Pigott.

Main entry:

Baetjer, Katharine, author.

Title & Author:

Canaletto / by Katharine Baetjer and J.G. Links ; essays by J.G. Links, Michael Levey, Francis Haskell, Alessandro Bettagno, and Viola Pemberton-Pigott.

Publication:

New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1989.
New York : Distributed by Harry N. Abrams

Description:

xii, 387 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Notes:
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York from October 30, 1989 to January 21, 1990.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-372) and index.
Canaletto : a biographical sketch / J.G. Links -- Canaletto as artist of the urban scene / Michael Levey -- The taste for Canaletto / Francis Haskell -- Fantasy and reality in Canaletto's drawings / Alessandro Bettagno -- The development of Canaletto's painting technique / Viola Pemberton-Pigott -- Canaletto's painting materials -- Paintings -- Drawings.

Summary:

Giovanni Antonio Canal (1697-1768), the painter extraordinaire of Venice who was known as Canaletto, is the subject of this exhibition catalog from a recent show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It brings together a wealth of paintings and drawings avidly collected in his day by the English aristocracy and, especially with regard to those assembled from the Royal Collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, generally unseen before in this country.

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Table of contents

ISBN:

0810931559 (Abrams)
9780810931558 (Abrams)
0870995596
9780870995590
0870995618
9780870995613

Subject:

Canaletto, 1697-1768 Exhibitions.
Canaletto, 1697-1768 Criticism and interpretation.
Canaletto, 1697-1768
Painting, Italian 18th century Exhibitions.
Drawing, Italian 18th century Exhibitions.
Peinture italienne 18e siècle Expositions.
Dessin italien 18e siècle Expositions.
Painting, Italian
Drawing, Italian
Painting, Italian Exhibitions.

Form/genre:

exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Art criticism
Critiques d'art.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Links, J. G., author.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 54295
Call No.: ID EXHX; ID:90-B288
Status: Available

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