Art & Architecture
Canaletto, greatest of the vedutisti
The greatest of the vedutisti, the apex of vedutism, the most well-known painter of vedute (views), was Canaletto, the ‘Little Canal’. Named Giovanni Antonio by his father Bernardo Canal, the world knew him by his ‘nickname’ of Canaletto. Born in Venice in October 1697, he expired in his hometown some Read more…
