Canaletto (Spanish Edition)

Beautiful collection of art by Canaletto. Much of Canaletto's early artwork was painted "from nature", differing from the then customary practice of completing paintings in the studio. Some of his later works do revert to this custom, as suggested by the tendency for distant figures to be painted as blobs of colour - an effect produced by using a camera obscura, which blurs farther-away objects.However, his paintings are always notable for their accuracy. Later Canaletto painted grand scenes of the canals of Venice and the Doge's Palace. This book is a nice collection of his work.