by Katharine Baetjer and J.G. Links ; essays by J.G. Links [and others]
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Distributed by H.N. Abrams,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1989
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xii, 387 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations (some color) ;
Dimensions
27 cm
GENERAL NOTES
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Catalog of an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York from Oct. 30, 1989 to Jan. 21, 1990
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-372)
CONTENTS NOTE
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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
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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