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An exceptional panorama of Landscape painting
Introduction video credit: Trees Forest Nature Video of Matthias Groeneveld from Pixabay
The text below is the excerpt of the book Landscapes (ASIN: 1646996135), written by Émile Michel, published by Parkstone International.
https://www.amazon.com/Landscapes-%C3%89mile-Michel/dp/1646996135?ref_=ast_sto_dp
This book does not claim to be a complete history of landscape painting. The length of…
Francesco Guardi (Italian, 1712-1793)
A Capriccio with a Ruined Gothic Arch, 1770/89
Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk, on ivory laid paper;175x248 mm
Francesco Guardi though respected posthumously died a realtive unknown. He studied under the famous Venetian painter Canaletto. Guardi was a master of capricci a style popular in Venice that blends fantasy and reality.
The composition of this drawing was used in a couple of his paintings.
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