Light and colour: the century of Venice, from Canaletto to Guardi
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In this conference, Donato Salvatore discusses the differences and similarities in the work of two major figures in eighteenth-century Venetian painting: Canaletto and Guardi.
Eighteenth-century Venice was characterised by the swift development of the pictorial genre of the urban veduta, the main proponents of which were Antonio Canal, known as Canaletto, and Francesco Guardi.
Around 15 years older than his peer, Canaletto made his name in the first half of the seventeen hundreds, while the younger of the pair, Guardi, was mostly active during the second half, although he did not garner the same level of recognition or success in his time.
This lecture, held in the context of the exhibition Splendour in Venice. From Canaletto to Guardi, aims to follow the path of these two masters of eighteenth-century Venetian vedutismo, demonstrating their differences in style as well as their points of contact, due in large part to the spread of reproductive engravings of the paintings.
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Donato Salvatore
Associate Professor of History of Modern Art in the Department of Cultural Heritage Sciences at the University of Salerno and member of the Faculty Board responsible for its Doctoral Program. His scientific interests focus on the artistic production in the Modern Era in Italy, in relation to the European context. He published a monographic volume devoted to the painter Melozzo da Forlì, and is the author of countless writings on fifteenth- and sixteenth-century painting in southern Italy.
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