Eyewitness views : making history in eighteenth-century Europe

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Eyewitness views : making history in eighteenth-century Europe

Peter Björn Kerber

J. Paul Getty Museum, c2017

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"This publication is issued on the occasion of the exhibition Eyewitness views : making history in eighteenth-century Europe, on view at the J.Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, Los Angels, from May 9 to July 30, 2017; at the Minneapolis Institute of Art from September 10 to Desember 31, 2017; and at the Cleveland Museum of Art from February 25 to May 20, 2018"--p. [vi]

"The exhibition was organized by the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, and the Cleveland Museum of Art. It was supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and Humanities"--p. [vi]

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-233) and index

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Canaletto, Bernardo Bellotto, Luca Caravarijs, Giovanni Paolo Panini, Francesco Guardi, Hubert Robert-these renowned view painters are perhaps best known for their expansive canvases depicting the ruins of Rome or the canals of Venice. Many of their most splendid paintings, however, feature important contemporary events. Little explored by scholars, they stand out by virtue of their extraordinary artistic quality, vibrant atmosphere, and historical interest. Imbued with a sense of occasion, even drama, and often commissioned by or for rulers, princes, and ambassadors as records of significant events in which they participated, these occasions motivated some of the greatest artists of the era to produce their most exceptional work. Lavishly illustrated and exhaustively researched, this volume provides the first-ever comprehensive study-in any language-of this type of view painting. In examining these paintings alongside the historical events depicted in them, Peter Bjorn Kerber carefully reconstructs the meaning and context these paintings possessed for the artists who produced them and the patrons who commissioned them, as well as for their contemporary viewers. This vital book represents a major contribution to the field of view painting studies and will be an essential resource to scholars and enthusiasts.

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