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Venetian landscape painters of the 18th century
By the beginning of the 18th century, the once mighty Venice had lost its significance as the political center of the Mediterranean, becoming a peculiar center of pilgrimage. Rich travelers from all over Europe came here to admire the beauty of the city. And everyone dreamed of taking a picture, drawing or engraving depicting a corner of a beautiful city as a souvenir. No wonder the most popular among other genres enjoyed the landscape.
“The population of Venice,” wrote the historian Monnier, “is a festive and idle crowd: poets and hangers-on, hairdressers and usurers, singers, dancers … – everything that lives in pleasures or creates them. Continue reading
masters saw in reality
where every wave
variety of color
most picturesque places
thus emphasizing
introduction of an orange-red
aspiring artist
could not recover
master worked
supposedly saved
beautiful and majestic
tense in mood
uniquely individual
monuments of the city’s
especially outstanding
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remarkable monument
makes several
outlines of buildings
social activity gradually
products painted
natural principle
studios were located
distinguished by its mannerism
direct observations
linear perspective
constant companions
painters from England
statue was created
creative response
joyful beauty
most popular
drew themes from these albums
figures are graceful
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technique of oil painting
ambassador to Greece
years of reaction
easel paintings
naming the artistic
surpass in this respect
henceforth become
huge cycle of murals
inhuman tension.
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