Canaletto's Camera

Canaletto's Camera explores the ways in which the great Venetian artist Antonio Canaletto (1697-1768) made use of the camera obscura - the forerunner of the photographic camera - as an aid to drawing and painting. It surveys Canaletto's contacts with contemporary Venetian and Paduan scientists, in p...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Steadman, Philip
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	UCL Press 2025
Subjects:	Canaletto;camera obscura;Venice;London;realism;fantasy;photomontage;Newton thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AG The Arts: treatments and subjects::AGA History of art thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AJ Photography and photographs::AJT Photographic equipment and techniques: general::AJTF Photography: subject-specific techniques and principles thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AB The arts: general topics::ABA Theory of art
Online Access:	https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/103430
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