http://artbabble.org/artist/Canaletto/feed en http://artbabble.org/video/ngadc/square-saint-marks-venice-17421744-canaletto <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-series"> <div class="field-label">Series:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/series/childrens-video-tour-time-travel">Children&#039;s Video Tour-Time Travel</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-institution"> <div class="field-label">Institution:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/partner/national-gallery-art-washington">National Gallery of Art, Washington</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Visit the heart of Venice—Saint Mark’s Square—in this video from the Children’s Video Tour. Giovanni Antonio Canal, who was nicknamed Canaletto to distinguish him from his father, painted this work in the 18th century. He specialized in paintings of Venice that recorded the city’s daily activities and unique architecture. Since cameras had not yet been invented, tourists bought his paintings and drawings to hang in their homes as souvenirs of their trip. On view in the West Building, Gallery 31. <a href="http://www.nga.gov/fcgi-bin/tinfo_f?object=32588" title="http://www.nga.gov/fcgi-bin/tinfo_f?object=32588" rel="nofollow">http://www.nga.gov/fcgi-bin/tinfo_f?object=32588</a></p> <p>-----</p> <p><a href="http://artbabble.org/video/ngadc/square-saint-marks-venice-17421744-canaletto" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://artbabble.org/video/ngadc/square-saint-marks-venice-17421744-canaletto#comments Canaletto European Painting For Kids Italian Painting Landscape Painting Neo-Classicism Painting Learning to Look National Gallery of Art, Washington http://artbabble.org/sites/default/files/bvideos/86/866457992fb5fe95/poster-image-06.jpg 866457992fb5fe95 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:48:43 +0000 s-sarraf 8834 at http://artbabble.org