Bellotto

The Koenigstein Views Reunited

Bellotto
Stephen Lloyd, Letizia Treves, Lucy Chiswell, Hannah Williamson
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h267 x 229mm - 88pg
13 Jul 2021 UK
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9781857096743
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Catalogue exploring the five spectacular views of the Fortress of Koenigstein in Dresden by Venetian painter Bernardo Bellotto, nephew and pupil of Canaletto Bernardo Bellotto (1722-1780) ranks amongst the very greatest view painters of eighteenth-century Europe. Today, he is best known for his views of northern European cities: large-scale works characterised by panoramic compositions, a strongly contrasted use of light and shadow, and meticulous attention to architectural detail. This book provides an overview of Bellotto' s life and career, as well as a record of the historic reuniting of his five spectacular views of the fortress of Koenigstein, displayed together for the first time in over 250 years, following the National Gallery' s recent acquisition of The Fortress of Koenigstein from the North in 2017. Commissioned by August III, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, these works depicting the fortress from different viewpoints are undoubtedly Bellotto' s finest non-urban paintings. These remarkable pictures are imbued with a monumentality rarely seen at this time and the series dramatically illustrates the very different direction in which Bellotto took the tradition of European view painting.
Letizia Treves is the James and Sarah Sassoon Curator of Later Italian, Spanish, and French 17th-Century Paintings at the National Gallery, London.
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ISBN-13: 9781857096743
Published: 13 Jul 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: National Gallery Company
Publisher: National Gallery Company
Format: Paperback
Height: 267mm
Width: 229mm
Pages: 88

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