Citizen realism of Canaletto

The realism is a cultural address that we can know among many cultural matters, literature above all Russian, French and Italian, also in painting with Caravaggio, Ribera, Velazquez, Rubens and others, but I want consider an Italian painter, Antonio Canal called Canaletto(1697-1768), Venetian painter, son of a painter, and very famous during 18^th century both in Italy and British, above all to his portrait of city of Venice; towns and other places or camp tower and moments of Venice during 18^th century; but I want consider that the realism of Canaletto is predominant because he presents true human gender to his painting, daily moments and true social classes, that we can recognize to cloth; therefore very much paintings were to English commitments, he reports therefore the life in Venice, moments very holyday Bucintoro goes back to wharf at day of Assumption(Fig.1), but also at day daily Saint Mark place(Fig.2). The realism of Canaletto is permanent and he used this address  during his stay in British, where he worked same concept to painting, human and social realism(Figg.3-4). We must consider that Canaletto worked in Rome with his father to scenery, because his father was scene-designer, therefore he shows real image of a city or other during his job in theatre, therefore he was habited to image of reality. To his drawings(Figg.5-8) he presents towns of Venice in drawing to show it to his commitment, this is what will be image of town; it is normal to painter, but this process to work manifests more that image of town is important therefore it is document of Venice that some tourist has seen. I think that Canaletto have to shows life in Venice to show it to British tourist, in fact much painting were aimed to tourists and Canaletto with some acquaintance as Joseph Smith entrepreneur and collections of book and painting and much influencing on British art merchant; therefore an agent to Canaletto and collection of his painting, therefore painter has showed the life in Venice with his moments and his human characters, may a presentation of human gender to aristocracy, this is motive to realism.

Alessandro Lusana    

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