Giovanni Antonio Canal; better known as Canaletto; was an Italian painter of landscapes of Venice. He was also an important printmaker in etching. Much of Canalettos early artwork was painted "from nature"; differing from the then customary practice of completing paintings in the studio. Some of his later works do revert to this custom; as suggested by the tendency for distant figures to be painted as blobs of color ndash; an effect produced by using a camera obscura; which blurs farther-away objects. His large-scale landscapes portrayed the citys pageantry and waning traditions; making innovative use of atmospheric effects and strong local colors. For these qualities; his works may be said to have anticipated Impressionism.
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