Directory of Canaletto Resources

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(1697-1768) Venetian painter, whose original name was Antonio Canal. He devoted himself to painting the linear, dramatic, and topographically accurate Venetian scenes upon which his fame chiefly rests.

Resources in This Category

• Art Renewal Center - Canaletto

  http://www.artrenewal.org/pages/artist.php?artistid=2632
  Provides images of the Italian artist's work.

• Artcyclopedia: Canaletto

  http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/canaletto.html
  Links to works by Canaletto in art museum sites and image archives worldwide.

• Canaletto - Giovanni Antonio Canal

  http://www.cosmopolis.ch/english/cosmo18/canaletto.htm
  Article about the exhibition "An Imaginary Venice" at the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid.

• Mark Harden's Artchive

  http://www.artchive.com/artchive/C/canaletto.html
  Canaletto's biography.

• Olga's Gallery: Giovanni Antonio Canale, called Canaletto

  http://www.abcgallery.com/C/canaletto/canaletto.html
  Comprehensive collection of images with a full biography and historical comments.

• The Art Institute of Chicago

  http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/artist/Canaletto
  Canaletto's gallery including date, size and medium.

• The Athenaeum - Canaletto

  http://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/list.php?m=a&s=du&aid=1345
  Gallery showing 60 artworks done by the Italian artist born in Venice.

• The J. Paul Getty Museum

  http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/artists/828/canaletto-giovanni-antonio-canal-italian-1697-1768/
  Brief Canaletto's biography along with background information on three of his masterpieces.

• The National Gallery - Canaletto

  http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/canaletto
  Provides a biography and analysis on each of Canaletto's artworks featured.

• Web Gallery of Art: Canaletto

  http://www.wga.hu/html/c/canalett/
  Collection of images of artist's paintings with a biography.

• WebMuseum: Canaletto

  http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/canaletto/
  Artist's biography and images.

• Wikipedia: Canaletto (1697 – 1768)

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaletto
  Encyclopedia article presenting the Italian painter's early career, popularity and emphasis on his works in England.

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