Bellotto

The koenigstein views reunited

Letizia Treves

88 pages, parution le 09/08/2021

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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 Königstein, displayed together for the first time in over 250 years, following the National Gallery's recent acquisition of The Fortress of Königstein 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.

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Yale University Press
Auteur(s)	Letizia Treves
Parution	09/08/2021
Nb. de pages	88
Format	22.8 x 26.6
Couverture	Broché
Poids	800g
EAN13	9781857096743