FRANCESCO GUARDI

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SUNDAY Feature on ART of Architecture -by Gautam Shah 

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Francesco Guardi, was an Italian painter from Venice (1712-1793), famous for his views of Venice. He became, as famous as Canaletto of the 18 C. Over the eighty years of life, he has produced a great variety of atmospheric landscapes. In earlier years, he worked with his brother Gian Antonio to produce religious themes.

Guardi created landscapes and figure compositions, but became famous for architectural fantasies or capriccio, where he mixed styles, colour pallette, eras and monuments. Guardi's art style is known as pittura di tocco (of touch) for its small dots and brush-strokes, like the Venetian school of painting. 

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