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Artist J.M.W. Turner, RA. The Engravings. Perhaps the most famous English Romantic landscape artist. Turner
products many engravings and was very hands-on in there progress to printings.
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| We presume, from the position in which we see the Dogana, that the view is supposed to be taken from the Grand Canal, looking
across the Giudecca to the Island of S. Giorgio Maggiore with its church: but, if so, we do not understand how the Campanile has got
into the position assigned to it. But the topography of Venice is difficult; and looking at two or three of Turner’s pictures of this
his favourite city, it becomes more puzzling than ever, for not only does he alter the size and shape of buildings to suit the
convenience of his composition, but he roots them up from one place and plants them in another. But there is one advantage of Turner
Venice or Venices not enjoyed by the real city, and that is that it is unvaryingly beautiful from whatever point of view he chooses
to paint it - a rule to which this charming picture is no exception. The wide expanse of the water at the of the different canals is
finely broken up with boats, and it would be a pity to pass by this engraving without noting the pretty little dogs introduced on
steps on the right in the foreground. |
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