Word: canaletto
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...that houses the E.G. Bührle collection is in keeping with its quiet residential neighborhood in Zurich. But it doesn't begin to betray the priceless treasure inside: one of the world's most impressive private collections of European art, with works by Delacroix, Degas, Renoir, Pissarro, Gauguin, Canaletto, Braque, Signac, Picasso and other masters from the 16th to the 20th centuries...
...London offices that we now inhabit look out on Somerset House, a masterpiece of 18th century design. The art treasures of the Courtauld Institute lie within its ornamented corridors, and its well-proportioned courtyards house handsome offices, restaurants and shops. Canaletto, along with other artistic admirers, painted a view of its sweeping façade along the Thames. When we look across the river at newer, uglier office blocks, we realize Somerset House represents a kind of perfection that succeeding generations did not - could not - improve upon...
...focus, as it has been since 1923. And though we're loath to fiddle with a formula that has worked for decades, we realize that change doesn't have to be bad. Just after we wrote this letter's opening paragraph, we did a quick Internet search. Turns out Canaletto had been dead for eight years when the cornerstone was laid for Somerset House. He had actually painted an earlier Somerset House, no slouch in the aesthetic department but not quite the graceful building that rose on its 16th century ruins. And the newer one itself has been altered substantially...
...history. This arrangement succeeds admirably in the difficult task of unifying an exhibit which includes artists of very different periods, outlooks and media. Ranging from European to American artists, Renaissance to modern works, the show includes such notable pieces as a 15th-century German Printed book with woodcut illustrations. Canaletto's Imaginary View of Padua and Joseph Stella's Study for the Brooklyn Bridge...
...pieces perceive the city as a hopeful development. Canaletto reveals a romantic view of urbanity in his Imaginary View of Padua. A panorama of carefully distributed monuments reflects an idealized vision of the city. His pastoral image suggests a culture and refinement completely lacking both Stella's furor and Hopper's desolation...