Veduta - The City Horizon Captured on Canvas

Veduta - The Concept
Veduta, an Italian word meaning 'view,' is an art form in which the scene of a city, land, sea, or any other 'scape' is captured. These paintings are usually quite large in scale.

The History
The origination of Veduta can be traced back to the 16th century with the first of Vedute (plural) making their mark in the city of Flanders, a region shared by present day Belgium, France, and the Netherlands. By the 17th century, the royal and wealthy Dutch The families were proud to show the prospects of amazing detail painting. The magnificent view over the river Thames in London, are also among the early works of view. Venice was the hub of the sale in about half of the eighteenth century.

Details
Although very similar sound to many other forms of art, depicting the beauty of a city or a natural scene, captured the subtleties of view in a class by itself. Works depicting the beauty of nature, as the views of the rivers&/or waterfalls, exemplary ancient architecture (majestic churches and arch-bridges), panoramic scenes from a mountaintop, and seascapes showing setting sun in clean blue sea waters were the essence of early Vedute. The particular favorites of the Veduta artists were cities, like Rome and Venice, which were full of natural beauty.

The Artists & the Artworks
Early Veduta artists (Vedutisti) included Paul Brill (Belgium, 1554-1626), who was recognized as the founding father of Veduta. Canaletto (Venice, 1697-1768) painted the splendid life like views of famous Venetian vistas. His select works are housed presently in the great art museums of the world. Another early work of merit is Johannes Vermeer's (Dutch, 1632-75) 'View of Delft' (1659-60). There were other three famous Veduta artists, Giacomo (1678-1716), Giannantonio (1699-1760), and Francesco (1712-1793), co-incidentally belonging to the same Italian Guardi family. They focused mainly on the views of the city of Venice. The most famous of the Guardi trio was Francesco, who was considered at par with Canaletto. In fact, Francesco's works were more depictive and the flow of ideas and brush-strokes were freer than the works of Canaletto. Giovanni Pannini (Italian, 1691-1765) was a revolutionary Vedutisti who focused only on painting the views of ruins. Giovanni Battista (also Giambattista) Piranesi's (1720-78) Varie Vedute di Roma Antica e Moderna (1745) was a series of famous Veduta works, that recorded painting instead.

Conclusion
While the first form of art based on the view of cities like Venice, Dresden, Warsaw and London, the number and variety of later works were presented. Towards the end of the nineteenth century view developed on an individual performances. By the time the photograph was incorporated gender.