Chronological Tour Gothic painting, italian and dutch primitives The Quattrocento Portrait painting in the Renaissance The Cinquecento and the Mannerism 15th and 16th Century German and Dutch Painting 17th Century Baroque painting 18th Century Italian painting: late Baroque and Vedutisti 17th Century Flemish and Dutch painting: Italianising trends and portraits 17th Century Dutch painting: daily life, landscapes and still life 18th Century painting: From Rococo to Neoclassicism 19th Century American painting 19th Century European painting: from Romanticism to Realism Impressionism Post-Impressionism Fauve painting Expressionist painting Experimental Avant-garde art Synthesis of Modernism in Europe and the USA Surrealism, figurative tradition and Pop Art

18th Century Italian painting: late Baroque and Vedutisti In the 18th century, alongside the still thriving religious and mythology painting, a new genre emerged in Italy: 'Vedute' (Views), related to the fascination for monuments and antiquity. Italy became the key reference point for classical antiquity. Ruins, the main vestiges of that mythically splendid past, became the target of cult worship and sight-seeing. And as a result, the whole country became the focal theme for art: both the ancient ruins and the cityscapes. RSS format (Really Simple Syndication)     MARIESCHI, Michele View of the Canal Grande with Santa Maria della Salute FOSCHI, Francesco Winter Landscape in the Apennines FOSCHI, Francesco Winter Landscape in the Apennines CRESPI, Giuseppe Maria (called 'LO SPAGNOLO') Portrait of Count Fulvio Grati RICCI, Sebastiano Bacchus and Ariadne c. 1691-1694 RICCI, Sebastiano Neptune and Amphitrite c. 1691-1694 WITTEL, Caspar Adriaansz. van (VANVITELLI) Piazza Navona, Rome 1699 Audio WITTEL, Caspar Adriaansz. van (VANVITELLI) The Darsena, Naples c. 1700-1718 RICCI, Marco Stormy Landscape 1701 PIAZZETTA, Giambattista Portrait of Giulia Lama c. 1715 CANALETTO (CANALE, Antonio) View of Piazza San Marco, Venice 1723 CANALETTO (CANALE, Antonio) View of Canal Grande from San Vio, Venice c. 1723-1724 PANINI, Gian Paolo The Expulsion from the Temple 1724 PANINI, Gian Paolo The Healing of the Sick c. 1724 BELLOTTO, Bernardo Capriccio Padovano c. 1740-1742 ZOCCHI, Giuseppe The Arno River at the Santa Trinita Bridge c. 1741 CANALETTO (CANALE, Antonio) Warwick Castle, the South Front c. 1749 CERUTI, Giacomo Il Pitocchetto Portrait of a Lady c. 1750 CERUTI, Giacomo Il Pitocchetto Portrait of a Man c. 1750 TIEPOLO, Giambattista The Death of Hyacinthus 1752-1753 TIEPOLO, Giambattista The Death of Sophonisba c. 1755-1760 LONGHI, Pietro The Tickle c. 1755 GUARDI, Francesco View of the Giudecca Canal and the Zattere c. 1757-1758 Audio CANALETTO (CANALE, Antonio) Porta Portello, Padua c. 1760 Audio CANALETTO (CANALE, Antonio) The School of San Marco c. 1765 CANALETTO (CANALE, Antonio) Capriccio with Colonnade in the Interior of a Palace c. 1765 TIEPOLO, Giandomenico Apotheosis of Hercules c. 1765 GUARDI, Francesco View of Canal Grande with Santa Lucia and Santa Maria di Nazareth c. 1780 GUARDI, Francesco View of Canal Grande with San Simeone Piccolo and Santa Lucia c. 1780 BATONI, Pompeo Girolamo Portrait of the Contessa Di S. Martino 1785

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