Art Studio Elbe - Verband freischaffender Künstler.

  Author - Brian Hawkeswood.                                                   Nach unten scrollen für die deutsche Übersetzung I visited friends yesterday evening, just across the river from Pirna , on the quiet north bank of the Elbe . They insist that it isn’t Pirna at all, but the countryside — though the view from their garden, framed by trees and shrubs carefully manicured , suggests otherwise. The skyline of the town is laid out before them like a painting: the soft ochres of Baroque façades, the noble presence of St. Marien rising gently into the fading light. One sees Pirna more clearly from across the river, perhaps — like certain truths that emerge only when observed from a slight distance. "Life drawing room at the Vienna academy"  1787 Martin Ferdinand Quadal . I rode my bicycle there, weaving through the damp fragrance of the evening air...

Author: Brian Hawkeswood .                                                    “ Scrollen Sie nach unten, um den Text auf Deutsch zu lesen.” The Grand View: Bernardo Bellotto , Canaletto , and the Legacy of the Cityscape Author: Brian Hawkeswood. The development of the cityscape as a significant genre in European painting culminated in the 18th century with the masterful work of Giovanni Antonio Canal , known as Canaletto, and his nephew Bernardo Bellotto. Among the most remarkable visual chroniclers of the Enlightenment ’s urban spaces, these Venetian painters elevated the depiction of the city to a form of history painting—precise, luminous, and charged with civic pride. “ Pirna : The Obertor from the South”,   Bernardo Bellotto , Italian, mid-1750s. * While Canaletto’s reputation remains firmly linked to his romanticized visions of Venice , Bellott...