Antonio canaletto lived during the enlightenment;but the scientific ideas of this significant era did not permeate his technique; for instance,londoners rejected him because “his work was not representative” perhaps of some ideal; rather we observe that his work was “reproductive of actualities;”
source: leah sumner; enlightment-revolution.org
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