. Engraving and etching : a handbook for the use of students and print collectors . viewsof Venice. Canalettos pupil and nephew, Bernardo Belotto (bonvat Venice 1720, worked at Dresden and elsewhere, died atWarsaw 1780) followed in his masters steps as a painterand etcher. He was, however, no mere imitator, but anartist of decided individuality, the result possibl) of thefact that he worked mainly in the north. Looking at hisprints, ones eyes are refreshed by the forceful precision ofof the drawing and the masterly handling of the planesof perspective. Belotto etched coarsel) in firm, vigorous
. Engraving and etching : a handbook for the use of students and print collectors . viewsof Venice. Canalettos pupil and nephew, Bernardo Belotto (bonvat Venice 1720, worked at Dresden and elsewhere, died atWarsaw 1780) followed in his masters steps as a painterand etcher. He was, however, no mere imitator, but anartist of decided individuality, the result possibl) of thefact that he worked mainly in the north. Looking at hisprints, ones eyes are refreshed by the forceful precision ofof the drawing and the masterly handling of the planesof perspective. Belotto etched coarsel) in firm, vigorouslines. His views of Dresden are genuine masterpieces, notonly for their topographical correctness and their cleverrenderino of architecture, but also for their reflection of 236 ENGRAVING IN ITALY local colour and atmosphere. It is a remarkable fact thatItal) produced at the same time several other etchers whowere distinctly related in style to Belotto, but who workedquite independently of him—among them the two Piranesi,Giovanni Battista (born 1721 ?, died at Rome 1778), and. Fig. no. Antonio Canale (Canaletto) : View in Venice (detail). his son, Francesco (born at Rome 1748, died at Paris1810). The elder Piranesi, originally trained as an archi-tect, found his milieu in the picturing of ancient Romanbuildings and ruins. In his certainty and precision of linehe is akin to Belotto, but not content, like him, with GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI 237 simple and straightforward rendering of nature, he clothesreality with massivcness of form, grandeur of effect, andmystery of light and shade. Many of Piranesis prints aredaring experiments with the technique of etching, andhave almost the effect of a powerful decorative obtains in his etchings a remarkable richness anddepth of tone, produced by continuous bitings and byvarious technical processes, which he must have preservedas a secret. Skilful printing, moreover, played an im-portant part in giving artistic effect to Pira
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