Goivanni Antionio CAnal

... This piece was painted by Giovanni Antonio Canal, Canaletto, and is called The Grand Canal and the church of Salute. It was painted in 1730 in Venice. It shows the distance between the far away buildings and the close up gondolas. The gondolas appear to be larger then the buildings in the background but actually aren't, it's just painted to look that way. If you look at the right hand side of the painting, it appears as if the buildings are growing smaller. The angle makes it appear this way. There is more detail on the closer up buildings because in real life you can see more detail the closer you are. This helps the depth of the picture, making it seem more life like and 3D. As if you were looking down a river. On the left hand side of the page you can see the shadows, making the

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