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Santa Maria della Salute, Venice
David Roberts·c. 1830
Historical Context
Santa Maria della Salute, Venice from around 1830 by David Roberts depicts Longhena's famous Baroque church on the Grand Canal. Venice's architecture provided some of Roberts's most popular subjects, combining architectural grandeur with the romantic atmosphere of the lagoon city. Roberts, the son of a Scottish cobbler who became one of Britain's most celebrated topographical painters, documented the architecture and landscape of Europe and the Middle East with meticulous accuracy and atmospheri
Technical Analysis
The domed church is rendered with Roberts's precise architectural technique, the Venetian water and light adding atmospheric richness to the architectural subject.
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