In “Dead Reckoning: The Waterways of Turner and Canaletto,” I examine views of Venice from the perspective of J.M.W. Turner and Canaletto. This essay posits these painters as a middle ground between the allegorical works of Jan Brueghel the Younger and the Impressionists, yielding their own unique horizons. As Anne Carson says, “Kinds of water drown us. Kinds of water do not.
Dead Reckoning: The Waterways of Turner and Canaletto
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