The passage of light through dark glass symbolized religious miracles

focused on the theme of cost

solace-giving

Bertrand Lavédrine

New Jersey

Eyewitness Views: Making History in Eighteenth-Century Europe BTS Books The passage of light throughPeter Bjrn Kerber Canaletto, Bernardo Bellotto, Luca Carlevarijs, Giovanni Paolo Panini, Francesco Guardi, Hubert Robertthese renowned view painters are perhaps most famous for their expansive canvases depicting the ruins of Rome or the canals of Venice. Many of their most splendid paintings, however, feature important contemporary events. These occasions motivated some of the greatest artists of the era to produce their most exceptional work. Little