\paperw19995 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 In this painting Canaletto, a well-known artist of the eighteenth century, depicts one of the most famous views of Venice.
Gondoliers and boatmen move busily through the mist that rises from the Grand Canal, and their presence evokes the political, cultural and economic greatness the city had attained in the past.
