Editing Venice (section)

=== Painting ===
{{Main|Venetian painting|List of painters and architects of Venice}}

[[File:Canaletto - Bucentaur's return to the pier by the Palazzo Ducale - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|An 18th-century view of Venice by Venetian artist [[Canaletto]]]]

Venice, especially during the [[Renaissance]], and [[Baroque]] periods, was a major centre of art and developed a unique style known as the [[Venetian painting]]. In the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, Venice, along with [[Florence]] and Rome, became one of the most important centres of art in Europe, and numerous wealthy Venetians became patrons of the arts. Venice at the time was a rich and prosperous [[Maritime Republics|Maritime Republic]], which controlled a vast sea and trade empire.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://arthistory.about.com/cs/arthistory10one/a/ven_ren.htm |title=The Renaissance in Venice – Art History Basics on the Venetian School – ca 1450–1600 |publisher=Arthistory.about.com |date=29 October 2009 |access-date=22 April 2010 |archive-date=28 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128120134/http://arthistory.about.com/cs/arthistory10one/a/ven_ren.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In the 16th century, Venetian painting was developed through influences from the Paduan School and [[Antonello da Messina]], who introduced the oil painting technique of the [[Van Eyck]] brothers. It is signified by a warm colour scale and a picturesque use of colour. Early masters were the Bellini and Vivarini families, followed by [[Giorgione]] and [[Titian]], then [[Tintoretto]] and [[Paolo Veronese|Veronese]]. In the early 16th century, there was rivalry in Venetian painting between the ''disegno'' and ''colorito'' techniques.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.webexhibits.org/feast/context/venetianart.html |title=Venetian art around 1500 |publisher=Webexhibits.org |access-date=22 April 2010}}</ref>

[[Canvas]]es (the common painting surface) originated in Venice during the early Renaissance. In the 18th century, Venetian painting had a revival with [[Giovanni Battista Tiepolo|Tiepolo]]'s decorative painting and [[Canaletto]]'s and [[Guardi]]'s panoramic views.