Guido Alfani

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    The painting 鈥淭he Grand Canal, Venice, Looking Southeast, with the Campo della Carit脿 to the Right鈥 by Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Doing great deeds, or on the generosity of the rich Across history the rich have achieved plenty of things from which we continue to benefit. Surely, they did it for their own benefit, and to bolster their social status鈥攊n plainer words, to show off and to impress their fellow patricians鈥攂ut the fact ... Read More