Original Print of the view of Krakowskie Przedmiescie From Nowy Swiat. Krakowskie is one of the best known and most prestigious streets of Poland's capital Warsaw, surrounded by historic palaces, churches and manor-houses. The immediate southward extension of Krakowskie Przedmieście is along the Royal Route known as Nowy Świat (New World Street). Bernardo Caneletto Bellotto was an Italian urban landscape painter and printmaker in etching. He was famous for his views of European cities including Warsaw. A student and the nephew of the renowned Giovanni Antonio Canal Canaletto, his work is more sombre in color and his depiction of clouds and shadows brings him closer to Dutch painting. Bellotto's style was characterized by elaborate representation of architectural and natural vistas, and by the specific quality of each place's lighting. It is plausible that Bellotto, and other Venetian masters of vedute, may have used the camera obscura in order to achieve superior precision of urban views.