<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishVenice ilikaa chini ya utawala wa watu wachache wa kifalme, wakipata faraja ya nostalgia kutoka kwa uzuri wa jiji hilo uliochongwa katika picha za Guardi na Canaletto.  <response>: Venice stagnated under the rule of a small entrenched ??lite, drawing nostalgic comfort from the citys petrified beauty as painted in the vedute of Guardi and Canaletto. 