Complex sentence: Zuccarelli was one the few Venetian painters to win universal acclaim from his contemporaries, even from critics who rejected the entire concept of Arcadia, and he was especially popular among the followers of Rousseau.
Split into simpler sentences: Zuccarelli was one of the few Venetian painters to win universal acclaim from his contemporaries, even from critics who rejected the entire concept of Arcadia. He was especially popular among the followers of Rousseau.