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Giambattista Tiepolo

edited by Keith Christiansen

Skira , Distributed by Thames and Hudson, c1996

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Catalog of an exhibition held at Museo del Settecento veneziano Ca' Rezzonico, Venezia, on Sept. 6-Dec. 8, 1996 ; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Jan. 24-Apr. 27, 1997

"Translations from the Italian of the essay by Giandomenico Romanelli by Keith Christiansen; the essay by Filippo Pedrocco by Alberto Curotto; the essay by Adriano Mariuz by Stephen Sartarelli; and the entries by Egidio Martini, Filippo Pedrocco and Giuseppe Maria Pilo by Keith Christiansen and Stephen Sartarelli"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-386) and indexes

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Description

Published to coincide with an exhibition in Venice and New York to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the birth of Italian 18th-century painter, Giambattista Tiepolo, this study explores the various aspects of his work. Essays by eight American and European authorities illuminate his development: his mastery of mythological and poetic subjects; his deeply moving religious pictures; and his rare excursions into portraiture and studies of the ideal head. It also describes a prominent feature of Tiepolo's work; his method of progression from initial ideas - realized in dazzling small-scale oil sketches - to large canvases and frescoes. Written for the scholar and general reader alike, the text is supported by illustrations of Tiepolo's works and those of his predecessors and contemporaries.

Table of Contents

  • Tiepolo as a painter of history and mythology and as a decorator (English), William Barcham
  • the fiery poetic fantasy of Giambatissta Tiepolo (English), Keith Christiansen
  • Teipolo and the "art" of portrait (English), Diane De Grazia
  • Tiepolo as a religious artist (English), Catherine Whistler
  • Tiepolo and the artistic culture in 18th-century Europe (English), Donald Posner
  • Giambattista Tiepolo - "...il vero mago della futura..." (Italian), Adriano Mariuz
  • becoming Teipolo (Italian), Filippo Pedrocco
  • N.N. (Italian), Giandomenico Romanelli. (Part contents)

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