Giambattista Tiepolo - Hardcover

Keith Christiansen; Adriano Mariuz

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0500974470 ISBN 13: 9780500974476

Publisher: Skira Editore, 1997

Synopsis

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.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Giambattista Tiepolo was the greatest artist of eighteenth-century Venice and, excepting only Goya and David, of eighteenth-century Europe. His frescoes in the palaces, churches, and villas of Venice and the Veneto and in the palaces of the prince-bishop of Wurzburg and the king of Spain are supreme accomplishments in the history of European art.

About the Author:

Keith Christiansen is Jayne Wrightsman Curator of Italian Painting at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

About this edition

• Publisher: Skira Editore
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0500974470
• ISBN 13: 9780500974476
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 416