The glory of Venice : art in the eighteenth century

Book 1994

Venice, home of Tiepolo, Canaletto, Piranesi, Piazzetta, and Guardi, was the most artistic city of eighteenth-century Italy. This beautiful book examines the whole range of the arts in Venice during this period, including paintings, pastels and gouaches, drawings and watercolours, prints and illustrated books and sculpture. The book begins with an introduction by Andrew Robison, and a general introduction to Venetian art by Michael Levey. Essays...

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ISBN:

9780300061864
9780300061857
0300061854

Description:

528 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm

Notes:

Catalog of the exhibition held at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, September 15 - December 14, 1994 and at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., January 29 - April 23, 1995
Bibliography: pages 516-526

Contents:

Glory of Venice / Andrew Robison
Introduction to 18th Century Venetian Art / Michael Levey
International Taste for Venetian Art / Christoph Becker, Axel Burkarth, August Rave and Francis Russell
Aspects of Cultural Politics in 18th Century Venice / Giovanna Nepi Scire
I. Sebastiano Ricci and the New Century / Francesco Valcanover
II. Townscapes and Landscapes / William Barcham
III. Rococo Artists / Alessandro Bettagno
IV. Piazzetta Paradox / Alice Binion
V. Giambattista Tiepolo / Adriano Mariuz
VI. Canaletto / J.G. Links
VII. Neo-Palladians and Mid-century Landscape / John Harris
VIII. Artists of Religion and Genre / Filippo Pedrocco
IX. Brothers Guardi / Mitchell Merling
X. Domenico Tiepolo and his Contemporaries / Catherine Whistler
XI. Bernardo Bellotto / Edgar Peters Bowron
XII. Giovanni Battista Piranesi / Andrew Robison
XIII. Antonio Canova / Giandomenico Romanelli

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94061010

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55682

Other Authors:

Martineau, Jane
National Gallery of Art (U.S.)
Robison, Andrew
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)

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