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Giambattista and Giandomenico Tiepolo: The Real Otherworldliness of Two Rococo Masters
This year marks 250 years since the death of rococo master Giovanni Battista (Giambattista) Tiepolo (1696–1770), arguably the most celebrated artist of 18th-century Europe. In his honour, this post considers the work of not just the elder Tiepolo, but also that of his son Giovanni Domenico (Giandomenico; 1727–1804), through whom the changing tides of the 18th century most clearly come into focus. Between Baroque and Neo-classicism, this was a fascinating moment in the use and status of art as the Western world entered a period of intellectual, social, and political upheaval, that would culminate with the French Revolution in 1789 and the fall of the Venetian Republic not a decade later.
Originating from Venice, the Tiepolos were critical in bringing the lagunar town back into artistic prominence during the 18th century. In its golden age two centuries earlier, Venice had been a major artistic centre, but its importance had since fallen off as artists like Caravaggio and the Carracci brothers shifted the focus to central Italy, especially Rome. In the 18th century, the age of the Grand Tour, artists like Canaletto, with his famous Vedute or views of the city, capitalized on the
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Paintings On The Wall - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770)
11.11.2016
In the latest feature of the ’Paintings on the Wall’ series we discover the work of Venetian Rococo artist Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. Journalist Adam Jacques profiles the painter below, and check out Paul’s thoughts on Tiepolo in his ['PS from PM'](#ps from paul).
‘Apollo and the Continents’, Würzburg Residence, fresco, 1753, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
FRESCO MASTERS: If I were to ask you to name a famous fresco - the sort of ceiling plaster paintings that decorate the ancient churches and palaces of Western Europe - what would come to mind? Well for many it might be that monumental ‘Creation of Adam’ painting, on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, by Italian Renaissance virtuoso Michelangelo: God’s outstretched hand reaching out to Adam’s— recognised around the world.
'Creation of Adam’ , circa 1511, Michelangelo
What’s less likely, especially if you come from an English-speaking part of the world, is choosing something by the criminally underrated Venetian genius, Giovani Battista Tiepolo - or Giambattista to his friends.
WHO ON EARTH IS TIEPOLO? Probably the most famous painter you never heard of, Tiepolo was one of the last of the Old Masters of European pa
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Giovanni Battista Painter
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