Tiepolo Pink |
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| Author:
| Calasso, Roberto |
| ISBN: | 978-0-224-08207-5 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2010 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House
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| Imprint: | Jonathan Cape |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $75.00 |
Book Description:
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"A meditation in 3 parts on the paintings of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770) which adds up to an idiosyncratic but brilliant analysis of late 18th-century European culture. Along the way Calasso writes about witch-burnings (they were still happening in the 1780s), Zoroastrianism, the Sublime as a marketable commodity & the armpit hair of angels (his had a lot). The first part is a general appraisal & assertion of Tiepolo s genius as a painter. The 2nd & 3rd parts examine...
More Description"A meditation in 3 parts on the paintings of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770) which adds up to an idiosyncratic but brilliant analysis of late 18th-century European culture. Along the way Calasso writes about witch-burnings (they were still happening in the 1780s), Zoroastrianism, the Sublime as a marketable commodity & the armpit hair of angels (his had a lot). The first part is a general appraisal & assertion of Tiepolo s genius as a painter. The 2nd & 3rd parts examine particular paintings in detail. The qualities he most admires in Tiepolo include his ability to combine high seriousness with airy lightness, a preference for mythology & mystery over morals & dogma, & a highly developed appreciation of pleasure & elegance in all their forms."