Title & Author:

Art in the Eighteenth century : the glory of Venice. / Martineau, Jane (editor).

Publication:

London : Yale University Press, 1994.

Description:

528 pages : illustrations

Notes:
Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, Sept. 15-Dec. 14, 1994 and at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Jan. 29-Apr. 23, 1995.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 516-526) and index.
The Glory of Venice / Andrew Robison -- Introduction to 18th-Century Venetian Art / Michael Levey -- The International Taste for Venetian Art / Christoph Becker, Axel Burkarth, August Rave and Francis Russell -- Aspects of Cultural Politics in 18th-Century Venice / Giovanni Nepi Sciré -- Sebastiano Ricci and the New Century / Francesco Valcanover -- Townscapes and Landscapes / William Barcham -- Rococo Artists / Alessandro Bettagno -- The Piazetta Paradox / Alice Binion -- Giambattista Tiepolo / Adriano Mariuz -- Canaletto / J.G. Links -- The Neo-Palladians and Mid-century Landscape / John Harris -- Artists of Religion and Genre / Filippo Pedrocco -- The Brothers Guardi / Mitchell Merling -- Domenicio Tiepolo and his Contemporaries / Catherine Whistler -- Bernardo Bellotto / Edgar Peters Bowron -- Giovanni Battista Piranesi / Andrew Robison -- Antonio Canova / Giandomenicio Romanelli.

Summary:

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 by other eminent authorities then discuss the international taste for Venetian art and major aspects of the art of the period. The essays are followed by a catalogue that discusses and reproduces many of the finest works of the time along with biographies and critical discussions of the artists. The selection of works emphasises the beauty, quality, distinctiveness, variety, balance, and unity of Venetian art. It includes altarpieces by Tiepolo, Piazzetta, and others that demonstrate the importance of profoundly serious and grand religious art; it presents the finest examples of history painting and allegory, views and landscapes, architectural fantasies, decorative paintings, and portraits; and it offers a large selection of particularly fine graphic art, for many of the greatest painters - Marco Ricci, Piazzetta, Canaletto, and Tiepolo - also devoted themselves to printmaking, book illustration, and designs for stage sets and the decorative arts, and often found greater freedom for their fantasy in such works.

ISBN:

0300061862
9780300061864
0300061854
9780300061857

Subject:

Artists.
Art History.
Art, Italian Italy Venice 18th century Exhibitions.
Art, Italian Italy Venice Exhibitions.
Art italien Italie Venise 18e siècle Expositions.
Art italien Italie Venise Expositions.
Artistes.
Art Histoire.
artists (visual artists)
art history.
Art, Italian
Art
Kunst
Ausstellung
Beeldende kunsten.
Peinture 18e siècle Italie Venise (Italie) Catalogues d'exposition.
Peinture Italie Venise (Italie) Catalogues d'exposition.
Peinture 18e siècle Italie Venise Expositions.
Vie artistique Italie Venise (Italie) 18e siècle Catalogues d'exposition.
Painting, Italian Italy Venice Exhibitions.
Painting, Modern 18th century Italy Venice Exhibitions.
Italy Venice
Venedig

Form/genre:

Ausstellung London 1994.
Exhibition catalogs.
History

Added entries:

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

Holdings:

Location: Library main 93186
Call No.: ID ND621.V5.G57; ID:95-B920
Status: Available