The Glory of Venice

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

• ISBN13: 9780300061857
• ISBN10: 0300061854
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-01-01
• Publisher: Yale Univ Pr

Summary

Venice, home of Tiepolo, Canaletto, Piranesi, Piazzetta, and Guardi, was the city of eighteenth-century Italy most conducive to the creation of art. This lavishly illustrated book examines the whole range of the arts in Venice during this period, including paintings, pastels and gouaches, drawings and watercolors, prints, illustrated books, and sculpture.

Table of Contents

Committees	p. 7
Acknowledgements	p. 7
Foreword	p. 8
Lenders to the Exhibition	p. 10
The Glory of Venice	p. 13
Introduction to 18th Century Venetian Art	p. 22
The International Taste for Venetian Art	p. 44
Aspects of Cultural Politics in 18th Century Venice	p. 60
Sebastiano Ricci and the New Century	p. 69
Townscapes and Landscapes	p. 93
Rococo Artists	p. 113
The Piazzetta Paradox	p. 139
Giambattista Tiepolo	p. 171
Canaletto	p. 219
The Neo-Palladians and Mid-century Landscape	p. 247
Artists of Religion and Genre	p. 267
The Brothers Guardi	p. 293
Domenico Tiepolo and his Contemporaries	p. 329
Bernardo Bellotto	p. 361
Giovanni Battista Piranesi	p. 377
Antonio Canova	p. 407
Editorial Note	p. 423
Biographies and Catalogue of works	p. 424
Select Bibliography	p. 516
Photographic Acknowledgements	p. 527
Index	p. 528
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