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Apr 11, 2024 · Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (born March 5, 1696, Venice [Italy]—died March 27, 1770, Madrid, Spain) was a great Italian painter of the 18th century. His luminous, poetic frescoes, while extending the tradition of Baroque ceiling decoration, epitomize the lightness and elegance of the Rococo period.
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (/ t i ˈ ɛ p ə l oʊ / tee-EP-ə-loh, Italian: [dʒoˈvanni batˈtista ˈtjɛːpolo, ˈtjeː-]; 5 March 1696 – 27 March 1770), also known as Giambattista (or Gianbattista) Tiepolo, was an Italian painter and printmaker from the Republic of Venice who painted in the Rococo style, considered an important member of ...
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The great 18 th century Venetian painter Tiepolo ranks as the supreme exponent of the ornamental and asymmetrical Italian Rococo style. Tiepolo is thus associated with decorative, airy frescoes that displayed a partiality for pastel shades and sumptuous costumes. His art celebrated caprice (capriccio) and fantasy (fantasia) but within a ...
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- March 5, 1696
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- March 27, 1770
Jan 11, 2023 · And so it was that Bista - they also shared the same nickname - got the idea in his head that his purpose would be to do good for Italy. He was born in 1898 in Forte dei Marmi, but after the untimely death of his father and losing the possibility to pursue a diplomatic career, he decided to move to Florence.
Tiepolo was famous throughout Europe as an unrivaled fresco painter and a splendid draftsman. His first teacher, Gregorio Lazzarini, encouraged his disciples to study 16th-century Venetian art but Tiepolo was also influenced by the tenebrist technique of Federico Bencovich and the monumental realism of his great contemporary, Giovanni Battista Piazzetta.
Rinaldo Enchanted by Armida (1742/45) by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696–1770) The Art Institute of Chicago. 'Giovanni Battista Tiepolo also provided smaller decorative panels and a ceiling painting for what must have been a sparkling, light-filled room.'. Allegory of Virtue and Nobility (1740 - 1750) by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo ...
