'Tiepolo: the last breath of happiness in Europe'The eighteenth-century Venetian painter Giambattista Tiepolo spent his life creating frescoes that are among the glories of Western art, yet he remains shrouded in mystery. Who was he? And what was the significance of the dark, bizarre etchings depicting sacrifice and magic, which he created alongside his heavenly works? Roberto Calasso explores Tiepolo as the last artist of the ancien régime and at the same time the first example of the "painter of modern life" evoked by Baudelaire. He was the incarnation of that peculiar Italian virtue sprezzatura: the art of not seeming artful.Translated by Alastair McEwen'A brilliant, eccentric, provocative . . . and thoroughly splendid celebration of a great painter' John Banville, The New Republic'Calasso is a myth-maker ... a book that treats paintings as a kind of sorcery' Peter Conrad, Observer
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Calasso has written a brilliant, eccentric, provocative, annoying, and thoroughly splendid celebration of a great painter.
New to Penguin Modern Classics- a captivating exploration of the work of one of Italy's most influential - and least understood - painters.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780241399422
Publisert
2020
Utgiver
Vendor
Penguin Classics
Vekt
481 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Dybde
23 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
304
Forfatter
Oversetter