Giambattista Tiepolo

A Rediscovered Giambattista Tiepolo: A Previously Unseen "Saint Roch" Unveiled at the BIAF

Ancient art

A beam of intensely warm light, golden-yellow like the sun filtering through the fog of the Venetian lagoon, envelops the solitary figure of a pilgrim who has stopped atop a rocky outcrop: he has long, flowing hair that falls over his…

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The dream of Villa Cordellina Lombardi, where Tiepolo's genius overcame decay

Travel Ancient art Eighteenth century Giambattista Tiepolo Giovanni Battista Tiepolo The ways of silence Veneto

Dust, damp patches, dirt encrustations, cobwebs, walls covered with lime, Giambattista Tiepolo's frescoes hidden by heavy metal grates. Those who, at the beginning of the twentieth century, had entered Villa Cordellina, a splendid…

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Giambattista Tiepolo's Apotheosis of the Pisans, the masterpiece of eighteenth-century fiction

Works and artists Ancient art Eighteenth century Giambattista Tiepolo Veneto Venice

Nestled along the banks of the Naviglio del Brenta canal, just a short walk from the center of the town of Stra, stands the "queen of the villas of the Veneto," Villa Pisani, a majestic example of an 18th-century patrician residence…

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