Giambattista Tiepolo : paintings and frescoes / Massimo Gemin ; Filippo Pedrocco

Tiepolo's formation and early works 1710-1729. Tiepolo's family and social environment. Questions of method. The apprenticeship with Gregorio Lazzarini. The influence of Lazzarini. A sudden change in direction? Tiepolo at the crossroads. The Ospedaletto. The Cornaro Portraits and other works. Private life and new conquests. Sacred and profane themes between the second and third decade of the century. Different dramas. From Ca' Zenobio to Palazzo Sandi. Towards Udine. Tiepolo and the Dolfin family -- The early maturity 1729-1737. The Thirties. The frescoes in Palazzo Archinto and Palazzo Casati Dugnani in Milan. A metamorphosis in religious iconography. From Bergamo to Rovetta. The frescoes at Villa Loschi at Biron di Monteviale. Between Venice and the European market -- The great decorative cycles 1737-1750. Finally, Venice. The frescoes in Palazzo Clerici and other works in Lombardy. New idola tribus. Francesco Algarotti. Virtues secular and sacred. Other decorative work from the 1710s. Giandomenico's debut. The frescoes in Palazzo Labia. Towards Wurzburg -- Wurzburg 1750-1753. Negotiations and preliminaries. First phase: the Kaisersaal. Second phase: the frescoes of the grand staircase. Other works for Wurzburg and its environs -- The last decade in Italy 1753-1762. The Venetian works after Wurzburg. Back in Vicenza: the Villa Valmarana and other works. Other myths, allegories and historiae. Farewell to the mainland -- Tiepolo in Spain 1762-1770. The frescoes of the Royal Palace in Madrid. The seven Aranjuez paintings. Other Spanish paintings: the final works -- Index of Tiepolo's works in public and private collections

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