This book offers an innovative approach to the altarpieces of Giambattista Tiepolo (1696-1770) by discussing them within the intellectual context of the first half of the eighteenth century. Tiepolo occupies a particular position in the history of art: firmly embedded in the eighteenth century, he is one of the last great painters of the classical tradition, and, at the same time, one of the precursors of modernity. Why has Tiepolo's religious art often been misunderstood? How can the abbreviation and absence of key symbols in the images be explained and why is this rhetoric of absence so utterly modern? Deliberately concentrating on what is not painted, rather than what is in the picture, the book deals with Tiepolo's lacunism as an eighteenth-century phenomenon anticipating modernity. It discusses four different forms of rhetoric: iconic, narrative, silent, and visionary. Each discourse calibrates the images within their contemporary religious and philosophical context, which promote this type of rhetoric as highly innovative.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Peter Lang Ag, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
ISBN-13
9783034300353
eBay Product ID (ePID)
115981682
Product Key Features
Author
Johanna Fassl
Publication Name
Sacred Eloquence: Giambattista Tiepolo and the Rhetoric of the Altarpiece
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Art
Publication Year
2010
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
391 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
220mm
Item Width
150mm
Volume
4
Item Weight
780g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Johanna Fassl
Series Title
Studies in Early Modern European Culture / Studi Sulla Cultura Europea Della Prima Eta Moderna