Tiepolo: The Complete Paintings
by Filippo Pedrocco
from Rizzoli International Publications
Tiepolo's Hound
by Derek Walcott
from Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Painting Then For Now. Fragments of Tiepolo at the Ca' Dolfin
by Svetlana Alpers
from David Krut Publishing
Painting Then For Now is a collaboration between an art historian, a painter and a photographer who are rediscovering the modernism in Giambattista Tiepolo's work, a Venetian 18th century painter who is often credited as the first modernist, and an influence on other seminal painters such as Goya. The artists spent several hours selecting details from 3 canvases that belong to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, from the Ca' Dolfin cycle. A catalogue will be released to coincide with the opening of the exhibition of this series on November 8, 2007. In the book, the illustrations of the prints are rendered as 16.5% of the original size of the prints, and the details in the book are scaled to the actual size of the prints.
Domenico Tiepolo: A New Testament
by Adelheid M. Gealt
from Indiana University Press
"This book is something. Lovingly researched and written, with all the known drawings illustrated, identified, ordered and annotated, it is a historical, some might feel spiritual, event. Ms. Gealt and Mr. Knox, who intended it for both a general audience and scholars, say simply, 'We believe this is a book to linger over.' . . . they are absolutely right."
-- Holland Cotter, New York Times
In this major new work of art history, Adelheid M. Gealt and George Knox assemble, present, and document for the first time a cycle of 313 drawings of scenes from the New Testament by the 18th-century Venetian draftsman Domenico Tiepolo (1727-1804). When Domenico died in 1804, the drawings were dispersed among various purchasers. Locating, identifying, and documenting them required years of detective work by Gealt and Knox.This book presents the fruit of their labors and is a treasure that any art lover will wish to own. The book will accompany an exhibition to open October 2006 at The Frick Museum in New York.
Introductory chapters by Knox and Gealt provide a history of the drawings and a discussion of the literary and pictorial traditions in which Domenico worked and the complexities of his narrative approach. The heart of the book is a catalog of full-color reproductions of the drawings, arranged to follow the New Testament narrative from the lives of Joachim and Anna (Christ's grandparents) through the acts of Peter and Paul. The accompanying text includes the biblical passages depicted in each drawing, synopses of the stories that Domenico tells, and commentaries. A reference section provides further information on the traditions of iconography and on the biblical and historical sources reflected in Domenico Tiepolo's work.
Tiepolo and the Pictorial Intelligence
by Svetlana Alpers
from Yale University Press
This study by two brilliant and eminently readable art historians looks at Tiepolo`s works as an example of the specifically pictorial as distinguished from the verbal intelligence. Alpers and Baxandall show that Tiepolo`s greatness lies not in stories told, or in meanings pursued, but in the use of his visual medium-drawing, painting and natural lighting. They conclude with a study of his best and biggest painting, The Four Continents at W_rzburg, newly photographed for this book. An appendix offers a gazetteer for travellers.
Domenico Tiepolo: The Punchinello Drawings
by Adelheid M. Gealt
from George Braziller
The Estate of Peter Jay Sharp - Sotheby's New York - January 13, 1994 - Books, French Furniture & Decorations, English Furniture, Sculpture, Old Master Paintings (Tiepolo, Clouet, Reni and others)
Masters of Art: Tiepolo (Masters of Art)
by William Barcham
from Harry N. Abrams
The art of Giambattista Tiepolo represents a key chapter in the rich history of Venetian painting. Tiepolo first exhibited in his native Venice in 1716, and his career ended in Madrid, where he died while employed by the king of Spain. The entire range of his art is presented in this beautiful volume. 100 illustrations; 40 full-page colorplates.
Titian to Tiepolo: Three Centuries of Italian Art
from Skira
The northern artistic schools arose in the 1600s, led by Carracci, Reni, Guercino, and Domenichino. Included here are works by the revolutionary Caravaggio. Papal Rome is well represented by Bernini and Pietro da Cortona.
The 1700s feature landscape artists including Canaletto, Bellotto, and Guardi, and from the Rococò period, Tiepolo and Gandolfi with sculptures by Canova and Giani.
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