Giambattista Piazzetta, together with Giambattista Tiepolo, dominates history painting in 18th-century Venice. Regarded as the greatest religious painter of his time, he was also widely known for his delightful small secular paintings, and his exquisite decorations and illustrations for printed books, when Venice was an important and influential centre of book production. His drawings, especially the characteristic studies of heads of ordinary men and women, were popular with collectors, and widely engraved, became a ...
Read More
Giambattista Piazzetta, together with Giambattista Tiepolo, dominates history painting in 18th-century Venice. Regarded as the greatest religious painter of his time, he was also widely known for his delightful small secular paintings, and his exquisite decorations and illustrations for printed books, when Venice was an important and influential centre of book production. His drawings, especially the characteristic studies of heads of ordinary men and women, were popular with collectors, and widely engraved, became a familiar element on the walls of many a Venetian house. This is the first study in English of this key figure in the last great flowering of Venetian painting.
Read Less
Add this copy of Giambattista Piazzetta 1682-1754 to cart. $220.00, very good condition, Sold by art longwood books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1992 by Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Near Fine in Near Fine Plus jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Cloth, hard cover in dust jacket., in the margin of three pages are a small perforation or abrasion, as if a tiny pebble were there. no loss of text or function, very small. no other flaws or wear. clean. no markings of any sort. no other bumps, tears, chips. strong binding.; english text.; xviii-243pp., 13 color plates. 157 b/w plates. among few books in english on the 18th century venetian painter. scarce title.
Add this copy of Giambattista Piazzetta, 1682-1754 to cart. $2,470.00, new condition, Sold by BWS Bks rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ferndale, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1992 by Clarendon Press.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
New. 0198173938. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened----with a bonus offer--
