{"product_id":"the-glory-of-venice-art-in-the-eighteenth-century","title":"The Glory of Venice: Art in the Eighteenth Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eVenice  home of Tiepolo  Canaletto  Piranesi  Piazzetta  and Guardi  was the most artistic city of eighteenth-century Italy. This beautiful book examines the whole range of the arts in Venice during this period  including paintings  pastels and gouaches  drawings and watercolours  prints and illustrated books and sculpture. The book begins with an introduction by Andrew Robison  and a general introduction to Venetian art by Michael Levey. Essays by other eminent authorities then discuss the international taste for Venetian art and major aspects of the art of the period. The essays are followed by a catalogue that discusses and reproduces many of the finest works of the time along with biographies and critical discussions of the artists. The selection of works emphasises the beauty  quality  distinctiveness  variety  balance  and unity of Venetian art. It includes altarpieces by Tiepolo  Piazzetta  and others that demonstrate the importance of profoundly serious and grand religious art; it presents the finest examples of history painting and allegory  views and landscapes  architectural fantasies  decorative paintings  and portraits; and it offers a large selection of particularly fine graphic art  for many of the greatest painters - Marco Ricci  Piazzetta  Canaletto  and Tiepolo - also devoted themselves to printmaking  book illustration  and designs for stage sets and the decorative arts  and often found greater freedom for their fantasy in such works.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44966503776309,"sku":"ByrdShop_0300061862","price":29.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780300061864.jpg?v=1770565426","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-glory-of-venice-art-in-the-eighteenth-century","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}