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Piazzetta, Giovanni Batista |
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Piazzetta, Giovanni Batista (jōvän`nē bätēs`tä pēätsĕt`tä), 1682–1754, Italian painter. An exponent of the Venetian school, Piazzetta combined soft colors with a dramatic, chiaroscuro technique reminiscent of Caravaggio Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da (mēkālän`jālō mārē`zē dä käräväd`jō) ..... Click the link for more information. . His informal brushwork and shimmering figures foreshadowed rococo rococo (rəkō`kō, rō–) ..... Click the link for more information. style and influenced his pupil Tiepolo Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista (jōvän`nē bät-tē`stä tyĕ`pōlō), 1696–1770, Italian painter, b. ..... Click the link for more information. . Among his major works are Glory of St. Dominic (1727; in the church of Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice), The Fortune Teller (c.1745; Accademia, Venice), and a series of charcoal studies of the nude. Engravings of his paintings by Pietro Monaco brought them international attention. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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