Giambattista Tiepolo: Fifteen Oil Sketches

by Jon L. Seydl

Giambattista Tiepolo (1696-1770) was the greatest Italian painter of the eighteenth century, best known for his monumental frescoes and epic altarpieces. The scale of these paintings is immense, even overpowering. Yet some of Tiepolo's finest work can be found in the small oil sketches that he often made in preparation for these grand commissions.
Published to coincide with an exhibition at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Giambattista Tiepolo: Fifteen...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892368128
• ISBN13: 9780892368129
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.0" x 11.0"