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Piazzetta created an art of warm, rich color and a mysterious poetry. He often depicted peasantry, even if often in a grand fashion. He was highly original in the intensity of color he sometimes used in his shadows, and in the otherworldly quality he gave to the light which throws part of a composition into relief.
PIAZZETTA, Giovanni Battista (b. 1683, Venezia, d. 1754, Venezia) The Death of Darius c. 1746 Oil on canvas, 240 x 480 cm Museo del Settecento Veneziano, Ca' Rezzonico, Venice
Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (1683–1754) Giovanni Picca (1840–1910) Nicola di Pietro (14th century) Domenico Piola (1627–1703) Pinturicchio (1454–1513) Sebastiano del Piombo (c. 1485–1547) Fausto Pirandello (1899–1975) Giuseppe Pirovani (c. 1755–c. 1835) Pisanello (1395–1455) Michelangelo Pittatore (1825–1903) Giambattista ...
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The leading lights of the 18th century came from Venice. Among them were the brilliant exponent of the rococo style, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo; the architectural painters Francesco Guardi, Canaletto, Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, and Bernardo Bellotto; and the engraver of Roman antiquities, Giovanni Battista Piranesi.
Ca' Rezzonico (Italian pronunciation: [ˈka (r)retˈtsɔːniko]) is a palazzo and art museum on the Grand Canal in the Dorsoduro sestiere of Venice, Italy.It is a particularly notable example of the 18th century Venetian baroque and rococo architecture and interior decoration, and displays paintings by the leading Venetian painters of the period, including Francesco Guardi and Giambattista ...
Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (1682–1754), Drawings & Prints : page 139; Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), 20th-century art : page 430; Piero della Francesca (ca. 1416/1417–1492), Robert Lehman collection : page 362; Piero di Cosimo (1462–1521), European paintings : page 173; Emile Pingat & Cie., Costume Institute : page 125
Francesco Capella (1714–1784), called Il Capella and Francesco Dagiu, was a student of Giovanni Battista Piazzetta. He was born in Venice, Italy. He painted history, and was chiefly employed for the churches at Bergamo, and by the state. One of his best pictures is 'St. George and the Dragon,' in the church of San Bonate.