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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.
The first director was Giovanni Battista Piazzetta; Gianbattista Tiepolo became the first president after his return from Würzburg. [2] It was one of the first institutions to study art restoration starting in 1777 with Pietro Edwards, and formalised by 1819 as a course. In 1807 the academy was re-founded by Napoleonic decree.
This a big canvas was painted around 1746 by Giambattista Piazzetta for the hall of the Palazzo Pisani Moretta in San Polo, where it was accompanied by a painting by Paolo Veronese depicting Alexander and the Family of Darius, taken to the National Gallery in London during the nineteenth century.
In the antechamber a painting by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta Judithe and Holofernes from 1745. On the wall in front of the file cabinet is a large painting by Gaetano Zompini: Esther faints before Ahasuerus. On the wall facing the windows a two-part paintings by Giustino Menescardi: The Martyrdom of the Maccabees and St. Salome . On the wall of ...
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.
Giovanni Battista was a common Italian given name (see Battista for those with the surname) in the 16th-18th centuries. It refers to " John the Baptist " in English, the French equivalent is " Jean-Baptiste ".
The first director was Giovanni Battista Piazzetta; Gianbattista Tiepolo became the first president after his return from Würzburg. [2] The academy was at first housed in a room on the upper floor of the Fonteghetto della Farina , a flour warehouse and market on the Grand Canal, close to Piazza San Marco. The space was insufficient, and ...
Francesco Polazzo (1683–1753) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, active mainly in Venice.He was a pupil of Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, and painted portraits and historical subjects, though better known as a restorer of pictures.