Tiepolo, Guardi, and Their World
dal 25/9/2013 al 4/1/2014
Segnalato da
25/9/2013
Tiepolo, Guardi, and Their World
Morgan Library & Museum, New York
Eighteenth-Century Venetian Drawings. New Morgan exhibition explores art in 18th-century Venice with more than 100 drawings from the museum's renowned holdings.
Tiepolo, Guardi, and Their World is organized by Morgan Director William M. Griswold and
Jennifer Tonkovich, Curator in the Department of Drawings and Prints.
This exhibition is generously supported by the Sherman Fairchild Fund for Exhibitions, Kasper,
and Mr. and Mrs. Clement C. Moore II.
The Morgan's collection of eighteenth-century Venetian drawings is among the world's finest, with more than 300 sheets by renowned masters Giambattista Tiepolo (1696–1770) and his son Domenico (1726–1804). Drawn entirely from the museum's holdings, Tiepolo, Guardi, and Their World features a selection of more than one hundred works on paper and chronicles the vitality and originality of drawing during Venice's second Golden Age.
The eighteenth century saw the resurgence of the legendary maritime city as a center for international arts patronage. Venice was home to several flourishing family workshops and commissions from the church, nobility, bourgeoisie, and foreign travelers ensured the fame of her artists. The exceptional creativity of Venetian masters is seen in Giambattista Tiepolo's luminous wash studies for frescoed ceilings and painted figures; views of Venice and architectural capricci by Francesco Guardi and Canaletto; early designs executed by Giovanni Piranesi during his formative years in the city; and Domenico Tiepolo's humorous Scenes from Contemporary Life and theatrical vignettes depicting the comic character Punchinello.
Related Programs:
Gallery Talks
Tiepolo, Guardi, and Their World: Eighteenth-Century Venetian Drawings
Friday, November 8, 6:30 p.m.
Tiepolo, Guardi, and Their World: Eighteenth-Century Venetian Drawings
Friday, October 18, 6:30 p.m.
Family Programs
Smithsonian Museum Day
Saturday, September 28, 2–5 p.m.
Adult Programs
Sketching in the Gallery
Saturday, October 19, 11 a.m.–1 p.m.
Saturday, November 9, 11 a.m.–1 p.m.
Saturday, December 14, 11 a.m.–1 p.m.
Press Preview: Thursday, September 26, 2013, 10:00–11:30 a.m.
RSVP: (212) 590-0393, media@themorgan.org
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