#tiepolo — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #tiepolo, aggregated by home.social.
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Hero or hooligan: The cunning of Odysseus
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://eclecticlight.co/2026/07/20/hero-or-hooligan-the-cunning-of-odysseus/
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Hero or hooligan: The cunning of Odysseus
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://eclecticlight.co/2026/07/20/hero-or-hooligan-the-cunning-of-odysseus/
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Today's pick: Jacob's Dream (1726 - 1729) - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. #art #Tiepolo #Jacob #PalazzoPatriarcaleUdine
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Today's pick: Jacob's Dream (1726 - 1729) - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. #art #Tiepolo #Jacob #PalazzoPatriarcaleUdine
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Hero or hooligan: The Anger of Achilles
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://eclecticlight.co/2026/06/29/hero-or-hooligan-the-anger-of-achilles/
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Hero or hooligan: The Anger of Achilles
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://eclecticlight.co/2026/06/29/hero-or-hooligan-the-anger-of-achilles/
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Jerusalem Delivered: Overview and contents
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://eclecticlight.co/2026/04/28/jerusalem-delivered-overview-and-contents/
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Jerusalem Delivered: Overview and contents
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://eclecticlight.co/2026/04/28/jerusalem-delivered-overview-and-contents/
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Seven Punchinellos huddle under a rain that bleeds in pale brown washes across the sheet, their hunched backs turned to us like a chorus of silent witnesses. Domenico Tiepolo’s tremulous ink lines dissolve the figures into the downpour, suggesting the weight of unseen burdens pressing down with the weather.
What does the camel’s steady gaze reveal about the scene’s quiet absurdity?
#ClevelandMuseumofArt #Tiepolo #Ve
https://clevelandart.org/art/1937.573 -
Seven Punchinellos huddle under a rain that bleeds in pale brown washes across the sheet, their hunched backs turned to us like a chorus of silent witnesses. Domenico Tiepolo’s tremulous ink lines dissolve the figures into the downpour, suggesting the weight of unseen burdens pressing down with the weather.
What does the camel’s steady gaze reveal about the scene’s quiet absurdity?
#ClevelandMuseumofArt #Tiepolo #Ve
https://clevelandart.org/art/1937.573 -
Seven Punchinellos huddle under a sudden downpour, their hunched backs turned to us as ink bleeds into the damp paper. The umbrella’s ribs strain against the weight of rain, suggesting both shelter and futility—what does the lone figure without one carry instead?
#ClevelandMuseumofArt #Tiepolo #VenetianArt
https://clevelandart.org/art/1937.573 -
Seven Punchinellos huddle under a sudden downpour, their hunched backs turned to us as ink bleeds into the damp paper. The umbrella’s ribs strain against the weight of rain, suggesting both shelter and futility—what does the lone figure without one carry instead?
#ClevelandMuseumofArt #Tiepolo #VenetianArt
https://clevelandart.org/art/1937.573 -
Jerusalem Delivered: 10 Rinaldo retrieved
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://eclecticlight.co/2026/03/30/jerusalem-delivered-10-rinaldo-retrieved/
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Jerusalem Delivered: 10 Rinaldo retrieved
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://eclecticlight.co/2026/03/30/jerusalem-delivered-10-rinaldo-retrieved/
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“The pieces I chose were based on one thing only — a gasp of delight. Isn’t that the only way to curate a life?”*…
The Louvre has the Mona Lisa. In his nifty newsetter Ironic Sans, David Friedman reviews the “most treasured” holding of other museums…
Did you know that there is only one painting by Leonardo da Vinci on view in America? It’s a portrait of a teenage girl named Ginevra de’ Benci, a Florentine aristocrat, possibly commissioned for her wedding. And it’s one of only four portraits Leonardo painted of women. The most famous one, of course, is the Mona Lisa.The portrait of Ginevra is on display at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, which acquired the painting in 1967. There’s an interesting story of how the painting was brought from Liechtenstein Castle to Washington in carry-on luggage.
[I haven’t told you this yet, but for the past year I’ve been working full-time as Senior Video Producer at the National Gallery of Art. I love it. Working in a museum surrounded by some of the world’s best art and telling stories about how art makes a difference in people’s lives, every day is a good day. Another time, I’ll share some of the work we’re doing. But for now, I just need to make clear that this newsletter is in no way formally connected to the museum or my work there.]
Here is Ginevra, painted by Leonardo around 30 years before Mona Lisa:
I once heard someone refer to Ginevra as “America’s Mona Lisa.” Obviously that’s in part because they’re both by the same artist. But sometimes people refer to something as their Mona Lisa to mean it’s their prize possession, or an incredible work, or the draw that people come to see.
And that got me wondering: What do other museums and institutions refer to as their Mona Lisa?
So I did some digging and I’ve gathered 17 works of art and other surprising things where someone from the institution has gone on record calling it their Mona Lisa…
From Duccio and Matisse to Sow and Warhol: “It’s Their Mona Lisa,” from @ironicsans.com.
* Maira Kalman, My Favorite Things
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As we hit the highlights, we might spare a thought for a man whose works were often the “Mona Lisas” of the halls they graced: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (AKA, Giambattista or Gianbattista Tiepolo): he died on this date in 1770. A painter and printmaker from the Republic of Venice, his luminous, poetic frescoes, while extending the tradition of Baroque ceiling decoration, epitomized the lightness and elegance of the Rococo period. Indeed, he was described by National Gallery head Michael Levey as “the greatest decorative painter of eighteenth-century Europe, as well as its most able craftsman.” He is considered– with Giambattista Pittoni, Canaletto, Giovan Battista Piazzetta, Giuseppe Maria Crespi, and Francesco Guardi— one of the traditional Old Masters of that period.
A preliminary sketch for “Allegory of the Planets and Continents,” a fresco in the palace of Carl Philipp von Greiffenklau, prince‑bishop of Würzburg, in present-day Germany (Metropolitan Museum of Art) Tiepolo’s self-portrait (1750–1753), from a ceiling fresco in that Würzburg Residence #art #Baroque #culture #fresco #history #masterpiece #masterpieces #museums #OldMaster #Rococo #Tiepolo -
Jerusalem Delivered: 9 Armida’s Garden
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://eclecticlight.co/2026/03/23/jerusalem-delivered-9-armidas-garden/
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Jerusalem Delivered: 9 Armida’s Garden
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://eclecticlight.co/2026/03/23/jerusalem-delivered-9-armidas-garden/
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Today's pick: The Judgment of Solomon (1726 - 1729) - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. #art #Tiepolo #Solomon #PalazzoPatriarcaleUdine
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Today's pick: The Judgment of Solomon (1726 - 1729) - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. #art #Tiepolo #Solomon #PalazzoPatriarcaleUdine
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Jerusalem Delivered: 8 Rinaldo abducted by Armida
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Jerusalem Delivered: 8 Rinaldo abducted by Armida
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Painting the spirits of water: gods and Naiads
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Painting the spirits of water: gods and Naiads
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The Temptation of Saint Anthony 1660-1908
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://eclecticlight.co/2025/12/14/the-temptation-of-saint-anthony-1660-1908/
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Today's pick: The Angel Appears to Sarah (1726-28) - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. #art #Tiepolo #PalazzoPatriarcaleUdine
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Today's pick: The Angel Appears to Sarah (1726-28) - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. #art #Tiepolo #PalazzoPatriarcaleUdine
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Today's pick: Golgotha (c. 1755) - Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo. #art #Tiepolo #Deposition
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Today's pick: Golgotha (c. 1755) - Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo. #art #Tiepolo #Deposition
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opera: Giambattista Tiepolo, dettaglio dell’affresco L’Olimpo e i quattro continenti, detail of the fresco Olympus and the Four Continents, 1751-‘53 – ubicazione Residenza di Würzburg, Germania … https://cctm.website/giambattista-tiepolo-a-wurzburg/
@cultura #art #tiepolo #cctmwebsite #anoipiaceleggere #leggere
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A Spring Shower by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo encapsulates the playful spirit of 18th-century Venice, blending humor with subtle social commentary. The whimsical presence of Punchinello adds an engaging twist—what stories might these figures share?
#ArtHistory #Tiepolo #ClevelandArt
https://clevelandart.org/art/1937.573 -
A Spring Shower by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo immerses viewers in an 18th-century Venetian moment, blending humor with poignant social commentary. How do the playful depictions of Punchinello reflect the essence of daily life back then?
#Art #Tiepolo #ClevelandArt #HistoricalDrawings
https://clevelandart.org/art/1937.573 -
Giambattista Tiepolo
An Allegory with Venus and Time
1754-58
Oil on canvas, 292 x 190 cm
National Gallery, LondonOne of my favourite pictures from London's National Gallery. I confess I often hold this picture in my mind's eye as a form of escapism -- an escape from strip malls, bloated SUVs, megachurches with fundamentalist PowerPoints punctuated by bad rock and extempore prayer, cargo pants,
presidential make up, the Hobby Lobby...#Tiepolo #GiambattistaTiepolo #NtationalGallery #VenetianArt #Painting #LateBaroque #Rococo #Art #Allegory #Venus #Escapism
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Giambattista Tiepolo
An Allegory with Venus and Time
1754-58
Oil on canvas, 292 x 190 cm
National Gallery, LondonOne of my favourite pictures from London's National Gallery. I confess I often hold this picture in my mind's eye as a form of escapism -- an escape from strip malls, bloated SUVs, megachurches with fundamentalist PowerPoints punctuated by bad rock and extempore prayer, cargo pants,
presidential make up, the Hobby Lobby...#Tiepolo #GiambattistaTiepolo #NtationalGallery #VenetianArt #Painting #LateBaroque #Rococo #Art #Allegory #Venus #Escapism
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Giambattista Tiepolo
Neptune Offering Gifts to Venice
1740s
Oil on canvas, 135 x 275 cm
Palazzo Ducale, VeniceThis image has remained in my mind's eye for years. I was going to write that it was the visual equivalent of an earworm, but that wouldn't be quite right, as that term suggests something annoying of which one would be glad to be rid.
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Giambattista Tiepolo
Neptune Offering Gifts to Venice
1740s
Oil on canvas, 135 x 275 cm
Palazzo Ducale, VeniceThis image has remained in my mind's eye for years. I was going to write that it was the visual equivalent of an earworm, but that wouldn't be quite right, as that term suggests something annoying of which one would be glad to be rid.
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Dziś przypada rocznica urodzin Giovanniego Battisty Tiepolo (1696–1770), włoskiego malarza i rytownika, jednego z najwybitniejszych przedstawicieli rokoka. Jego monumentalne freski zdobią pałace i kościoły we Włoszech, Niemczech i Hiszpanii. Uważany za mistrza iluzji przestrzennej i światłocienia, pozostawił po sobie imponujące dzieła pełne dynamiki i lekkości. #Tiepolo (fot. Wikipedia)
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Dziś przypada rocznica urodzin Giovanniego Battisty Tiepolo (1696–1770), włoskiego malarza i rytownika, jednego z najwybitniejszych przedstawicieli rokoka. Jego monumentalne freski zdobią pałace i kościoły we Włoszech, Niemczech i Hiszpanii. Uważany za mistrza iluzji przestrzennej i światłocienia, pozostawił po sobie imponujące dzieła pełne dynamiki i lekkości. #Tiepolo (fot. Wikipedia)
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Giambattista Tiepolo's "Adoration of the Magi" beautifully reinterprets a classic narrative, showcasing Mary and the Christ Child amidst a harmonious blend of figures and light. How does Tiepolo's use of asymmetry enhance the emotional depth of this scene?
#ArtInCleveland #Tiepolo #Adoration
https://clevelandart.org/art/1944.474 -
Tiepolo's "Sketch for a Ceiling" captures the essence of Venetian Rococo with its dynamic composition and ethereal quality. This study reveals his mastery in exploring design while offering a glimpse into the celestial realm. What do you imagine when you look at it?
#Tiepolo #ClevelandArt #ArtInspiration
https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.780 -
Tiepolo's "Sketch for a Ceiling" invites viewers into a realm of myth and allegory. Its vibrant colors and dynamic figures shimmer with potential, hinting at grander works. What narratives do you see within this ethereal glimpse?
#Art #Tiepolo #ClevelandArt #Mythology
https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.780 -
Today's pick: Christ Carrying the Cross (ca. 1738) - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. #art #Tiepolo #CarryingOfTheCross
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Today's pick: The Calling of Isaiah (1726 - 1729) - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. #art #Tiepolo #PalazzoPatriarcaleUdine #Isaiah
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Today's pick: The Angels Appear to Abraham (1726 - 1729) - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. #art #Tiepolo #Abraham #PalazzoPatriarcaleUdine
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Today's pick: Jacob's Dream (1726 - 1729) - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. #art #Tiepolo #Jacob #PalazzoPatriarcaleUdine
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Today's pick: The Judgment of Solomon (1726 - 1729) - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. #art #Tiepolo #Solomon #PalazzoPatriarcaleUdine