Post 166 -by Gautam Shah
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SUNDAY Feature on ART of Architecture
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696 - 1770) (also known as Giambattista or Gianbattista) was an Italian master painter and print-maker. He worked in the Rococo style. His frescoes, extended the tradition of Baroque but with ‘the lightness and elegance of the Rococo’. He initially worked in church paintings with religious themes. He was acknowledged artist for painting ceilings in Plafond style with extensive use of Trompe l’oeil and spatial illusions.
He executed his first fresco in 1716. In frescoes at the Palazzo Labia, he depicted two scenes from the life of Cleopatra and many other at different places. In several frescoes he would mould the history in his own way to form the drama and thrill.
Tiepolo used strong contrasting light and shade,
or chiaroscuro for dramatic feeling. He was extra
ordinarily adept at combining the human figures
with the built form. Tiepolo had the ability to
orchestrate many figures and architecture in a
large composition. His studies and illustrations
for books reflect his skills for composing the
scenes. He gradually learnt the effects of lighter
shades from plafond style of work.
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