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Tiepolo's century.(eighteenth-century Italian painting exhibit)(Brief Article)
Eighteenth-century Italian painting is held in special affection in France, and French museums have particularly fine and comprehensive holdings of works in this category. The French tourist in Italy had taste different from his English counterpart; thus the works of this period in French museums show another aspect of Italian art of the eighteenth century than can be found in England. An exhibition of more than one hundred Italian works from French museums is on view at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille, France, until April 30.
For the purposes of the exhibition, the eighteenth century begins with artists born after 1650 and ends with followers of Pompeo Batoni and Francesco de Mura. The subject matter includes landscapes, portraits, ...
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- Magazine article from: Art in America Cash, Stephanie March 1, 2007 700+ words
...its expertise and "rental" of artworks. The museums will be managed by the newly established International Agency of French Museums (IAFM), which also represents the Musee d'Orsay, the Musee du Quai Branly and the Chateau de Versailles. The controversial...
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- Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) May 12, 2001 700+ words
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- A Discerning Eye: Essays on Early Italian Painting by Richard...
- Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly December 22, 1999 700+ words
...Richard. A Discerning Eye: Essays on Early Italian Painting by Richard Offner. Ed. Andrew Ladis. University...about Richard Offner, critic-historian of Early Italian painting, this volume emphasizes "Offner's abiding...
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- Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) September 27, 1997 700+ words
...and one of the most visited of Italy's many Roman Catholic shrines. The basilica, many art historians say, is where Italian painting was born. With works by Cimabue, Giotto, Pietro Lorenzetti and Simone Martini, it contains the most important and extensive...
- Italian painting goes for $35.2 million
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times June 1, 1989 700+ words
NEW YORK A portrait of a Medici prince painted 450 years ago by a Florentine painter whose name is all but unknown to the general public sold for $35.2 million at auction Wednesday, becoming history's fifth most expensive artwork. California's Getty Museum, funded by the late billionaire oilman J.
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- Picture from: NYPL Digital Gallery unknown January 1, 1934 700+ words