{"product_id":"tiepolo-pink-by-roberto-calasso","title":"Tiepolo Pink By Roberto Calasso","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished: 28\/05\/2020\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenres: Art - History - Nonfiction - Italy - Italian - Literature - 21st Century - Art History\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Tiepolo: the last breath of happiness in Europe'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe eighteenth-century Venetian painter Giambattista Tiepolo spent his life creating frescoes that are among the glories of Western art, yet he remains shrouded in mystery. Who was he? And what was the significance of the dark, bizarre etchings depicting sacrifice and magic, which he created alongside his heavenly works? Roberto Calasso explores Tiepolo as the last artist of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eancien régime\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand at the same time the first example of the \"painter of modern life\" evoked by Baudelaire. He was the incarnation of that peculiar Italian virtue\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003esprezzatura\u003c\/i\u003e: the art of not seeming artful.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Alastair McEwen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A brilliant, eccentric, provocative . . . and thoroughly splendid celebration of a great painter' John Banville,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Calasso is a myth-maker ... a book that treats paintings as a kind of sorcery' Peter Conrad,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-testid=\"publisher-information\" class=\"pdp-spec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePublisher information\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublisher:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"publisher\"\u003ePenguin Books Ltd\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eISBN:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"isbn\"\u003e9780241399422\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNumber of pages:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"numberOfPages\"\u003e304\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDimensions:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"height\"\u003e198\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan itemprop=\"width\"\u003e130\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan itemprop=\"depth\"\u003e23\u003c\/span\u003e mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWeight:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"weight\"\u003e481 g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLanguage:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"inLanguage\"\u003eEnglish (Language of text), Italian (Original language of a translated text)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Starlight Library","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53307133362489,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"IQD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0951\/4624\/6457\/files\/91HOl_4nwvL._SL1500.jpg?v=1779183248","url":"https:\/\/starlightlibrary.shop\/products\/tiepolo-pink-by-roberto-calasso","provider":"Starlight Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}