Tiepolo is a brilliant example of the specifically pictorial intelligence. This book is both a study of his art and an argument for fuller recognition of the pe

"Tiepolo is a brilliant example of the specifically pictorial intelligence. This book is both a study of his art and an argument for fuller recognition of the p

The full-length treatment in English of Tiepolo's life and career. Examining in detail the genesis and the achievement of Tiepolo's major accomplishments, and p

A study of the frescos painted by Tiepolo for the Prince Bishop of Wurzburg between 1750 and 1753. The book provides a history of fresco painting and discusses

Now available in paperback A major art historian reflects on a great tradition of European painting. "The Vexations of Art is an engrossing, passionate attempt