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Arch Facial Plast Surg. 2004;6:284.

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The close of the 16th century marked the end of a Golden Age of Venetian painting as, in the 17th century, Rome became the artistic center of the Italian baroque. The dawn of the 18th century witnessed a revival of the visual arts in Venice, however, through the works of such celebrated masters as Sebastiano Ricci and Giovanni Battista Piazzetta. An exact contemporary of Canaletto (1697-1768), Giambattista Tiepolo (1696-1770) is best known for his large-scale fresco cycles and ceilings that recall the grand tradition of decorative painting exemplified in the works of Titian and Veronese. The greatest and most versatile Venetian painter of the 18th century, Tiepolo began his career as a painter of religious altarpieces. In 1722, he joined other leading Venetian painters in the decoration of the church of Saint Stae, each executing a painting of an apostle. His masterful chiaroscuro composition of the Martyrdom of St. Bartholomew . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Lisa Duffy-Zeballos