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Das Meisterwerk des Giovanni Battista Tiepolo: Die Fresken der Würzburger Residenz
by Max H. von Freeden, Carl Lamb
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good+
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About This Item
Large-format volume, measuring approximately 9.75" x 11", is bound in gray cloth, with stamped gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Book is in fine condition. Dust jacket shows light shelfwear, with wear at top edge of spine panel and at outside upper corner of rear panel. Jacket is preserved in mylar cover. Book is in slipcase. 119 pages plus 124 pages on plates.
"The Venetian Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, the greatest painter of the Italian Settecento and the last heir to Italian fresco painting, created his masterpiece in the frescoes of the Würzburg royal residence. Balthasar Neumann's ingenious festival rooms increased his creative power to the highest degree.
The baroque act of state is reflected in the two murals in the imperial hall (Kaisersaal). The primal power of light is celebrated in a mythological allegory on the ceiling of the Kaisersaal. The baroque world theater spanning earth and sky is reflected in the triumphal processions of the parts of the world in the stairwell ceiling painting with its central depiction of the planetary deities circling around the sun god."
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- Bookseller
- Palimpsest Scholarly Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2559
- Title
- Das Meisterwerk des Giovanni Battista Tiepolo: Die Fresken der Würzburger Residenz
- Author
- Max H. von Freeden, Carl Lamb
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hirmer Verlag
- Place of Publication
- Munich
- Date Published
- 1956
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Architecture, Art History, Germany, German History
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Palimpsest Scholarly Books
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About Palimpsest Scholarly Books
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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