Tiepolo – definitive version Exhibition Merchandise the Rockefellers aimed to educate

the Rockefellers aimed to educate Americans about the importance and diversity of Asian art as a means to encourage cross-cultural dialogue

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this volume examines the different approaches the artist employed in his various depictions of the subject—from his works that respond to Gustave Courbet

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Tiepolo – definitive version Exhibition Merchandise the Rockefellers aimed to educateThe sixty three oil sketches selected for this volume originally served various functions: some were models or preparatory studies for the eighteenth century Venetian painters works, while others were presentation pieces created for a patrons approval. Still others were intended as visual records, prepared by the artist and his shop to document both his models and his finished works. The style of these works found a growing public in Tiepolos