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Item Number: 112918
Title: GIOVAN BATTISTA CIMAROLI
Author: Spadotto, Federica
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9788865660096
Description: Rovigo: Minelliana, 2011. 28cm., hardcover, 315pp. catalogue raisonné, more than 150 illus., 36 color plates. Italian text. Summary: First and fundamental catalog raisonne of paintings by Giovan Battista Cimaroli (Salo, 1687 - Venice, 1771), which consists of an extended essay accompanied by historical-critical document summary and an accurate biography, which is accompanied by an apparatus unreleased documentary with contributions allow to draw a comprehensive biographical and artistic path of the painter. The figure and work of Giovan Battista Cimaroli is still a critical area to explore, while capturing long been the interest of fans around the world, who appreciate its refined rustic tracks and evocative views of Venice. Appreciated by his contemporaries for his excellent play in the Venetian countryside, the pastimes of the nobility during the holiday stays along the Riviera del Brenta, or the most charming corners of Venice, closely following in the footsteps of Canaletto, Giovanni Battista proves so adept at ‘ imitate the way of the illustrious Venetian to be confused in his body, losing their tracks until the middle of last century. The same goes for the landscape, where the model is encoded by Francesco Zuccarelli a useful reservoir of themes and ideas for a brush care and expertise which, while not forgetting the color of the eighteenth century Venetian and the softness of Arcadia, he decided to stay true to the roots Lombard. Ne risen one exquisite blend of realism and frank “atmosferic” lagoon, which investigates the catalog through a series of over 150 paintings, mostly unpublished, in order to draw a comprehensive profile of the style and form adopted by the Venetian master of Salò. Besides a large body of views of the Brenta, which made famous the name of the artist-, there is therefore a rich collection of landscapes and a significant group of Venetian views unpublished, where we look at the card catalog on the peculiarities stylistic and formal compared to the equivalent realizations Canaletto. The result is a complete and comprehensive artistic profile that summarizes the stages of the path cimarolo complex, continuous and close dialogue with the rich Venetian scene of the eighteenth century. (Cimaroli, Salo, 1687 - Venezia 1771)

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