by Roberto Calasso · ISBN 9788845921179
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Il rosa Tiepolo is an essay by Roberto Calasso that explores the work of the Italian painter Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. Calasso analyzes Tiepolo's life and artistic context, as well as the recurring themes and motifs in his work. The book offers a deep insight into the Rococo aesthetic and the sensibility of the 18th century, highlighting Tiepolo's importance as one of the great masters of European painting.
Roberto Calasso was an Italian writer and publisher. Apart from his mother tongue, Calasso was fluent in French, English, Spanish, German, Latin and ancient Greek. He also studied Sanskrit. He has been called "a literary institution of one". The fundamental thematic concept of his œuvre is the relationship between myth and the emergence of modern consciousness.
