Allegory of the Planets and Continents

Rococo

Venice and the German lands

Pastel, view painting and the painted sky, 1725–1754

Outside France the style had other customers: Venetians sold portraits and views to visiting foreigners, while at Würzburg and in Bavaria a Venetian painter and local builders made ceilings seem to give way to cloud.

  • Portraits and views made for the Grand Tourist
  • The sketch for a painted vault
  • The small picture of city life
  • Stucco, gold and fresco as a sacred interior
Grand Tour
the long journey through France and Italy, with Rome as its goal, that wealthy young men made to finish their education.

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