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Rinaldo and Armida in Armida's magic garden, eavesdropped by Carlo and Ubaldo
Historical Context
Rinaldo and Armida in Armida's Garden from 1751 at the Gemaldegalerie Berlin. Tiepolo painted multiple scenes from Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered, finding in the enchanted garden rich material for decorative painting. Tiepolo's mythological canvases extend the Venetian poesie tradition into the Rococo age, treating ancient subjects with a lightness of touch and brilliance of palette that transforms heroic myth into visual entertainment of the highest refinement. These works were sought by Europe...
Technical Analysis
The enchanted garden scene is rendered with luminous palette and Rococo decorative sensibility.
Look Closer
- ◆Notice the enchanted garden scene from Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered — Rinaldo and Armida eavesdropped by the knights Carlo and Ubaldo sent to rescue the bewitched crusader.
- ◆Look at the luminous palette and Rococo decorative sensibility in this 1751 Gemäldegalerie Berlin painting.
- ◆Observe Tiepolo extending the Venetian poesie tradition into the Rococo era through these enchanted garden compositions from Italian epic poetry.
