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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo’s monumental ceiling and wall decorations epitomize the brilliant exuberance of the late Baroque style. Tiepolo enjoyed an international career and was called upon to use his mastery of light, color, and illusion to transform palaces and monasteries in his native Venice and elsewhere in Italy, as well as in Germany and Spain. This painting and three others at the Art Institute, together with smaller decorative panels and a ceiling painting, once graced the cabinet of mirrors, a richly decorated room in the Venetian palace of the powerful Cornaro family. The suite illustrates Torquato Tasso’s popular sixteenth-century epic romance Jerusalem Delivered, which is set in the eleventh century, during the First Crusade, when Western knights sought to take Jerusalem from the Muslims. The canvas captures the moment of Rinaldo’s seduction: the beautiful sorceress Armida has just arrived to divert the sleeping hero from his crusade. Accompanied by her attendant nymph and a cupid figure, she appears like a beautiful mirage, enthroned on a billowing cloud, her drapery and shawl wafting gently behind her. Altough Tasso’s story symbolizes the conflict between love and duty, Tiepolo’s depiction of a magical, bucolic world—enhanced by effervescent colors, luminous atmosphere, and dense, creamy paint—seems to evoke only love’s enchantment.
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| Medium | oil paint (paint) |
| Dimensions | 216 × 187 Cm |
| Tags | NarrativewomanwomanweaponsskyrocksnaturemanlandscapeslandscapehelmetsdecorativedecorationcloudsbeautyCentury of Progressworld's fairsChicago World's Fairssleeploveanimalshorsesshieldsplantsdressesarmorsoldierstreesgoddesseswomenmencherubsmythologymythological figures |
| Certificate | Certificate not provided |
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Douglas Druick, The Art Institute of Chicago: The Essential Guide, fourth ed.
Douglas Druick, The Art Institute of Chicago: The Essential Guide, fourth ed. (Chicago, 2013), p. 214, ill.
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Hardy George, ed., La Serenissima: Eighteenth-Century Venetian Art from North American Collections
Hardy George, ed., La Serenissima: Eighteenth-Century Venetian Art from North American Collections (Oklahoma City, 2010), pp. 23-25, ill., 27-28.
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Charles Brockden Brown, Ormond; or The Secret Witness, ed. Philip Barnard and Stephen Shapiro
Charles Brockden Brown, Ormond; or The Secret Witness, ed. Philip Barnard and Stephen Shapiro (Indianapolis, 2009), p. 358.
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Norma Broude, “G. B. Tiepolo at Valmarana: Gender Ideology in a Patrician Villa of the Settecento,” The Art Bulletin 91
Norma Broude, “G. B. Tiepolo at Valmarana: Gender Ideology in a Patrician Villa of the Settecento,” The Art Bulletin 91 (2009), pp. 160, 181.
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Art Institute of Chicago, The Essential Guide, third ed.
Art Institute of Chicago, The Essential Guide, third ed. (Chicago, 2009), p. 200, ill.
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Torquato Tasso, The Liberation of Jerusalem
Torquato Tasso, The Liberation of Jerusalem (Gerusalemme liberata), trans. Max Wickert (Oxford, 2009), p. xix.
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Art Institute of Chicago, Master Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago, third ed.
Art Institute of Chicago, Master Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago, third ed. (Chicago, 2009), p. 36, ill.
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Nils Büttner, The History of Gardens in Painting, trans. Russell Stockman
Nils Büttner, The History of Gardens in Painting, trans. Russell Stockman (New York, 2008), p. 106.
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Gregg Bordowitz, “Admissions,” in Considering Forgiveness, ed. Aleksandra Wagner and Carin Kuoni
Gregg Bordowitz, “Admissions,” in Considering Forgiveness, ed. Aleksandra Wagner and Carin Kuoni (New York, 2007), pp. 231-237, ill.
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Rodolfo Pallucchini, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th ed., s.v. “Giovanni Battista Tiepolo”
Rodolfo Pallucchini, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th ed., s.v. “Giovanni Battista Tiepolo” (Chicago, 2007), p. 764.
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Alexis Merle du Bourg, “Les grands thèmes tirés de La Jérusalem délivrée du Tasse dans la peinture
Alexis Merle du Bourg, “Les grands thèmes tirés de La Jérusalem délivrée du Tasse dans la peinture (XVIe-XIXe siècles): Renaud et Armide (chants XVII et XVIII),” L’Estampille/L’Object d’Art no. 415 (2006), p. 20.
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Alexis Merle du Bourg, “Les grands thèmes tirés de La Jérusalem délivrée du Tasse dans la peinture
Alexis Merle du Bourg, “Les grands thèmes tirés de La Jérusalem délivrée du Tasse dans la peinture (XVIe-XIXe siècles): Renaud (chants XV et XVI),” L’Estampille/L’Object d’Art no. 413 (2006), p. 20.
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Victor M. Cassidy, “Revisiting the Permanent Collection,” Chicago Life Magazine
Victor M. Cassidy, “Revisiting the Permanent Collection,” Chicago Life Magazine (Summer 2006): p. 20, ill.
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Alexis Merle du Bourg, “Les grands thèmes tirés de La Jérusalem délivrée du Tasse dans la peinture
Alexis Merle du Bourg, “Les grands thèmes tirés de La Jérusalem délivrée du Tasse dans la peinture (XVIe-XIXe siècles): Renaud et Armide (fin du chant XVI),” L’Estampille/L’Object d’Art no. 414 (2006), p. 20.
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Roberto Calasso, Il Rosa Tiepolo
Roberto Calasso, Il Rosa Tiepolo (Milan, 2006), pp. 83-84. (English trans. Alastair McEwen, Tiepolo Pink (2010), p. 67.)
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Alexis Merle du Bourg, “Les grands thèmes tirés de La Jérusalem délivrée du Tasse dans la peinture
Alexis Merle du Bourg, “Les grands thèmes tirés de La Jérusalem délivrée du Tasse dans la peinture (XVIe-XIXe siècles): Renaud (chant I-chant XIV),” L’Estampille/L’Object d’Art no. 412 (2006), p. 22, ill.
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Giovanni Careri, Geste d’amour et de guerre: La Jérusalem délivrée, images et affects
Giovanni Careri, Geste d’amour et de guerre: La Jérusalem délivrée, images et affects (Paris, 2005), pp. 201, 203. (Italian trans. Giovanni Careri, La fabbrica degli affetti : La Gerusalemme liberata dai Carracci a Tiepolo, 2010, pp. 181-183.)
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Everett Fahy, ed., The Wrightsman Pictures
Everett Fahy, ed., The Wrightsman Pictures (New Haven, 2005), p. 92.
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Jeannine Guérin Dalle Mese, “Armide découvre Renaud endormi,” in Les belles infidèles de la Jérusalem délivrée: la fortune du poème du Tasse, XVIe-XXe siècle, ed. Raymond Abbrugiati and José Guidi
Jeannine Guérin Dalle Mese, “Armide découvre Renaud endormi,” in Les belles infidèles de la Jérusalem délivrée: la fortune du poème du Tasse, XVIe-XXe siècle, ed. Raymond Abbrugiati and José Guidi (Marseille, 2004), pp. 160-164, 167, ill.
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Sylvie Mamy, L’Allée de Mélisande: Les jardins et la musique
Sylvie Mamy, L’Allée de Mélisande: Les jardins et la musique (Paris, 2004), pp. 40, 42, 46, 50, plate VII, ill.
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Art Institute of Chicago, The Essential Guide, revised ed.
Art Institute of Chicago, The Essential Guide, revised ed. (Chicago, 2003), p. 138, ill.
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Jaynie Anderson, Tiepolo’s Cleopatra
Jaynie Anderson, Tiepolo’s Cleopatra (Melbourne, 2003), pp. 87, 186.
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Julius Bryant, Kenwood: Paintings in the Iveagh Bequest
Julius Bryant, Kenwood: Paintings in the Iveagh Bequest (New Haven, 2003), p. 138.
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Filippo Pedrocco, Giambattista Tiepolo
Filippo Pedrocco, Giambattista Tiepolo (Milan, 2002), pp. 248-249, ill.
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Filippo Pedrocco, The Art of Venice: From Its Origins to 1797
Filippo Pedrocco, The Art of Venice: From Its Origins to 1797 (Florence, 2002), pp. 162-163.
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Stefano Zuffi, ed., Arte e erotismo
Stefano Zuffi, ed., Arte e erotismo (Milan, 2001), pp. 290-291, ill. (English trans. Stephen Sartarelli, Love and the Erotic in Art (2010), p. 366.)
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George Knox and Jacques van Schoor, Le Menuet de Lorenzo Tiepolo
George Knox and Jacques van Schoor, Le Menuet de Lorenzo Tiepolo (Sarreguemines, 2001), p. 19, ill.
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Christie’s, Important Old Master Paintings: January 27, 2000
Christie’s, Important Old Master Paintings: January 27, 2000 (New York, 2000), under no. 84.
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Art Institute of Chicago, Master Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago, second ed.
Art Institute of Chicago, Master Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago, second ed. (Chicago, 1999), p. 36, ill.
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Keith Christiansen, “Tiepolo, Theater, and the Notion of Theatricality,” The Art Bulletin 81
Keith Christiansen, “Tiepolo, Theater, and the Notion of Theatricality,” The Art Bulletin 81 (1999), pp. 684, 692.
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Keith Christiansen, “Giambattista Tiepolo. Paris,” Burlington Magazine 141
Keith Christiansen, “Giambattista Tiepolo. Paris,” Burlington Magazine 141 (1999), p. 245
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Keith Christiansen, “Tiepolo et sa famille en Europe,” in Histoire Artistique de L’Europe: Le XVIIIe Siècle, vol. 3, ed. Thomas W. Gaehtgens and Krzysztof Pomian
Keith Christiansen, “Tiepolo et sa famille en Europe,” in Histoire Artistique de L’Europe: Le XVIIIe Siècle, vol. 3, ed. Thomas W. Gaehtgens and Krzysztof Pomian (Paris, 1998), p. 195.
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Possibly one of four scenes from Tasso made for the 'gabinetto degli specchi' of the Palazzo Corner a San Polo, Venice [according to inventories and other documents discussed by Romanelli 1998]....
Possibly one of four scenes from Tasso made for the 'gabinetto degli specchi' of the Palazzo Corner a San Polo, Venice [according to inventories and other documents discussed by Romanelli 1998]. Count Giovanni Serbelloni, Venice in 1838
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Adriano Mariuz and Giuseppe Pavanello, “The Interior Decoration of Palaces in Venice: From Baroque Magnificence to Rococo Elegance,” in Venice: Art & Architecture, Volume II, ed. Giandomenico Romanelli
Adriano Mariuz and Giuseppe Pavanello, “The Interior Decoration of Palaces in Venice: From Baroque Magnificence to Rococo Elegance,” in Venice: Art & Architecture, Volume II, ed. Giandomenico Romanelli (New York, 1997), pp. 628-629, ill.
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Peter Partner, God of Battles: Holy Wars of Christianity and Islam
Peter Partner, God of Battles: Holy Wars of Christianity and Islam (Princeton, 1997), p. 285.
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Giandomenico Romanelli and Filippo Pedrocco, Lorenzo Tiepolo e il suo tempo
Giandomenico Romanelli and Filippo Pedrocco, Lorenzo Tiepolo e il suo tempo (Milan, 1997), p. 132.
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Justyna Guze, Tiepolo i tiepoleschi: w zbiorach polskich: rysunki, ryciny, obrazy
Justyna Guze, Tiepolo i tiepoleschi: w zbiorach polskich: rysunki, ryciny, obrazy (Warsaw, 1997), p. XLVIII.
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Venice, Ca' Rezzonico, Giambattista Tiepolo, September 5-December 15, 1996, cat. 17a; New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 24 – April 27, 1997 [New York only].
Venice, Ca' Rezzonico, Giambattista Tiepolo, September 5-December 15, 1996, cat. 17a; New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 24 – April 27, 1997 [New York only].
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Melania Lunazzi and Isabella di Montegnacco, Giambattista Tiepolo: Guida alle opere nel Veneto
Melania Lunazzi and Isabella di Montegnacco, Giambattista Tiepolo: Guida alle opere nel Veneto (Venice, 1996), p. 103.
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Giuseppe Barbieri, “Tre storie vicentine di Giambattista Tiepolo,” in Tiepolo e la vita in villa: Arte e cultura nel Settecento veneto, ed. Gian Antonio Cibotto , et al.
Giuseppe Barbieri, “Tre storie vicentine di Giambattista Tiepolo,” in Tiepolo e la vita in villa: Arte e cultura nel Settecento veneto, ed. Gian Antonio Cibotto , et al. (Venice, 1996), p. 65.
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Bernard Aikema and Marguerite Tuijn, Tiepolo in Holland: Works by Giambattista Tiepolo and His Circle in Dutch Collections
Bernard Aikema and Marguerite Tuijn, Tiepolo in Holland: Works by Giambattista Tiepolo and His Circle in Dutch Collections (Rotterdam, 1996), pp. 152, 154.
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Adelheid M. Gealt and George Knox, Domenico Tiepolo: Master Draftsman
Adelheid M. Gealt and George Knox, Domenico Tiepolo: Master Draftsman (Bloomington, Ind., 1996), pp. 41, 110.
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Lionello Puppi, ed., Giambattista Tiepolo: Nel Terzo Centenario della Nascita. Atti del Convegno Internazionale di Studi
Lionello Puppi, ed., Giambattista Tiepolo: Nel Terzo Centenario della Nascita. Atti del Convegno Internazionale di Studi (Venezia - Vicenza - Udine - Parigi, 29 ottobre - 4 novembre 1996) (Quaderni di Venezia Arti, 4) (Venice, 1998), vol. II, p. 81, ill.
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Peter O. Krückmann, ed., Der Himmel auf Erden: Tiepolo in Würzburg, vol. I
Peter O. Krückmann, ed., Der Himmel auf Erden: Tiepolo in Würzburg, vol. I (Munich, 1996), p. 155.
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Bernard Aikema, Tiepolo and His Circle: Drawings in American Collections
Bernard Aikema, Tiepolo and His Circle: Drawings in American Collections (New York, 1996), p. 156.
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Paul Jeromack, “Review of “The Glory of Venice,” National Gallery of Art,” in ArtNews 94
Paul Jeromack, “Review of “The Glory of Venice,” National Gallery of Art,” in ArtNews 94 (April 1995), p. 151.
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Giovanni Da Pozzo, ed., La ragione e l’arte: Torquato Tasso e la Repubblica Veneta
Giovanni Da Pozzo, ed., La ragione e l’arte: Torquato Tasso e la Repubblica Veneta (Venice, 1995), pp. 235-236.
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Adriano Mariuz, “Gli amori di Rinaldo e Armida nell’interpretazione di Tiepolo,” in Formazione e fortuna del Tasso nella cultura della Serenissima: atti del Convegno di studi nel IV centenario della morte di Torquato Tasso
Adriano Mariuz, “Gli amori di Rinaldo e Armida nell’interpretazione di Tiepolo,” in Formazione e fortuna del Tasso nella cultura della Serenissima: atti del Convegno di studi nel IV centenario della morte di Torquato Tasso (1595-1995): Padova-Venezia, 10-11 novembre 1995, ed. Lucian Borsetto and Bianca Maria Da Rif (Venice, 1997), pp. 212, 214, ill.
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Nicola Knorn, “Tiepolos »Rinaldo und Armida«-Szenen in der Würzburger Residenz,” Pantheon 53
Nicola Knorn, “Tiepolos »Rinaldo und Armida«-Szenen in der Würzburger Residenz,” Pantheon 53 (1995): pp. 102-105.
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