Reviews

El rosa Tiepolo by Roberto Calasso

usnebojemesa's review against another edition

5.0

So far my favorite read this month - this was such a beautifully written book, full of interesting information and tidbits - from the works of Tiepolo, historical context (witches, courts, contemporaries!). Definitely interested in reading more of Calasso's works.

Definitely planning to re-read this, annotate and add other pictures of Tiepolo's works.

fahrenheit's review

4.0

Una delicia para quien disfrute con el arte en general y con la pintura en particular y desde luego para mí, que estoy convencida que tienen que explicarme los cuadros para poder disfrutarlos plenamente. Porque aunque el arte moderno/contemporáneo requiera más esfuerzo que el de siglos anteriores, incluso los frescos de Tiepolo esconden guiños que alguien nos debe ayudar a descubrir.

in_praise_of_idlenesss's review against another edition

5.0

this shit goes so hard in the mf paint. the paint colour is tiepolo pink of course.

ungezieferwerden's review against another edition

4.0

less convinced of any mysterism in Tiepolo in favour of an affective-ambivalent turn in the marketplace satire of humanism of a Rabelaisian baroque. I can't help but wonder if Calasso was, ages later, the victim of a spectacular joke.

nerzola's review against another edition

5.0

Con queste poche parole vengono offerti gli elementi indispensabili per avvicinarsi a Tiepolo: la luce, il teatro (la maschera, il travestimento). E soprattutto l'idolatria, la naturale reverenza verso l'immagine.