New World is the name for a circus. Modern (Men and Woman) look at oneself in Giandomenico Tiepolo paintings Cover Image

Nowy Świat to nazwa cyrku. Nowocześni przeglądają się w obrazach Giandomenica Tiepolo
New World is the name for a circus. Modern (Men and Woman) look at oneself in Giandomenico Tiepolo paintings

Author(s): Rafał Szczerbakiewicz
Subject(s): Cultural history, Visual Arts, 18th Century, History of Art
Published by: Uniwersytet Gdański
Keywords: Giandomenico Tiepolo; Venice; Carnival; Commedia dell’Arte; Circus;

Summary/Abstract: The 18th century Venetian Republic reconfigured the pop-cultural modernity with its collapse. On the sketches and frescoes of Giandomenico Tiepolo, the figures of Commedia dell’Arte banished from the city scene transform the erstwhile carnival into an inkling of the New World, the art of the circus. In the 20th century, authors and philosophers uncover a terrifying prophecy of the collapse of universal values from those visionary works.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 25 (32)
  • Page Range: 13-35
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Polish