| #1588806 in eBooks | 2009-10-10 | 2009-10-20 | File type: PDF||4 of 5 people found the following review helpful.| Calasso is profound and entertaining|By lauriecacao|Roberto Calasso is not light reading, but he does have a consistent dry wit and does not pull punches in social critique.
I've read several of his books in English and always feel like Hermes is guiding me on obscure and mystical journeys, showing all sorts of undreamed-of wonders which I totally apprehend while in|From Booklist|Calasso is an archaeologist of myths, dreams, and impressions and a superb interpreter and scintillating stylist. In his latest foray into the realm of the imagination, he excavates one of the most p
The eighteenth-century Venetian painter Giambattista Tiepolo spent his life executing commissions in churches, palaces, and villas, often covering vast ceilings like those at the Würzburg Residenz in Germany and the Royal Palace in Madrid with frescoes that are among the glories of Western art. The life of an epoch swirled around him—but though his contemporaries appreciated and admired him, they failed to understand him.
Few have even attempted to ...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Tiepolo Pink | Roberto Calasso. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
