by Marta Maretich | Oct 30, 2015 | Painters and painting, See Paintings by Tiepolo, The Merchants of Light
You might assume that Venice was the only place to see works by Venetian genius Giambattista Tiepolo. But if you’re hungry for the best kind of Baroque and not planning a trip anytime soon, don’t despair. Chances are there are inspirational Tiepolos in a... 
by Marta Maretich | Jun 24, 2015 | Narrators, Painters and painting, The Merchants of Light
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo is an artist with two distinct parts to his career. The first part is conventional, predictable and public. The second part is enigmatic, comical and mostly private. So distinct are these two phases, and so different are the artworks that... 
by Marta Maretich | Jun 17, 2015 | Narrators, Painters and painting, The Merchants of Light
Lorenzo Baldissera Tiepolo is the youngest of my narrators in The Merchants of Light. In real life he was the youngest Tiepolo, born in Venice in 1736 when his mother Cecilia Guardi Tiepolo was 34 and his father, Giambattista Tiepolo, was 40. His middle name, which... 
by Marta Maretich | Jun 4, 2015 | Narrators, Painters and painting, The Merchants of Light
Francesco Algarotti by Étienne Liotard It’s impossible to sum up Francesco Algarotti in a brief description. Scientist, historian, poet, diplomat, philosopher, art critic and dealer, Algarotti was Italy’s best known and most respected man of letters during his... 
by Marta Maretich | Mar 27, 2015 | Painters and painting, The Merchants of Light
One of the great pleasures of researching my novel The Merchants of Light was learning more about the painting techniques used by Giambattista Tiepolo and his contemporaries. It surprised (and pleased) me to discover how little many of these techniques have changed... 
by Marta Maretich | Oct 20, 2014 | Painters and painting, The Merchants of Light, Writing and reading
Watercolor and gouache on watercolor paper with permanent black ink notes. 50 X 40cm. Colors key into the moods of the various part sections and the character of their narrators. My novel, The Merchants of Light, tells the story of a family of painters who lived in... 