Title

Giandomenico Tiepolo's il mondo nuovo: Peep shows and the "Politics of nostalgia"

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2010

Abstract

What was the historiography of Il mondo nuovo, a fresco painted in 1791 by Giandomenico Tiepolo? How did its title emerge? Giandomenico likely found the inspiration for his subject in popular entertainment on Venice's Piazzetta. The houselike structure in the fresco's middle ground - a peep show - had been labeled il mondo nuovo by the eighteenth-century playwright Carlo Goldoni. Yet the fresco was not named until after 1906. Art historian Pompeo Molmenti introduced the Goldoni-inspired title, his efforts seconded by Corrado Ricci, a powerful art administrator. Both were steeped in the "politics of nostalgia," associated with the Italian Aesthetic movement.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Art Bulletin

First Page

188

Last Page

210

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