The rise of the Venetian school in the 18th century stemmed from a pictorial revolution initially driven by two prominent painters: Sebastiano Ricci (1659–1734) and Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (168…| The Artistic Adventure of Mankind
The old Florentine school was reduced to local significance in the final decades of the 17th century, and produced few notable painters during the first half of the 18th century. One of them, Pompe…| The Artistic Adventure of Mankind