Word: guardi
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...construction on the world's largest Gothic cathedral, St. John the Divine, that soaring seraph of acrobats Philippe Petit, 33, tiptoed to the church across a 250-ft. wire slung 15 stories above Manhattan. The inspiration, notes Dean James Parks Morton, came from an 18th century painting by Guardi depicting circus performers outside San Marco in Venice. Having an aerialist perform, says Morton, "is proof of faith, like nothing else." And he has that on the loftiest authority...
...auction, under the noses of other top experts, at a tiny fraction of its present million-dollar value. "When you've become familiar with the work of a master, it's like recognizing a friend's handwriting," he once said. Among his finds were five Francesco Guardi canvases rolled up in an Irish country shed; two Tiepolo ceiling paintings, one in the drawing room of London's Egyptian embassy and the other at a golf club outside London; and a Caravaggio in an English country home. So renowned were his feats, it was said that financially...