Jonathan Emmesedi<p>Giambattista Tiepolo<br>An Allegory with Venus and Time<br>1754-58<br>Oil on canvas, 292 x 190 cm<br>National Gallery, London</p><p>One of my favourite pictures from London's National Gallery. I confess I often hold this picture in my mind's eye as a form of escapism -- an escape from strip malls, bloated SUVs, megachurches with fundamentalist PowerPoints punctuated by bad rock and extempore prayer, cargo pants,<br>presidential make up, the Hobby Lobby...</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Tiepolo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tiepolo</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/GiambattistaTiepolo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiambattistaTiepolo</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/NtationalGallery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NtationalGallery</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/VenetianArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VenetianArt</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Painting</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/LateBaroque" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LateBaroque</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Rococo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rococo</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Allegory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Allegory</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Venus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Venus</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Escapism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Escapism</span></a></p>