The Soul of the Rococo: The Life and Art of Giuseppe Nogari In the vibrant, water-bound world of eighteenth-century Venice, few artists captured the quiet, introspective dignity of the human condition as poignantly as Giuseppe Nogari. Born in 1699, Nogari emerged during a transformative era when the heavy, dramatic shadows of the Baroque were beginning to yield to the light, airy grace of the Rococo. While many of his contemporaries s…