Boldini and the Myth of the Belle Époque

Tuesday January 3rd, 2023 , Artists and Works

Giovanni Boldini, Ragazza sdraiata con abito scozzese, 1891 c.a. Olio su tavola, 23,3×26,7 cm Collezione privata. Courtesy Gallerie Enrico

BOLDINI AND THE MYTH OF THE BELLE ÉPOQUE

Giovanni Boldini and the Belle Époque, salons, noblewomen and fashion are the elements of a piece of art history and, at the same time, of costume and fashion.
Looking at Boldini’s works, in fact, one is catapulted into a world of literature and fashion, music and luxury, art and bistro.

This is who Boldini really was: a boy from the Po Valley province who came from the bottom and ended up in the salons of high society, in the beating heart of civilisation and of an era that would consecrate him as one of its most iconic protagonists.

Boldini and the myth of the Belle Époque

The works of Ron Mueck: meaning and description

Monday January 2nd, 2023 , Artists and Works

Installation de l’exposition de Ron Mueck à la Fondation Cartier, 07 juin 2023

The works of Ron Mueck, an Australian artist born in Melbourne in 1958, are distinguished by their astonishing realism. His career began as a contributor at a television station, where he learned special effects techniques and animated models, fundamental to his future art. His first significant work, a giant sculpture of his father naked, was exhibited in 1996 in London, marking the beginning of an international artistic journey.

THE WORKS OF RON MUECK

Galileo Chini’s ceramics between Art Nouveau and Deco

Saturday December 31st, 2022 , Artists and Works

THE CERAMICS OF GALILEO CHINI BETWEEN ART NOUVEAU AND DECO

Galielo Chini’s ceramics reveal the work of a multifaceted artist, the inventor of modern Italian ceramics from the end of the 19th century.

Galileo Chini personifies that epochal transition from historical tradition to modernity, that moment in which the legacy of high artistic craftsmanship gave way to the inevitable need to confront a national and international market in constant search of novelty.
Chini belonged to a generation that had to come to terms with a series of epochal changes that brought the question of the relationship between art and industry to the attention of contemporary critical debate. His ceramics are certainly works of art, but also the sign of a changing world.

The ceramics of Galileo Chini

The Painters of Reality. Truth and illusion between the 17th and 20th centuries

Thursday December 29th, 2022 , Artists and Works

THE PAINTERS OF REALITY. TRUTH AND ILLUSION BETWEEN THE 17TH AND 20TH CENTURIES

There was a time when a group of artists, called the reality painters, raged against the outcomes of modernism to defend and recover the great pictorial tradition between truth and illusion, from Caravaggio to Spanish and Flemish painting.

The group of artists debuted in 1947 and brought together some of the most important artistic personalities of the time: Gregorio Sciltian, Pietro Annigoni, Xavier, Antonio Bueno, who were later joined by Alfredo Serri, Giovanni Accie Carlo Guarnieri and Giorgio de Chirico, the father of Metaphysics, who consolidated relationships of esteem with the entire group.

The Reality Painters

5 things to know about Fortunato Depero’s life

Monday December 19th, 2022 , 5 Things to know, Artists and Works

5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE LIFE OF FORTUNATO DEPERO

Do you know the life of Fortunato Depero and his works?
His life is studded with successes in every creative field, from advertising to illustration, from set design to art, but also with a few slips. After all, he was an artist who loved to take risks and threw himself headlong into every adventure!
He was a leading exponent of Futurism and his creations continue to inspire artists all over the world.

This is the post to get to know the life of Fortunato Depero in five points.

life of Fortunato Depero