What is the secret that makes Magdalene with the Smoking Flame by Georges de La Tour a charming painting?
Certainly the light but also the enveloping darkness, peculiar features of Georges de La Tour’s painting made up of characters lit by a simple candle, silent faces and absorbed in their own thoughts.
Where to see Magdalene with the Smoking Flame by Georges de La Tour and meaning of the painting
Georges de La Tour, Joseph the Carpenter- Louvre
All over the world the works attributed to Georges de La Tour are little more than 30, and none is housed in Italy.
But his paintings possess the same passion and theatricality of Caravaggio’s works.
Did Georges de La Tour and Caravaggio meet or did the French artist see Michelangelo Merisi’s works in Italy?
Little is known about the life and career of this artist which seems to have been successful.
In this post I’ll tell you his biography, or at least what is known, in 5 points.
The life of Georges de La Tour in 5 points
Which story does la Fornarina by Raphael tell and who is the young woman made immortal by this painting?
Stories of any kind have circulated about this painting and for this reason this work has become legendary.
We don’t know almost anything about the true identity of La Fornarina, but theories are many and, as always happen in these cases, people can build a story as they wish.
In this post I’ll tell you who the girl painted by Raphael was, according to the main theories, and where you can admire the painting today.
La Fornarina by Raphael
Francesca Pasquali, Iceberg, 2016, transparent plastic straws on golden colour mirror polished Plexiglass, dark grey lacquered frame, diameter – 120 x 22 cm. Photo by Fabio Mantovani. Courtesy Francesca Pasquali
Francesca Pasquali is an artist who from the simplest objects and the study on nature creates works that involve the observer, transforming art into a multi-sensorial experience.
On the occasion of Arte Fiera 2020 she exhibits her artworks and Alice Traforti interviewed her for Art post Blog, helping us to understand the reasons for an exhibition where container and content are just one thing.
Francesca Pasquali – NOT ORDINARY PLACE
In the Madonna of the Chair Raphael describes one of the most delicate and tender scenes of all his artistic production.
It seems that this painting emanates an infinite tenderness that I could hardly resist when I was in front of it and I exchanged glances with the Virgin Mary and Child.
Raphael’s life was short, he died at the early age of 37, but he was the interpreter of an ideal of beauty and harmony that never goes out of fashion, and in this post I’ll describe the Madonna of the Chair by Raphael, I’ll tell you some curious facts and I’ll explain where you can admire this work.
Madonna of the Chair by Raphael
