5 things to know about Piero della Francesca

Monday November 28th, 2016 , 5 Things to know, Artists and Works

Piero della Francesca | Polittico ella Misericordia

Polittico ella Misericordia, dettaglio con autoritratto di Piero della Francesca. Image source: Valtiberina Toscana Turismo.it

5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA

Piero della Francesca, one of the greatest 15th century Italian artists, a pioneer of the Italian Renaissance who had significant influence in the development of Italian painting.

Piero della Francesca spending most of his life at the most important Courts in Central and Adriatic Italy.
Among the wide number of Italian Courts, a special place was occupied by Urbino. A small centre in the hills of the Apennines inland, cleverly turned by Duke Federico da Montefeltro into one of the most lively centres of the Renaissance, Urbino gradually become the capital of the intellectual and mathematic orientation of the arts.

5 things to know about Piero della Francesca.

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The Night Watch

Monday November 21st, 2016 , Artists and Works

THE NIGHT WATCH

Rembrandt painted The Night Watch in 1640 on commission from the doctor Frans Banning Cocq, who also commanded a company of harquebusiers, the Kloveniers. This painting is Rembrandt’s masterpiece, and the artist was paid 1,600 guilders, and according to the documents, each person portrayed gave him 100 guilders.

Works by Ingres: The Source

Monday November 14th, 2016 , Artists and Works

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres , La Sorgente – dettaglio. (Image Source: Caffetteria delle More – ForumCommunity

WORKS BY INGRES: THE SOURCE

Works by Ingres. When I visited the exhibition dedicated to Impressionism in Treviso I was impressed that the among the first paintings on shown there were some portraits by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, a leading figure of Neoclassical painting, a style which would be overwhelmed by Impressionism. But it’s the first time I’ve seen Ingres’s works not as something completely alien to Impressionism, because sometimes if you read history dividing into categories, you may lose the overall view.

In Ingres’s paintings there’s something that makes them attractive to all later generations of artists, from Degas to Matisse and to Picasso.
In particular, Matisse described Ingres as the first artist “to use pure colours, outlining them without distorting them”.

Nina for the dogs

Sunday October 30th, 2016 , Contemporary Art, Artists and Works

NINA FOR THE DOGS

The project Nina for the dogs originated in June 2015 from an idea by Angela A. Resina.
Passion for art, design and love for animals blend into a unique author’s work.

Everything started, like a brainwave, from a Sicilian dog pound where Angela found a small dog she later adopted, named Nina. It was love at first sight and that encounter would change Angela’s future.
Nina became her muse: Angela drew the prototype of Nina, and began searching people who could transform her idea and her model into a work of art

Paper stories

Saturday October 29th, 2016 , Contemporary Art, Artists and Works

PAPER STORIES: AN INTERVIEW WITH EVELYN

Thanks to my blog I have the opportunity to meet and know gallerists and artists with interesting artistic journeys, great ambitions and an irrepressible passion for art.
When I received Evelyn’s portfolio, I immediately wanted to interview her in order to introduce her to you, but especially to show you what she does.

You might hear about her in the future!