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Anton Raphael Mengs - Perseus and Andromeda (1774-1777)

on June 02, 2020

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Pieter Paul Rubens - The Arrival of Marie de Medici at Marseille (1622-1625)

Rubens does not have the task of telling historical events of enormous political and European value. Rubens is asked to mythologize a person and an event. So when the arrival of Maria de Medici at Marseille, nymphs and water gods participate, the corner plays the trumpets. Nature and Spirits participate in a whirlwind of actions. A scene that in all respects honors the best film colossal.

Alexander ARCHIPENKO - Walking woman (1912)

Walking woman 1912 Bronze (67 cm) Private collection ******* By superficially observing this work, one runs the risk of considering it abstract. Obviously this is not the case. The figure of a walking woman is easy to recognize. Archipenko plays with voids to compose her image: her head is made up of the lines that surround and limit the void. We are facing an epochal change, he is probably the first to have interrupted the path of sculpture by introducing the concept of spatial construction. No more lines that create figures and faces but lines that create figures thanks to space. Archipenko adhered to the Cubist method and the work shown here clearly demonstrates this. The characteristics of this new movement that has redefined the art have been declined in a personal way by Alexander Archipenko. Not images seen simultaneously from multiple points of view but the contemporary use of full and empty spaces. His Art of him will undergo an evolution with the use of different materi...

Paul Cézanne - Still life (1894-1895)

Paul Cézanne has the difficult task of closing an era such as Impressionism and throws the germs for all future painting, with incredible results. Painting becomes a real figurative literature. The founding basis: perspective; is abandoned. The depth and space are no longer created through the lines but each object is responsible for building the space. Each presence on the canvas has its own perspective, this destabilizes our eye a little but creates a unique point of view.

Giuseppe Maria Crespi - Death of Saint Josef (c. 1712)

Giuseppe Maria Crespi is the crossroads of different stimuli: Roman and Emilian seventeenth century, Venetian school, Neapolitan school and Flemish-Dutch tradition. Everything, well mixed, creates the unique and personal style of this Bolognese master. A very intense and expressive light. The silent dialogue of the figures engaged in this representation. Following the dictates of the Counter-Reformation, San Giuseppe must be given new visibility and importance; his whole family is present and Christ blesses him ... even if nothing is said about him after the infancy of Christ.

Jacopo AMIGONI - Juno receives the head of Argos (about 1730)

Juno receives the head of Argos 1730 circa Oil painting on canvas (296x305 cm) Moor Park, Rickmansworth ******* Jupiter has to hide Io from his wife's anger, for this he transforms her into a heifer. Unaware, Juno entrusts the heifer / Io to the care of Argos with a hundred eyes. Jupiter cannot accept being too far from beloved Io and asks Mercury to free her from the custody of Argos and to do this she must kill the giant. Juno decides to put the giant's hundred eyes on the tail of the animal sacred to her: the peacock. Jacopo Amigoni immortalizes the moment when Juno receives the giant's head. His brushstrokes are soft and sensual, the colors bright and the lines very (perhaps too much) graceful: all this to respect the balanced rules of Rococo. Amigoni achieved fame across the Channel and in Europe, like many of his contemporaries; his most valuable works are found in Covent Garden and Moor Park. According to some historical reconstructions, Jacopo Amigoni returning fr...

Peter BLAKE - On the balcony (1955-1957)

On the balcony 1955-1957 Oil painting on canvas (121x91 cm) Tate Gallery, London ******* The figures sitting on a park bench are surrounded by four paintings by some of Blake's companions and various commercial objects, including packets of cigarettes, newspapers and food packages. The structure of the painting is very simple and the attention to perspective is somewhat lacking; the real interest is to be found in the attention to the representation of the objects, which are the most important elements of the composition. At the time of its creation it was considered Blake's masterpiece for its strong visual impact and now communicates the full sense of cultural growth in the 1950s, putting the observer in front of a messy crowd of popular images. This representation of commercial objects paved the way for another great artistic movement: Pop Art. In the 1970s, Blake moved towards a more naturalistic style and by 1975 he also became a founding member of the Brotherhood of Rur...

Nicolas Poussin - Landscape with Polyphemus (1649)

An apparent, banal landscape. Art History is full of it. But nobody has the mythical, historical and mythological charm of this. Nicolas Poussin's painting is mythological. Mythical figures hidden in the bushes. A Polyphemus who seems an integral part of the mountain. Without a doubt we are faced with a vision and an invitation. We live in a world that is formed on the myth, let's see it in everyday life. They are not simple stories, it is the explanation of our being.