"The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms; and to confide in one's self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course".
"The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection".
Michelangelo Buonarroti: "In every block of marble I see a statue"
• "My soul can find no staircase to Heaven unless it be through Earth's loveliness".
• "The best artist has that thought alone which is contained within the marble shell; The sculptor's hand can only break the spell To free the figures slumbering in the stone".
Felice Casorati | Ritratto di Hena Rigotti, 1924
L'assorta figura di Hena Rigotti appare studiatamente decentrata sul lato destro della tavola.
Le fanno da contrappunto i frutti perfetti del piatto posato sulla tovaglia singolarmente "stropicciata".
L'opera rappresenta uno dei culmini della ritrattistica di Casorati per la prima metà degli anni Venti, nel suo concentrato rigore compositivo, nella sua nettezza di segno e di superfici: accanto ai ritratti di Riccardo Gualino, di Alfredo Casella (entrambi a Firenze, coll. privata), dai richiami scelti alla ritrattistica fiamminga ed italiana, ecc.
Il dipinto appare nella sala personale dedicata all'artista alla XIV Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte di Venezia, nel 1924; a presentare è Lionello Venturi. | Riccardo Passoni, GAM - Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Torino
Michelangelo Buonarroti | 267 Drawings | Part.¹
A towering genius in the history of Western art, Michelangelo (Italian, Caprese 1475-1564 Rome) was celebrated during his long life for the excellence of his disegno, the power of drawing and invention that provided the foundation for all of the arts.
For his mastery of drawing, design, sculpture, painting, and architecture, he was called Il divino ("the divine one") by his contemporaries.
His powerful imagery and dazzling technical virtuosity transported viewers and imbued all of his works with a staggering force that continues to enthrall us today. | © The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Giuseppe De Nittis | How cold! / Che freddo! 1874
Having begun to adapt the motif of the road to the local urban setting in 1871, in 1873-1874 Giuseppe De Nittis (February 25, 1846 - August 21, 1884)🎨 painted many views of Paris.
In these he captured the spectacle of a modern city, often indulging in images of elegant women walking or riding or promenading children and dogs.
Adopting a Naturalistic approach, he used complex and bold compositional structures, as in How Cold it Is! (1874; Milan, Eredi Jucker priv. col., see 1990 exh. cat., p. 101).
The vivid sense of movement created by the figures in this work reflects De Nittis’s habit of sketching and painting them in motion; here they are modelled, as usual, by his wife, Leontine Gruvelle.
Rembrandt and the Inspiration of India | The J. Paul Getty Museum
In an intriguing moment late in his career, Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (1606-1669)🎨 created a series of unusually meticulous drawings depicting emperors and courtiers from Mughal India.
This exhibition explores the Dutch🎨 master’s careful studies of imperial Mughal portraiture and places them within a broader circuit of cross-cultural exchanges.
By juxtaposing Rembrandt’s drawings with Indian paintings of similar compositions - and pairing Mughal artworks with European prints that inspired them - fascinating stories unfold about the flow of art and ideas across time and oceans.
Alfred Boucher (1850-1934)
Mentore di Camille Claudel ed amico di Auguste Rodin, Alfred Boucher, (23 settembre 1850 -18 agosto 1934), è stato uno scultore Francese.
Nato a Bouy-sur-Ovin (Nogent-sur-Seine), era il figlio di un bracciante che divenne il giardiniere dello scultore Joseph-Marius Ramus, che, dopo aver riconosciuto il talento di Boucher, aprì il suo studio a lui.
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