A journey through the study of the human figure in Greek sculpture, where the human being is understood as a reflection of the divine and an expression of ideal perfection. Archaic sculpture is examined through the frontal and austere poses of its kouroi and korai, in the abstract stillness of Continua a leggere
“I am obliged to continuous transformations. I follow nature without being able to grasp it” was Monet’s mantra, who obsessively kept coming back to the chosen theme of his beloved water lilies in many different variations. Monet used to observe his favourite flowers, which moreover were sacred to oriental religions, Continua a leggere
Water, the source of life, of energy. That same energy that emerges disruptive, reactivated, and amplified, from the works of Mara Fabbro, accumulations of sand and resin pigmented with warm colors, recreating torrid, arid, and desert atmospheres. Works such as “Oxygen”, produced by the seaweed, “Sea” glue of the earth, Continua a leggere
Cézanne, lonely master, ready to get excited about a flash of light, was described by Gauguin as a “man coming from the South, who spent his days on the top of the mountains reading Virgil and looking at the sky” in light of his passion for the classics. It was Continua a leggere
“Well, what can I say, what one has inside shines on the outside… One has a big fire in his heart, and no one ever comes close to warm up, and passersby only see a little smoke on top of the chimney, and then they leave, continuing on their Continua a leggere
Paul Gauguin, cursed artist, misunderstood by society for his radical and non-conformist choices. A life marked by the constant need to escape from a world, the West, which he gets to know thanks to a comfortable bourgeois lifestyle that he experiences with his wife, family and property. His is a Continua a leggere
“I only think about what I can see with my eyes, I’ve never seen any angels” says Gustave Courbet. “I only believe what I cannot see but what I feel” says Gustave Moreau. This is the main difference between Realism and Symbolism, between the decision to place the objective world Continua a leggere
