A pictorial movement which experienced a short creative horizon, between eight hundred and nine hundred. That renewal was anti-academic, and it was a form of expression of Italian painting in the realist sense. The creativity of the Macchiaioli is realistic, and is firmly opposed to Romanticism and academic Purism. The Macchiaioli, believe that the image of the real is a …
Read More »MACCHIAIOLI – When the image of the real is a contrast of color spots and light and dark
SO DEAR AND MUCH ONESTY SHE APPEARS – Poetry by Dante Alighieri
TANTO GENTILE E TANTO ONESTA PARE > Tanto gentile e tanto onesta pare la donna mia quand’ella altrui saluta, ch’ogne lingua deven tremando muta, e li occhi no l’ardiscon di guardare. Ella si va, sentendosi laudare, benignamente d’umiltà vestuta; e par che sia una cosa venuta da cielo in terra a miracol mostrare. Mostrasi sì piacente a chi la mira, …
Read More »SILVESTRO LEGA (1826/1895), ITALIAN PAINTER – Inspiration descriptive, between naturalism and romantic feeling
WHEN REALITY INDUCES – Silvestro Lega and its pictorial nuances, inside psychology perspective and bright colors
WHEN REALITY INDUCES – Silvestro Lega and its pictorial nuances, inside psychology perspective and bright colors. SILVESTRO LEGA 1/4 – He was born in one day in late autumn (the third of eighteen children), and will become one of the greatest exponents of the movement of Macchiaioli. At the age of 17, he moved to Florence to enroll at the …
Read More »THE HANDS OF ELSA – Poetry, by Louis Aragon
He was born in Paris, inside an October day, becoming poet, novelist and member of the French Comunist Party. Dadaism and Surrealism inside the life of Louis Aragon. In 1939 he married Russian-born author Elsa Triolet, and she became his muse. During the second word war, he wrote for the underground press Les Éditions de Minuit, and was a member …
Read More »PAUL BAUDRY (1828/1886), FRENCH PAINTER – Paintings
PAINTING MYTHOLOGICAL AND FANCIFUL SUBJECTS, WHILE PARIS BURNS
The story of a man, sometimes it’s special. The life of this painter, is reflected in a city. Paris, its atmosphere and its concerns, in a century incredibly eventful. PAUL BAUDRY 1/4 – He was born in Paris, in a day of autumn. In the course of his residence in Italy, he derived inspiration from Italian art, with the mannerism …
Read More »EUGENIO DE BLAAS (1843/1931), AUSTRIAN/ITALIAN PAINTER – Shades of Academic Classicism, also with Italian flower girls
PAINTING THE BEAUTY – Eugene de Blaas: charm and elegance, in the faces of women and in the clothes of the gondoliers
The environment induces. Living inside a circle (domestic or urban), in contact with challenging reality, it is always an excellent opportunity to enhance your creative abilities, often hidden. Visiting a city, you can also collect the attitudes of other people who, before you, have lived this experience. A perfectly proportioned man (created by Leonardo da Vinci), correlating the symmetry of …
Read More »RAJA RAVI VARMA (1848/1906), INDIAN PAINTER – The fusion of European techniques with a purely Indian sensibility
THE FEMININE EMOTION ON CANVAS – Raja Ravi Varma, Madurai’s shades of emotion
A perfectly proportioned man (created by Leonardo da Vinci), correlating the symmetry of human anatomy to the symmetry of the universe. What you see, hear, eat and feel, it’s all inside Meeting Benches way, the Vitruvian approach to life. You are looking for emotion on canvas, Madurai’s shades of emotion. RAJA RAVI VARMA 1/4 – He was born into an …
Read More »TRIP TO INDIA – Where it all begins, where the divine is in everyday and gestures of people
Visiting India, you need to remember the Vitruvian’s man, a perfectly proportioned man (created by Leonardo da Vinci), correlating the symmetry of human anatomy to the symmetry of the universe. What you see, hear, eat and feel, it’s all inside Meeting Benches way: the Vitruvian approach to life. “Namastè”, greet and smile to those you meet, because your horizon will …
Read More »PERFUME AND TASTE OF INDIA – Smell like you, and taste as you can, but take your food only with the right hand fingers
A perfectly proportioned man (created by Leonardo da Vinci), correlating the symmetry of human anatomy to the symmetry of the universe. What you see, hear, eat and feel, it’s all inside Meeting Benches way: the Vitruvian approach to life. Forget the food of your house, and for once try to let you capture the flavors and scents of this cuisine …
Read More »WHEN WILL YOU COME? – Poetry, by Meera
To learn about countries and nations, it is necessary to know their cultural latitudes. A perfectly proportioned man (created by Leonardo da Vinci), correlating the symmetry of human anatomy to the symmetry of the universe. What you see, hear, eat and feel, it’s all inside Meeting Benches way: the Vitruvian approach to life. WHEN WILL YOU COME? I send letters …
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