In 1824, when William Blake began his illustrations to Dante’s Divine Comedy, he was sixty-six and entering the last three years of his life. His health was declining and his finances remained precarious, but this was not a period of artistic withdrawal. He was completing the engravings to the Book of Job, and the youngerContinue reading “William Blake, Dante and Beatrice: Vision and Mediation”
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Rue Scribe: Giuseppe Casciaro (1861–1941) and an Italian Network in Paris
Giuseppe Casciaro’s association with Paris appears to have developed earlier than has often been assumed. Vito Carbonara notes that, in 1889, Pio Enea Cugeno referred to works by the young painter as already exhibited, or intended for exhibition, in the French capital. A further indication appears in April 1891, when the Gazzetta delle Puglie reportedContinue reading “Rue Scribe: Giuseppe Casciaro (1861–1941) and an Italian Network in Paris”
Light, colour and the vitality of motion: Introducing the world of Francesco Paolo Michetti (1851-1929).
The featured image of this article, Francesco Paolo Michetti’s 1877 self-portrait (Palazzo Zevallos Stigliano, Naples) offers an introduction to the artist while also immediately conveying the light and colour characteristic of his work. In the words of Marina Miraglia: The half-open mouth and the intense, passionate gaze express that healthy fullness of life and thatContinue reading “Light, colour and the vitality of motion: Introducing the world of Francesco Paolo Michetti (1851-1929).”
