Dosso Dossi, Apollo (c. 1524–1525), oil on canvas, 191 × 116 cm, Galleria Borghese, Rome. “Dosso also knew how to add to his interpretations a certain wit, a sense of contrast, a boldness, that has led him to be associated with Ariosto and the Orlando Furioso. But his visions—enchanted and mysterious, dense with necromantic smoke—’are less aContinue reading “Dosso Dossi (1486?-1542): Apollo, Fantasia and Form.”
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Anton Sminck Van Pitloo (1790–1837): Between Rome, Naples, and Northern Europe.
Pitloo, portrait by Pieter van Hanselaere (c. 1814). Source: Wikipedia. Even if one were to grant Pitloo only what is evident in his redemption of landscape from the servitude of mannerism and convention, the arts, newly guided toward a beauty drawn from the true, would owe him immense gratitude. But there is more. Pitloo tookContinue reading “Anton Sminck Van Pitloo (1790–1837): Between Rome, Naples, and Northern Europe.”
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).”
Giuseppe Casciaro (1861-1941) –an introduction with context.
Giuseppe Casciaro’s first lessons were with Paolo Emilio Stasi from Spongano in Puglia. As Stasi’s artistic importance, and hence his influence on Casciaro, seems a little understated in the literature, it is worth emphasising that he was a versatile painter who captured various aspects of the people and landscapes of Salento. Vito Carbonara justly refersContinue reading “Giuseppe Casciaro (1861-1941) –an introduction with context.”
Inner Surfaces 