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From Canova to the Fourth State: an Exhibition for a Century of Art

Until 10th June 2008, the Scuderie del Quirinale (presidential palace) of Rome will be the seat of a really important exhibition, dedicated to the 19th century great art.

The title of the exhibition is “From Canova to the Fourth State”, and it’s the first time that our country, from centuries the capital of art and culture, houses an exhibition which shows as protagonist the European 19th century painting and carving.

At Scuderie del Quirinale of Rome, the exhibition’s visitors will come face to face with just 100 masterpieces which the exhibition’s organizers, Maria Vittoria Marini Clarelli, Fernando Mazzocca and Carlo Sisi, have carefully selected between the amazing artworks that the numerous artistic production of the 19th century left us.

The paintings have been branched and exposed in different divisions, and between them, in the main sections, the great sculptures by such artists as Canova, Bartolini and Duprè stand out .

The exhibition’s purpose is to underline the importance of a century which deeply shaped history and art of our country, and which, between historical and social events of different order, at its time and for too long, has obfuscated the immense beauty and importance of our artists.

When people already thought that Italy had lost its world supremacy in art, Canova was carving some of the today’s most admired and appreciated sculptures in the world, and the Italian paintings took shape of one of the most famous paintings in history “Il Quarto Stato” by Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo. (more…)

Da Canova al Quarto Stato: una mostra per un secolo d’arte

Le Scuderie del Quirinale di Roma fino al 10 giugno 2008, saranno la sede di una importantissima mostra, dedicata alla grande arte dell’800.

Il titolo della mostra è “Da Canova al Quarto Stato” ed è la prima volta che il nostro paese, da secoli capitale mondiale di arte e cultura, ospita una mostra che vede protagonista la pittura e la scultura dell’800 europeo.

Alle Scuderie del Quirinale di Roma i visitatori della mostra si troveranno di fronte a ben 100 capolavori che gli organizzatori della mostra, Maria Vittoria Marini Clarelli, Fernando Mazzocca e Carlo Sisi, hanno attentamente selezionato tra le splendide opere che la cospiqua produzione artistica ottocentesca ci ha lasciato.
I dipinti sono stati suddivisi ed esposti in diverse sezioni, tra le quali, negli snodi principali, spiccano le grandi sculture di Canova, Bartolini, Duprè.

La mostra intende sottolineare l’importanza di un secolo che ha profondamente segnato la storia e l’arte del nostro paese, e che tra vicende storiche e sociali di ordine diverso ha, a suo tempo e per troppo tempo, oscurato l’immensa bellezza ed importanza dei nostri artisti. (more…)

Canova and La Venere Vincitrice in Rome

The Galleria Borghese in Rome will house until the 3rd of February an exhibition completely dedicated to Antonio Canova and his masterpiece, the “Venere Vincitrice“.

The exhibition is included in the series of “10 Great Exhibitions” started in May 2006 with an exposition dedicated to Raphael.

The one dedicated to Canova is the second of the

and it has been instituted to celebrate his great art in occasion of the 250° anniversary of his birth and the 200 years of Canova’s masterpiece, the absolute star of the exhibition: Paolina Bonaparte as Venere Vincitrice.

La Venere Vincitrice, work of whom the Galleria Borghese is most proud, is a marble sculpture commissioned to Canova by the Borghese family, with whom the artist had a long relationship, and it’s not a simple sculptured portrait but it’s a fine, elegant, careful celebration of the beautiful and the victory, it’s a Paolina Bonaparte represented as a goddess. (more…)