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Nature in art: from the Romantics to Segantini

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Caspar David Friedrich | Donna sulla spiaggia di Rügen

Caspar David Friedrich, Donna sulla spiaggia di Rügen, 1818, circa olio su tela, cm 21.5 x 30 Kunst Museum Winterthur, Fondazione Oskar Reinhart © SIK-ISEA, Zurigo (Philipp Hitz)

NATURE IN ART: FROM THE ROMANTICS TO SEGANTINI

The representation of nature in art has always offered artists the opportunity to describe the world and our relationship with the planet we live on.

The history of art is full of works depicting beautiful landscapes, but it is also full of stories in which Nature and its elements are personified by deities, taken from classical culture, that allow us to understand our connection with the world.
I recently visited an exhibition (details at the bottom of this post) that took me on a journey of discovery of nature in art and offered me the chance to understand how nature became so important in the 19th century.

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The Kiss by Hayez: where it is housed and what it represents

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Francesco Hayez | il Bacio

WHERE THE KISS BY HAYEZ IS HOUSED AND WHAT IT REPRESENTS

Everyone knows the Kiss by Hayez, but not everyone knows where it is housed and what the painting made by the father of Italian Romanticism represents.
It’s a wonderful painting that has always enthralled me for its story as well as the feeling it inspires. Which aspects of the painting strike you most? I put it on the list of Famous kisses: the 5 most beautiful kisses in history of art, too. It is one of the most famous kisses in history of art. Do you agree with me?

In this post I’ll tell you everything you should know about Francesco Hayez’s most famous painting.

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Romanticism: artists and works

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Caspar David Friedrich | Viandante sul mare di nebbia

Caspar David Friedrich, Il Viandante sul mare di nebbia.

ROMANTICISM: ARTISTS AND WORKS

Romanticism is that phase in which artist begins looking towards himself to project his own feelings and aspirations onto his works.
Artists who joined this movement underlined the importance of feelings and imagination rather than rationality.

More than an artistic movement Romanticism was a life style and artists, poets and musicians of the Romantic period had the same wish to make art to convey feelings and communicate them to the public.
In this post you’ll find the features and the protagonists of Romanticism.

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The Raft of the Medusa by Théodore Géricault: where you can admire it.

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zattera della Medusa | Théodore Géricault

Théodore Géricault, la zattera della Medusa (1819)

THE RAFT OF THE MEDUSA BY THEODORE GERICAULT: WHAT IT REPRESENTS AND WHERE IS ON DISPLAY

The Raft of the Medusa is one of the great masterpieces painted by Théodore Géricault.
A huge painting which has become the symbols of the struggle of the weakest against privileges, describing an event that really happened and which had aroused French public opinion in the first half of the 19th century.

In this post you’ll find the reason why Géricault decided to paint this canvas and where you can admire it.

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From Hayez to Boldini

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Maria Stuarda sale al patibolo | Francesco Hayez | mostre Brescia

Francesco Hayez, Maria Stuarda sale al patibolo

FROM HAYEZ TO BOLDINI: FACES AND SOULS OF THE ITALIAN 19TH CENTURY PAINTING

From Hayez to Boldini. If I had to choose what paintings to bring with me to a desert island, I’d certainly choose a painting of the Italian 19th century painting.
So, the exhibition scheduled in Brescia in order to celebrate the artistic season of the Italian 19th century painting really suits me, and maybe you’ll like it, too.
100 masterpieces to celebrate a century of Italian art.

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