Sujet
Giuseppe - by Professor Gelli, of Florence, 1890. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Giuseppe - by Professor Gelli, of Florence, 1890. 'Since the so-called revival of Italian art by that clever Venetian Signor Pasini, we have been accustomed to look for little besides bright scenes of street life, brilliantly dressed Court parties, or quaintly costumed crowds on...pleasure bent. Professor Gelli, who hitherto has been little known outside his native Florence, looks at art from a very different standpoint. Beauty of line and harmony of colour have for him far more attractions than the brilliant kaleidoscopic effects of Pasini's school. He feels that, as a Tuscan, he is bound to uphold, and, if possible, to revive, the traditions of his country's art; and, without pretending to compare his work with even the smallest of the "old masters," it is not difficult to recognise in it an earnestness of purpose and a simplicity of touch very foreign to the ordinary productions of contemporary Italian art. [We give our readers an] Engraving of a boy's head, "Giuseppe," a bright face reflecting the sunlight in which it had been passed. "Giuseppe" is an ordinary Tuscan child, such as one sees by the score when passing through that marvellous "Garden of Eden" which lies between Cortona and Sinalunga - the very heart of Tuscany...'. From "Illustrated London News", 1890.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM25A51_223
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Droits gérés
Format disponible
40,1Mo (7,6Mo) / 27,8cm x 36,2cm / 3280 x 4272 (300dpi)