Category Archives: Italian Renaissance

GIOVANNI BATTISTA MORONI │ Royal Academy of Arts, London → 25 January 2015

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Isotta Brembati, c1555. Photograph: Lucretia Moroni Collection, Bergamo
Portrait of a Man with a Red Beard, c.1558-59
A Gentleman in Adoration before the Madonna, Italian, c1560. Photograph: The National Gallery, London
A Gentleman in Adoration Before the Baptism of Christ, c1555-60. Photograph: Gerolamo and Roberta Etro
Gian Gerolamo Grumelli, c1560. Photograph: Lucretia Moroni Collection, Bergamo
Antonio Navagero by Giovanni Battista Moroni, 1565. Photograph: Photoservice ElectaUIG/Rex
Young Lady, c1560-65. Photograph: Private collection
The Tailor (‘Il Tagliapanni’) by Giovanni Battista Moroni. The National Gallery, London. Date painted: 1565-70. Oil on canvas, 99.5 x 77 cm. Collection: The National Gallery
Gian Girolamo Albani, c1570. Photograph: Private collection
Portrait of a Gentleman and His Two Daughters, c1572-75. Photograph: © National Gallery of Ireland

“Jvani Bațista Moroni wz wn v ɖ grtst pwtritists v 16ʈ senčri Iṭli. Femd fr hiz gift fr capčrñ ɖ xct lîcṇs v hiz sitrz, h crietd pwtrits ɖt r az peṇtretñ n pârfl nâ az ɖe wr mr ɖn 400 yirz ago. Y wl b trnsfixt bî ɖer sîc̣lojicl depʈ n imījsi.

Ɖs z ɖ frst comprihnsv xibišn v ɖ ātist’s wrc in ɖ YC. W hv ṣlctd nt onli hiz rmāc̣bl pwtrits bt olso hiz lsr-nôn rlijs wrcs, ẇč wl b šôn sîd bî sîd. Amñ ɖm wl b nvr-bfr xibitd ōltrpìsz fṛm ɖ črčz v Berġmo n pêntñz md fr prîvt dvošn ɖt rflct ɖ ny rlijs îdiylz v hiz tîm.

Moroni’z pwtrits dpict ɖ ppl v ɖ wrld n tîm in ẇč h livd, fṛm elignt men n wimin v hî ssayti šôn in glitrñ dres t membrz v ɖ midl clas ingejd in ɖer trêd. Wn sč wrc z Ɖ Têlr, az hîli prezd in its tîm az it z nâ (reṿlušnri – Joṇʈn Jônz, Ɖ Gādịn). Ẇt ol v hiz wrcs šer z a stātlñ načṛlizm n vîtaḷti, rerli mačt bî uɖr ātists v ɖ pirı̣d n antisipetñ ɖ riylistc stîl v Caṛvajio n, lêtr, Mane.

Incumṗsñ hiz intîr c̣rir, ɖs xibišn z a loñ ovrdy seḷbrešn v an ātist ahd v hiz tîm n rîp fr rīdiscuvri.”

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BUILDING THE PICTURE: Architecture in Italian Renaissance Painting │ National Gallery, London → 21 September 2014

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Dūčio, Đ ANUNSIEŠN, c. 1309
Dmenico Venziano, A MIṚCL V ST. ZNÔBỊS, c. 1445
Sandro Botičeli, Đ AḌRÊŠN V Đ CÑZ, c. 1473
Sandro Botičeli, Đ AḌRÊŠN V Đ CÑZ, c. 1473
Sandro Botičeli, ƮRI MIṚCLZ V ST. ZNÔBỊS, c. 1500
Antonelo da Mesīna, ST. JRÔM IN HIZ STUDI, c. 1475
Cālo Criveli, Đ ANUNSIEŠN WĐ ST. IMIDỊS, 1486
Žeṛlāmo da Vičenza, Đ DWMIŠN N ASUMŠN V Đ VRJIN, 1488
Vinčenzo Catena, ST. JRÔM IN HIZ STUDI, c. 1510
Dmenico Beċfūmi, Đ STWRI V PPIYRỊS, 1520-1
Balḍsāri Ṗrŭtsi, Đ AḌRÊŠN V Đ MÊJÎ, c. 1523
Jwjio Vsāri, Đ PṚSEŠN V PÔP LIO X ƮRU Đ PIATSA DELA SIŇWRIA IN 1515, c. 1558
Māčelo Venusti, Đ PYRIFICÊŠN V Đ TEMPL, aftr 1550

“Dscuvr hâ ācitecčr fwmz ɖ bêsis v mni Italı̣n Rnesns pêntñz.

Đs sprñ, ɖ Našnl Gaḷri priznts ɖ frst xibišn in Britn t xplor ɖ rôl v ācitecčr in Italịn Rnesns pêntñ v ɖ 14ʈ, 15ʈ n 16ʈ senčriz.

Bildñ ɖ Picčr: Ācitecčr in Italı̣n Rnesns Pêntñ emz t incris vizitrz’ aprīsiešn n undrstandñ v sm v ɖ most bytifl n ācitectonic pêntñz bî Italịn mastrz sč az Dūčio, Botičeli, Criveli n ɖer cntmprriz. Vizitrz wl b incurijd t lc in ny wez at bildñz dpictd in pêntñz, n t invstiget hâ ātists invntd imajind spêsz ɖt trnsndd ɖ riaḷti v brics, mwtr n mābl.

Ɖ xibišn z ɖ rzult v a rsrčpātṇršp btwn ɖ Našnl Gaḷri n ɖ Ynivrsti v Ywc, n ofrz a freš intrpṛtešn v sm v ɖ Našnl Gaḷri’z ôn Italı̣n Rnesns c̣lẋn. In adišn, uɖr mastrpìsz r fīčrd – sč az ɖ Vnīšn mastr Sbastiāno del Piombo’z Ɖ Jujmnt v Soḷmn (Cñztn Lêsi, Ɖ Bancs C̣lẋn, Našnl Trust), on dsple in Lundn fr ɖ frst tîm in 30 yirz, n Ɖ Ruscin Mdona bî Andrea del Vročio (Našnl Gaḷri v Scotḷnd).

Fîv šwt filmz hv bn cmišnd t côinsîd wɖ ɖs xibišn, pṛvîdñ modn pspectvz on riyl n imajind ācitecčr fṛm awōdwinñ Swis ācitect Pītr Zŭmʈor, film-mcr Māʈa Fīnz, āthistwrı̣n T J Clāc, filmhistwrı̣n Jon Dêvid Rôdz n cmpytrgem siṇmatc drctr Pītr Gwnstîn.”

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