Zachycení malířova života v obrazech a fotografiích.
Kunsthistorička Gloria Fossi společně s dvojicí fotografů probádala fyzická i duševní zákoutí, jež inspirovala nejpozoruhodnější umělecká díla Vincenta van Gogha. Zatímco Gloria líčí Vincentovu osobní i uměleckou cestu životem, fotografie Maria Dondera a Danila De Marca vdechují jeho minulosti nový život. Tato cesta po stopách Van Gogha sleduje jeho skutečné kroky po všech zemích, kde kdy žil. Umožňuje nám tak nahlédnout lépe než kdy dříve, kým byl ve skutečnosti Vincent van Gogh jako člověk.
Too many weird ideas springing into your mind? Do you feel the urge to fly? If, like Leonardo, you are growing up in the Tuscan countryside in 1460, these things might seem a little strange! Better then to confide to a secret notebook written in mysterious code that no one can read.
The birthplace of the Renaissance, Florence is famous the world over for its cultural and artistic heritage. From its great masterpieces to its hidden gems, and from magnificent churches to its multitude of museums, this illustrated volume offers a guide to the city's art and history.
The most important Italian museum, visited by nearly two million people every year, from all over the world: the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. The gallery is the heart of the city and the casket of the Renaissance, Italian and beyond. It is there that the masterpieces of Botticelli, the Birth of Venus and the Allegory of Spring are found; one of the earliest pictorial proofs by Leonardo da Vinci; the Majesties of Giotto, Duccio and Cimabue; the Tondo Doni by Michelangelo, and then Raphael, Rubens, Caravaggio, Rembrandt. The volume has selected the hundred main works of the collection, those that are impossible not to know, illustrated and told to the general public of enthusiasts. The strong point which must absolutely be seen in the Uffizi Gallery, with a clear and exhaustive description by work. The author, Gloria Fossi, an art historian, has dealt with artists and the figurative culture of the Renaissance, among other studies. Among his books on these themes, translated into many languages: Florence. Historical artistic itinerary in the city of humanism, 1987; Filippo Lippi, 1988; Florence. Dream of a journey, 1990; The portrait. Artists, models, memory, 1996; Art in Florence, 2006; Masaccio, 2015; Uffizi Gallery. Art, history, collections, 2016.
Fra Filippo Lippi was an eccentric artist, whose behaviour was disreputable and dishonoured the monk's habit that he had worn ever since he was little more than a child. Lippi quarrelled with clients and workshop assistants, was constantly in trouble for being late in delivering his paintings, and was threatened with excommunication several times. Gloria Fossi examines the life of this controversial figure, citing the opinions of his contemporaries and patrons, such as Cosimo de'Medici. The critical appraisal of Fra Filippo is discussed at length, followed by an examination of his works, including his great fresco cycles in Prato and Spoleto, and the influence on his work of Flemish art.
"Rastlos und von innerer Zerrissenheit getrieben, blieb Vincent van Gogh selten länger als ein paar Wochen oder Monate an demselben Ort. Wo er auch wirkte und lebte, hielt er stets die Stimmung in seinen Bildern fast. Gloria Fossi und die Fotografen Danilo De Marco und Mario Dondero präsentieren in diesem Band eine außergewöhnliche Zeitreise zu diesen Schauplätzen von van Goghs Leben. Mehr als 200 Abbildungen zeigen die markanten Stationen, die längst Eingang in die Kunstgeschichte gefunden haben: den Strand von Scheveningen, die Mühlen vom Montmartre und das gelbe Haus in Arles.Die Gegenüberstellung von Kunst und Wirklichkeit, von Fotografie und Malerei wirft ein neues Licht auf die Ikonen der Moderne. Aufschlussreiche Specials und Auszüge aus den Briefen an den Bruder Theo gewähren EInblick in Biografie und Gedankenwelt des genialen Niederländers."
