TRA PIEMONTE E LOMBARDIA. UN ITINERARIO LONGHIANO ATTRAVERSO LA PITTURA LOMBARDA DEL SEICENTO. NUOVE ACQUISIZIONI
BETWEEN PIEDMONT AND LOMBARDY. LONGHI’S JOURNEY THROUGH SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY LOMBARD PAINTING. NEW ACQUISITIONS
Author(s): Francesco GonzalesSubject(s): History, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Cultural history, Sociology of Art
Published by: Arx Regia® Wydawnictwo Zamku Królewskiego w Warszawie – Muzeum
Keywords: Lombard painter; baroque; exhibition; old master painting; Piedmont; Lombardy; attribution; plague; painting academy
Summary/Abstract: The text presents Roberto Longhi’s relationship with the territory along the border between Lombardy and Piedmont, with a particular focus on the area of the Diocese of Novara. Therefore,the author intends to trace an ideal itinerary reflecting the journey Longhi made in his youthto emphasise the importance of his studies, especially regarding painting in Lombardy in the1600s. There are new acquisitions and contributions in light of a unique sensibility regardinglate Baroque painting in Lombardy, as well as studies undertaken over the past twenty years.Longhi’s lesson also came to light through a series of noteworthy exhibitions in the 1950sand 1960s, curated by Marco Rosci, Mina Gregori, and Giovanni Testori. All of them wereexceptional events that continued in Novara, owing to the input of Sir Denis Mahon, withthe season dedicated to the Caravaggesque painters and the painters of the Baroque era(2006–2013).
Journal: Kronika Zamkowa. Roczniki
- Issue Year: 76/2023
- Issue No: 10
- Page Range: 189-202
- Page Count: 14
- Language: Italian
