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Telemaco Signorini 1835 - 1901 Riomaggiore 1892-1894 Oil on canvas 35 x 51 cm

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Telemaco Signorini (Italian, 1835–1901)

A Venetian canal

oil on panel, 50 x 40.5cm

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Signorini was a key figure in the Macchiaioli – a group of artists centred in Florence who were forerunners of the Impressionists. The Macchiaioli rejected the conventions taught by Italian art academies in favour of an art based on modern life. They worked outdoors in order to capture natural colour and light.  Their members are typically listed as Giuseppe Abbati, Cristiano Banti, Odoardo Borrani, Adriano Cecioni, Vicenzo Cabianca, Vita D’Ancona, Serafino De Tivoli, Giovanni Fattori, Silvestro Lega, Raffaelo Sernesi, and Telemaco Signorini.

These artists were drawn together by shared ideals on two fronts. First, they were opposed to the restrictive formal standards of the Florentine Academy in which many of them had trained, and wanted instead to convey something more personal in their painting. Second, they were united by deep patriotism. Many of the group had taken part in the First Italian War of Independence in 1848-1849. Motivated by simultaneous desires to reinvigorate Italian art and to express their national pride through authentic depictions of contemporary Tuscan life, they began to experiment with a new approach to painting from nature. The period of artistic experimentation from which they would take their name took place from approximately 1854 to 1862, after which, each of the members of the group went on to develop in their own individual direction.

To understand the Macchiaioli, it is essential to place them in the historical, cultural, and political context in which they lived and worked. Not only was their movement inextricably linked with the Risorgimento (Italian national unification) , their approach to painting was also a direct response to – and a product of – the path that Italian art had taken since the Renaissance.

They rebelled not only against forms of artistic expression that were symbolic of foreign domination, but also against art that was dull, impersonal and formulaic...

https://www.artescapeitaly.com/single-post/2016/06/20/Who-were-the-Macchiaioli

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Gente....

Se nel 2026 pensate ancora che gli uomini etero non vadano a letto con gli uomini omosessuali potenti in cambio di favori o avete vissuto sotto una roccia o siete ingenui al limite della stupidità

Certo qui si tratta di uno squilibrio di potere e al 99% non può esserci consenso

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Arte: illustrazione e pittura. Due esempi.

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Torna il Grande Fratello...che bello!...

Torna il Grande Fratello…che bello!…

Mentre il Marocco è in ginocchio per il terribile terremoto che lo ha sconvolto e con l’ emergenza ricostruzione che durerà anni e anni, sta

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Grande Fratello VIP. Daniele dal Moro contro gli autori per la squalifica dal programma.

Grande Fratello VIP. Daniele dal Moro contro gli autori per la squalifica dal programma. #gfvip #gfvip7 #oriele #orianisas #Signorini

E ora veniamo a parlarvi di Daniele dal Moro che a quanto pare è tornato alla vita pre Grande Fratello VIP con qualche polemica. Ma veniamo a parlarvi di lui e di Oriana Marzoli, ossia la spagnola con la quale aveva iniziato una difficile relazione dentro il programma di Alfonso Signorini. Ovviamente Daniele dal Moro ha lasciato il programma per violazione del regolamento stesso, ma a quanto…

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The wonderful Italian tenor Francesco Signorini (1861-1927).

He trained at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome and made his debut in 1882 at the Teatro Politeama in Florence and after 1897 sang regularly in leading dramatic Italian roles at La Scala. In 1898 he appeared at the opera house of Odessa, in 1902 at  the German Theatre in Prague. In 1890 he appeared with success as Turiddu in ‘’Cavalleria rusticana’’ at the Teatro Pagliano in Firenze. He had around the turn of the century a significant success in all Italian major opera houses. In 1907 He made guest appearances in San Francisco and Los Angeles and also appeared in Buenos Aires. In 1910 he retired from the opera stage and taught in Rome.