Antinoo, il fascino della bellezza | Mostra alla Villa Adriana di Tivoli

Dal 5 Aprile al 4 novembre 2012, la Villa Adriana di Tivoli, circa 28 km da Roma, aprirà al pubblico in occasione della mostra "Antinoo, il fascino della bellezza".
La Villa Adriana, residenza dell'imperatore Adriano riscoperta nel 1450, è uno dei 47 siti italiani inseriti dall'Unesco nella World Heritage Listè.

Goyo Dominguez, 1960 ~ Romantic/Realist painter

Goyo Dominguez, Spanish-born British painter, is a romantic realist who paints figuratively with a unique sense of vision, beauty and imagination. His compositions, depicted with great technical skill and style, are compelling and serene, often with enchanting subject matters.

Jane Whiting Chrzanoska, 1948 | Surrealist painter

Jane Whiting Chrzanoska, American painter, began drawing and painting at such an early age that by 14 she felt confident enough to attempt her first mural, an 8’x12’ depiction of Napoleon at Waterloo on her bedroom wall.
Two years later she convinced he best friend to provide he own bedroom wall so that Jane could paint “The Ride of the Valkyries” from Wagner’s Ring Cycle.

Craig Tracy, 1967 | Fine-Art Bodypainting

Never one to be satisfied with conventional art, Craig Tracy has created mesmerizing images using human bodies as his canvases since 2001.

Tracy was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The city’s colorful and vibrant culture played an integral role in developing Tracy’s passion for art, including his family’s tradition of painting each other’s faces in celebration of Mardi Gras. His parents nurtured his individuality and creativity, with Tracy attributing their "Flower Power" and “Power to the People” mentalities as being responsible for how he views art and life.

Tracy received his first airbrush at the age of 15 from his parents, and one year later, at the age of 16, he took his first steps into the professional art world by working nights and weekends as an airbrush artist.

The experience taught him how to paint detailed works on a myriad of surfaces. He would later hone his artistic abilities by attending and graduating from the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale in Florida.

The gallery allows even the most seasoned art collectors and novices alike to see and experience first hand what Body-painting is ultimately capable of expressing.

Kaspar von Zumbusch | Beethoven Monument, Vienna, 1880

Kaspar [Clemens Eduard] Zumbusch (1830-1915), 1888 Ritter von Zumbusch (a nobiliary particle), was a German sculptor, born at Herzebrock, Westphalia, who became a pre-eminent sculptor of neo-Baroque monuments in Vienna.

He went at the age of eighteen to study in Munich. at first unsuccessfully at the Academy and then Polytechische Schule under Johann Halbig. He continued his studies in Rome.

Goyo Dominguez, 1960 | Romantic / Abstract painter

Goyo Dominguez🎨's compositions, depicted with great technical skill and style, are compelling and serene, often with enchanting subject matters.

His fascination with works of the 16th and 17th centuries inspires his favourite themes; still life, the human body and landscape.

The intriguing result is a contemporary fusion of Renaissance Europe and the Classical World, often combined with elements of the abstract, transcending the classical past and the present day.

Schubert: "Chi potrà fare di più dopo Beethoven.."

"Chi potrà fare di più dopo Beethoven"...

Peter Franz Schubert (1797-1828), compositore Austriaco.

"Beethoven è la retorica della nostra anima, Wagner il suo sentire, Schumann forse il pensiero: Mozart è di più, è la forma..." -

Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874-1929), poeta, scrittore e drammaturgo austriaco.

"Il moralismo di Beethoven in musica: è l'eterno inno di lode a Rousseau, agli antichi francesi e a Schiller".

Beethoven, 1820 | Joseph Karl Stieler (1781-1858)

Così parlò Zarathustra ~ Nietzsche, 1885 | Il canto notturno / The Night Song

Così parlò Zarathustra / Parte seconda / Il canto notturno

È notte: solo ora si svegliano tutti i canti degli amanti. E anche la mia anima è il canto di un amante.
Qualcosa di insaziato, insaziabile è in me; che vuole farsi sentire. È in me un desiderio d'amore, che parla il linguaggio dell'amore.
Io sono luce: ah, fossi notte! Ma questa è la mia solitudine, che io sono cinto di luce.
Ah, fossi io oscuro e notturno! Come vorrei attaccarmi alle mammelle della luce!
E anche voi io vorrei benedire, piccole faville stellari e lucciole lassù! ed essere beato dei vostri doni di luce.
Ma io vivo nella mia propria luce, io bevo in me le mie proprie fiamme, che da me erompono.
Io non conosco la gioia di chi riceve, e spesso ho persino sognato che il rubare deve essere più beato che il ricevere.

Caspar David Friedrich 1774-1840 - Dutch Symbolist painter