Genoa, in via the Superbarocco Project. Two exhibitions in dialogue with the event at the Scuderie del Quirinale
From 27 March to 10 July 2022 in Genoa two exhibitions: at Palazzo Ducale ‘La forma della Meraviglia’ and throughout the city ‘The Protagonists of the Baroque in Genoa’. The city thus participates in the exhibition-event of the Scuderi del Quirinale dedicated to the … Superbaroque
The city of Genoa is preparing to celebrate one of the periods of greatest splendor in its history, when between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries the Republic reached the apex of its power and experienced a moment of singular vivacity, not only as an economic and financial power, but even just as an economic and financial power you come as cultural and artistic capital. He will do it with two exhibitions curated by Piero Boccardo, Jonathan Bober And Franco Boggero: The shape of the Wonderat the Doge’s Palace, and the series of exhibitions spread throughout the city The Protagonists of the Baroque in Genoa. The two appointments are inserted in the Superbarocco Project, at the same time as the exhibition-event of the Scuderie del Quirinale, in Rome, entitled Superbarocco. Art in Genoa from Rubens to Magnasco, promoted with the National Gallery of Art in Washington, with the special collaboration of the Museums of Genoa.
The shape of wonder – Masterpieces in Genoa between 1600 and 1750 tells of the exceptional moment in which Genoa was enriched with works of surprising quality, created by famous artists as well as foreigners Rubens, Van Dyck And Pugetand from brilliant local talents they come Bernardo Strozzi, Valerio Castello, Gregorio De Ferrari. The review The Protagonists of the Baroque in Genoa ideally connects to the Roman exhibition and La Forma della Meraviglia to celebrate this extraordinary artistic season through its protagonists, renowned and successful artists, capable of marvelous achievements in painting, sculpture, in the involving large size of the fresco and in the small one , precious, of the design, of the fabric, of the majolica. The exhibition connects the main museums and places of the Genoese Baroque, each of which dedicates an in-depth study to an artist or a specific theme, from Gregorio De Ferrari a Filippo Parodifrom fabrics to majolica.
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In the picture: Orazio de Ferrari, The capture of Samson (Ascoli Piceno, Civic Art Gallery)
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