Rete Bibliotecaria della Provincia di Como

Abstract: Published to accompany the V&A's major spring exhibition, Botticelli Reimagined, 5 March to 3 July 2016 The Florentine painter Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) is one of the greatest artists of all time. Renowned for the iconic Birth of Venus and Primavera, his work has become part of our collective visual memory, influencing product development, fashion design and artists as diverse as Andy Warhol, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Rene Magritte and Jeff Koons. But Botticelli's fame today was by no means a foregone conclusion. Quickly forgotten after his death, he was only rediscovered as an artist in the nineteenth century - and much of what we know of his work has been pieced together from fragmentary evidence; only three of his works are signed or documented. Since then, 'Botticelli' has been interpreted in many different ways, and has led to many questions. How does a painter acquire international fame? What made Botticelli a pop icon? Why are his works considered timeless? What is it that makes him so 'European' that his Venus appears on the 10 cent coin?What we can say - safely - is that Botticelli, more than any other Old Master, inspired and continues to inspire modern and contemporary art.

Abstract: La Galleria Bellinzona, che segue da lungo tempo l'itinerario pittorico di Giuliano Collina, ha raccolto, in una significativa selezione, alcune opere dell'artista che ruotano tutte attorno al tema della crocifissione. Opere che fanno parte di un processo più ampio, frammento di un tutto che sembra attendere continuamente il suo compimento. E accanto alle opere ritroviamo la presenza di dichiarazioni di poetica dell'artista che tracciano anch'esse un itinerario. Parola e immagine sono due componenti rilevanti nel lavoro di Collina che si potenziano a vicenda e che ci suggeriscono una piccola sacra conversazione.