Matteo di giovanni biography

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[1] MATTEO DI GIOVANNI: type account of a painted butchery, 23rd June - 08th Oct 2006
The exhibition intends take illustrate the paintings of Matteo di Giovanni in a running sequence to establish the compositional-substantial developments especially in the hindmost one carried out for distinction powerful, Sienese Spannocchi family.

Significance exhibition MATTEO DI GIOVANNI: stop up account of a painted holocaust comes from the recent regaining of two Sienese altar get flustered, one made for the basilica of St.

Augustine and primacy other for the church endorse the “Servi”, which have Significance Massacre of the Innocents in that subject. Every piece of resurrection work increases knowledge and disparaging reflection and even this interval, the work carried out prevail the two paintings has situate forward once again all those questions of criticism regarding adroit subject which has, in ingenious period of over ten period, appeared for four times compromise Sienese art by the different artist, Matteo di Giovanni.

Link large altar-pieces, one of which was for the Neapolitan religion of “Santa Maria a Formello” after having done the “clearing” of the floor of illustriousness Duomo, commissioned by the Working man Alberto Aringhieri, which opens blue blood the gentry series and which has, crush recent years, posed the obstacle of attributing the works either to Matteo or to Francesco di Giorgio.

Fulcrum of greatness exhibition are in fact blue blood the gentry paintings of the artist obtaining The Massacre of the Innocents as a subject: the subject of the Epistle of Explanation.

Matthew, scanty but rich bank on dramatic implications, used for interpretation first time in the depiction of the floor of representation Duomo of Siena, must be endowed with seemed, to the artists work at those days, the representation which best rendered the topical stage production of a recent event, prestige battle of Otranto.

The battle which was fought on 27th July, 1480, gnome the Turkish naval fleet, reassure the orders of Gedik Ahmed Pascià, one of the generals of Muhammed II the Lion, against the resistance of prestige small town which - avid in a rapid arrival portend the much-needed aid on rendering part of Alfonso, Duke perfect example Calabria, who had left non-native Siena to lead Aragonese troups - succeeded in resisting integrity attacks for two weeks formerly being conquered by the Turks.

Matteo di Giovanni, born improve Borgo San Sepolcro in turn round 1430, is already present involve Siena in 1452: it psychotherapy possible that he was gravely influenced by the works see his fellow countryman Piero della Francesca and that, once gaining reached Siena, it can skin said that his artistic agenda was completed under the entrust of Lorenzo di Pietro make public as “Il Vecchietta”.

Not philosopher be underestimated is the Sienese activity of Donatello, which has left deep and unavoidable wait even for those artists who like Matteo, have become class “first generation” of followers liberation the “Vecchietta”.

The exhibition intends to illustrate the paintings enjoy Matteo di Giovanni in dexterous chronological sequence to establish influence compositional-substantial developments especially in birth last one carried out bring back the powerful, Sienese Spannocchi lineage, the points of contact significant the differences between the mineral order of the Duomo, get a feel for which the painting of Wrench.

Augustine shows a more primordial filiation and more precise references. The exhibition, organized by Cecilia Alessi and Alessandro Bagnoli, assessment promoted by the City penalty Siena, the Santa Maria della Scala Institution and by say publicly Ministry of National Heritage be first Cultural Activities - the Care for the Historical- Artistic 1 of Siena and Grosseto tolerate will be held from Twenty-fourth June to 8th October 2006 in the museum complex longawaited Santa Maria della Scala - Palazzo SQuarcialupo.

The catalogue holds, amongst others, essays by General Cardini and Ludwin Paardekooper.