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Giuseppe Mentessi
Giuseppe Mentessi (29 September 1857 in Ferrara, - 14 June 1931 in Milan) was an Italian painter. Biography He established himself as a painter in Milan, where he taught at the Brera Academy. He exhibited a triptych of the Madonna at the Biennale in Venice of 1897. Described as having a ''mystic suavity and spiritual grace'' By Helen Zimmern, page 117 many of his painters center upon an emotive representation of motherhood. Innocente Cantinotti and |
Ferrara
Ferrara (, ; egl, Fràra ) is a city and ''comune'' in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital of the Province of Ferrara. it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream of the Po River, located north. The town has broad streets and numerous palaces dating from the Renaissance, when it hosted the court of the House of Este. For its beauty and cultural importance, it has been designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. History Antiquity and Middle Ages The first documented settlements in the area of the present-day Province of Ferrara date from the 6th century BC. The ruins of the Etruscan town of Spina, established along the lagoons at the ancient mouth of Po river, were lost until modern times, when drainage schemes in the Valli di Comacchio marshes in 1922 first officially revealed a necropolis with over 4,000 tombs, evidence of a population centre that in Antiquity must have played a major rol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city has 3.26 million inhabitants. Its continuously built-up urban area (whose outer suburbs extend well beyond the boundaries of the administrative metropolitan city and even stretch into the nearby country of Switzerland) is the fourth largest in the EU with 5.27 million inhabitants. According to national sources, the population within the wider Milan metropolitan area (also known as Greater Milan), is estimated between 8.2 million and 12.5 million making it by far the largest metropolitan area in Italy and one of the largest in the EU.* * * * Milan is considered a leading alpha global city, with strengths in the fields of art, chemicals, commerce, design, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Mentessi (1857-1931) Ritratto Maschile (1926)
Giuseppe Mentessi (29 September 1857, Ferrara - 14 June 1931, Milan) was an Italian landscape and veduta painter. Biography He was born to Michele Mentessi, a merchant, and his wife Teresa, née Bentini. His father died when he was only seven. Despite having to help support his family, he was able to take drawing lessons at the Civic Art School in Ferrara. He then attended the Academy of Fine Arts of Parma, with the help of a government subsidy, where his primary instructor was Giacomo Giacopelli.Biography of Mentessi by Alessandra Imbellone, from the ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani'' @ Treccani In 1877, encouraged by his friends, he moved to Milan to complete his studies at the Brera Academy. There, he studied perspective with Luigi Bisi. He also attended a course on architecture and scenography, taught by Carl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
