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The Gallerie d'Italia - Milano is a modern and contemporary museum in
Gallerie d'Italia - Milano
{{Authority control Art museums and galleries in Milan Art museums established in 2011 2011 establishments in Italy Intesa Sanpaolo buildings and structures Contemporary art galleries in Italy Tourist attractions in Milan
Milan
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, Italy
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. Located in Piazza della Scala
Piazza della Scala is a pedestrian central square of Milan, Italy, connected to the main square of Milan, Piazza del Duomo, by the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II passage. It is named after the renowned Teatro alla Scala opera house, which occupie ...
in the Palazzo Brentani and the Palazzo Anguissola, it hosts 195 artworks from the collections of Fondazione Cariplo with a strong representation of nineteenth century Lombard painters and sculptors, including Antonio Canova and Umberto Boccioni
Umberto Boccioni (, ; 19 October 1882 – 17 August 1916) was an influential Italian painter and sculptor. He helped shape the revolutionary aesthetic of the Futurism movement as one of its principal figures. Despite his short life, his approach ...
. A new section was opened in the Palazzo della Banca Commerciale Italiana on October 25, 2012 with 189 art works from the twentieth century.
During the 2017 Corporate Art Awards Ceremony hosted by the President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella
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A Christian leftist politician, Mattarella was a leading member of the Christian Democracy par ...
at the Quirinal Palace
The Quirinal Palace ( it, Palazzo del Quirinale ) is a historic building in Rome, Italy, one of the three current official residences of the president of the Italian Republic, together with Villa Rosebery in Naples and the Tenuta di Castelporzia ...
, Gallerie d'Italia - Milano received a special award as “Patron of the XXI century”.
Nineteenth Century
Sections
Section I: Canova bas reliefs
The works of Antonio Canova in Rezzonico reliefs. Between Socratic Homeric epics and ethics, between Christian virtues and enlightened philanthropy (Rooms 1, 2, 3 and 4).Section II: Hayez and painters of Romanticism
Francesco Hayez
Francesco Hayez (; 10 February 1791 – 12 February 1882) was an Italian painter. He is considered one of the leading artists of Romanticism in mid-19th-century Milan, and is renowned for his grand historical paintings, political allegories, and ...
and the great romantic themes. Between historic painting and melodrama (Room 5).
Section III: Giovanni Migliara and Vedutistas of the Romanticism
Giovanni Migliara and the picturesque charm of the ancient monuments. Molteni, Pietro Ronzoni, il Piccio, Angelo Inganni, protagonists of the Lombard Romanticism (Rooms 6 and 7).Section IV: historic depictions of the Risorgimiento
Gerolamo Induno
Gerolamo Induno (13 December 1825 – 18 December 1890) was an Italian painter and soldier, best known for his military scenes. His older brother, Domenico, was also a well-known artist and they often worked together.
Biography
He was born in Mi ...
, Sebastiano De Albertis and the Risorgimento
The unification of Italy ( it, Unità d'Italia ), also known as the ''Risorgimento'' (, ; ), was the 19th-century political and social movement that resulted in the consolidation of different states of the Italian Peninsula into a single ...
(Rooms 8 and 9).
Section V: Vedute of the Cathedral of Milan
The image of Milan in the view and perspective of painting. Thecathedral
A cathedral is a church that contains the '' cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denominatio ...
(Rooms 10, 11, 12 and 13).
Section VI: Vedute of Navigli
The image of Milan. The popular appeal of the Navigli (Room 14).Section VII: Lombard Vedute
The Lombard landscape. Between the evocative poetry of Manzoni and the quest for truth. (Room 15).Section VIII: Revival of the Bourgeois Salon
The revival of the eighteenth century in the bourgeois salon (Room 16).Section IX: genre scenes
The genre painting. Scenes from the life of the people (Rooms 17 and 18).Section X: from the Macchiaioli to the Divisionists
From theMacchiaioli
The Macchiaioli () were a group of Italian painters active in Tuscany in the second half of the nineteenth century. They strayed from antiquated conventions taught by the Italian art academies, and did much of their painting outdoors in order to ...
to the Divisionists. The atmospheric trial on the real (Room 18).
Section XI: Alpine vedute
Alpine painting. From the sublime poetry to the landscape as an expression of feelings and emotions (Rooms 19 and 20).Section XII: Symbolism
Symbolism
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. Between nature and allegory (Rooms 21 and 22).
Section XIII: Umberto Boccioni. From Pointillism to Futurism
Umberto Boccioni
Umberto Boccioni (, ; 19 October 1882 – 17 August 1916) was an influential Italian painter and sculptor. He helped shape the revolutionary aesthetic of the Futurism movement as one of its principal figures. Despite his short life, his approach ...
. From Pointillism to Futurism (Room 23).
Twentieth Century
Sections
Ouverture 1
* Section 1, Room 1: The memory of the image and its repression * Section 2, Rooms 2-3-4: Lucio Fontana, Spatialism and the Nuclear Movement * Section 3, Room 5: "Concrete" Abstract art between the Forties and the Fifties (MAC - Movimento Arte Concreta) * Section 4, Room 6: Painting beyond painting. Action, tracks, imprints * Section 5, Room 7: Forms of Informel * Monographia 1, Room 8: Colour as a plastic form. A journey through a form of abstraction * Monographia 2, Room 9: Emilio Isgrò, Italian Time * Section 6, Room 10: Programmed and Kinetic artOuverture 2
* Section 7, Room 11: The Sixties: signs, words, narratives * Section 8, Room 12: The Sixties: things, images * Section 9, Room 13: Around Arte Povera * Section 10, Room 14: Conceptual practices * Section 11, Room 15: Constructivist ideas * Section 12, Room 16: Late twentieth century perspectivesArtworks
See also
* Art collections of Fondazione CariploReferences
External links
*Gallerie d'Italia - Milano
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