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Alberto Pappafava
Count Alberto Pappafava or Pappafava dei Carraresi (1832-1929) was an Italian painter, mainly of Romantic style landscapes, in watercolor and oil. Biography He depicted vistas of his extensive travels. Among his works are: ''Dintorni di Salisburgo''; ''Dintorni di Lecco''; ''Villagio in montagna''; ''Via alla Chiesa''; ''Altura''; and ''Paesaggio lombardo''. Among his paintings in maiolica Maiolica is tin-glazed pottery decorated in colours on a white background. The most renowned Italian maiolica is from the Renaissance period. These works were known as ''istoriato'' wares ("painted with stories") when depicting historical and ... are ''Interno di una casa''; ''Laguna''; ''Palude al tramonto'' and ''Sera''. He was named Honorary Academic of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Venice. In his family's ancient domain in Frassanelle, he decided to create a ''natural landscape'' park, complete with artificial grottoes. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Romanticism
Romanticism (also known as the Romantic movement or Romantic era) was an artistic and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century. The purpose of the movement was to advocate for the importance of subjectivity and objectivity (philosophy), subjectivity, imagination, and appreciation of nature in society and culture in response to the Age of Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution. Romanticists rejected the social conventions of the time in favour of a moral outlook known as individualism. They argued that passion (emotion), passion and intuition were crucial to understanding the world, and that beauty is more than merely an classicism, affair of form, but rather something that evokes a strong emotional response. With this philosophical foundation, the Romanticists elevated several key themes to which they were deeply committed: a Reverence (emotion), reverence for nature and the supernatural, nostalgia, an idealization of the past as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
