David,Jacques-Louis (Parigi,30 agosto 1748-
Bruxelles 29 dicembre 1825),
pittore francese , introdusse lo stile neoclassico in Francia
e fu il punto
di riferimento fondamentale dal periodo della rivoluzione
alla caduta di
Napoleone.
 la morte
di Marat
Cupide and Psyche 1817
Napoleon crossing St. Bernard
Anne M.L.Thelusson 1790
Carlotte Dogne
Apelles
Recamier
self portrait
David nacque a Parigi in una famiglia borghese molto
agiata
nell'agosto del 1748 , e studiò all'Académie Royale ed ebbe
come maestro
il pittore rococò Vien.
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Arte e cultura a cura di Trasalimenti - Gabriele Di Pietro e Daniela Odorizzi
giovedì 29 dicembre 2011
JACQUES LOUIS - DAVID
mercoledì 28 dicembre 2011
martedì 27 dicembre 2011
DIEGO RIVERA
EXHIBITIONS
Diego Rivera: Murals for The Museum of Modern Art
November 13, 2011–May 14, 2012
Second floor
Diego Rivera was the subject of MoMA’s second monographic exhibition (the first was Henri Matisse), which set new attendance records in its five-week run from December 22, 1931, to January 27, 1932. MoMA brought Rivera to New York six weeks before the exhibition’s opening and gave him studio space within the Museum, a strategy intended to solve the problem of how to present the work of this famous muralist when murals were by definition made and fixed on site. Working around the clock with two assistants, Rivera produced five “portable murals”—large blocks of frescoed plaster, slaked lime, and wood that feature bold images drawn from Mexican subject matter and address themes of revolution and class inequity. After the opening, to great publicity, Rivera added three more murals, now taking on New York subjects through monumental images of the urban working class and the social stratification of the city during the Great Depression. All eight were on display for the rest of the show’s run. The first of these panels, Agrarian Leader Zapata, is an icon in the Museum’s collection.
This exhibition will bring together key works made for Rivera’s 1931 exhibition, presenting them at MoMA for the first time in nearly 80 years. Along with mural panels, the show will include full-scale drawings, smaller working drawings, archival materials related to the commission and production of these works, and designs for Rivera’s famous Rockefeller Center mural, which he also produced while he was working at the Museum. Focused specifically on works created during the artist’s stay in New York, this exhibition will draw a succinct portrait of Rivera as a highly cosmopolitan figure who moved between Russia, Mexico, and the United States, and will offer a fresh look at the intersection of art making and radical politics in the 1930s. MoMA will be the exhibition’s sole venue.
Organized by Leah Dickerman, Curator, Painting and Sculpture.
The exhibition is made possible in part by BBVA Bancomer, with major support provided by the National Council for Culture and the Arts (CONACULTA).
The Museum acknowledges generous funding from David Rockefeller, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, and The Mexican Friends of Rivera: Dr. Abraham Franklin and Gina Diez Barroso de Franklin, Roberto and Aimée Servitje, Yvonne Dadoo de Lewis and Martin Lewis, Marie Thérèse Hermand de Arango, Juan Beckmann Vidal and Doris Legorreta de Beckmann, Timothy Heyman and Malú Montes de Oca de Heyman, and Enrique Norten.
Special thanks to our hotel sponsor, Hôtel Americano, Chelsea, New York.
Additional support is provided by the Consulate General of Mexico in New York and by the Mexican Cultural Institute of New York.
Support for the publication is provided by The International Council of The Museum of Modern Art and by The Museum of Modern Art's Research and Scholarly Publications endowment established through the generosity of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Edward John Noble Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. Perry R. Bass, and the National Endowment for the Humanities' Challenge Grant Program.
Diego Rivera: From Mexico to Manhattan: Rivera at Rockefeller Center
Organized in conjunction with the exhibition Diego Rivera: Murals for The Museum of Modern Art, this three-part lectures series addresses the culture and politics of early-20th-century Mexico, the influence of the Mexican Revolution on Rivera, and the controversial mural Rivera was commissioned to create for Rockefeller Center.
Rivera at Rockefeller Center
Daniel Okrent, author of Great Fortune: The Epic of Rockefeller Center (2003), explores one of the most notorious instances of art destruction in 20th-century America—the commission of a mural by Rivera for Rockefeller Center and its eventual removal.
Daniel Okrent, author of Great Fortune: The Epic of Rockefeller Center (2003), explores one of the most notorious instances of art destruction in 20th-century America—the commission of a mural by Rivera for Rockefeller Center and its eventual removal.
Communist Tour of MoMA
Artist Yevgeniy Fiks leads a performative tour of the exhibitionDiego Rivera: Murals for The Museum of Modern Art and other artworks in the Museum’s collection as part of a discussion of modern artists’ leftist politics.
Diego Rivera: From Mexico to Manhattan: Rivera and Mexico
Organized in conjunction with the exhibition Diego Rivera: Murals for The Museum of Modern Art, this three-part lectures series addresses the culture and politics of early-20th-century Mexico, the influence of the Mexican Revolution on Rivera, and the controversial mural Rivera was commissioned to create for Rockefeller Center.
Rivera and Mexico
Journalist and writer Elena Poniatowska discusses the social and political atmosphere in which Rivera lived and worked and how it shaped his artistic practice in Mexico and beyond.
Journalist and writer Elena Poniatowska discusses the social and political atmosphere in which Rivera lived and worked and how it shaped his artistic practice in Mexico and beyond.
The Revolutionary Life and Times of Diego Rivera
Organized in conjunction with the exhibition Diego Rivera: Murals for The Museum of Modern Art, this three-part lectures series addresses the culture and politics of early-20th-century Mexico, the influence of the Mexican Revolution on Rivera, and the controversial mural Rivera was commissioned to create for Rockefeller Center.
The Revolutionary Life and Times of Diego Rivera
Historian Alan Knight discusses Diego Rivera within his historical context, both in Mexico and as an international figure. Special attention will be paid to examining how the constructive, post-1920 phase of the Mexican Revolution, with its emphasis on state-building and social reform, created opportunities for Rivera and his fellow muralists, especially as the infant revolutionary regime sought political legitimacy by means of public didactic art. This discussion charts the fruitful—though frequently contentious—relationship that ensued, as Rivera tackled the major themes of the revolutionary project: land and labor reform, anticlericalism, nationalism, and indigenismo (the official valorization of Mexico's Indian history and culture). In addition, Knight considers Rivera's key role in the evolving relationship between revolutionary Mexico and the United States.
Historian Alan Knight discusses Diego Rivera within his historical context, both in Mexico and as an international figure. Special attention will be paid to examining how the constructive, post-1920 phase of the Mexican Revolution, with its emphasis on state-building and social reform, created opportunities for Rivera and his fellow muralists, especially as the infant revolutionary regime sought political legitimacy by means of public didactic art. This discussion charts the fruitful—though frequently contentious—relationship that ensued, as Rivera tackled the major themes of the revolutionary project: land and labor reform, anticlericalism, nationalism, and indigenismo (the official valorization of Mexico's Indian history and culture). In addition, Knight considers Rivera's key role in the evolving relationship between revolutionary Mexico and the United States.
Diego Rivera. Agrarian Leader Zapata. 1931. Fresco, 7' 9 3/4" x 6' 2" (238.1 x 188 cm). The Museum of Modern Art. Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
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