{"id":8875,"date":"2020-06-09T17:35:55","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T15:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/?post_type=opera&p=8875"},"modified":"2020-11-30T19:07:22","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T17:07:22","slug":"pelagio-palagi-album-with-32-views-of-rome-and-its-surroundings","status":"publish","type":"opera","link":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/opera\/pelagio-palagi-album-with-32-views-of-rome-and-its-surroundings\/","title":{"rendered":"Pelagio Palagi – Album with 32 Views of Rome and its Surroundings"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Pelagio Palagi<\/p>\n

(Bologna 1775-T<\/span>u<\/span>rin 1860)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Album\u00a0<\/span><\/i>of<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>2\u00a0<\/span><\/i>v<\/span><\/i>iews of<\/span><\/i>\u00a0Rom<\/span><\/i>e and surroundings<\/span><\/i>,<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/i>taken from life\u00a0<\/span><\/i>with\u00a0<\/span><\/i>ideal reconstructions of ancient buildings<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

c<\/span>irca<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>1806<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Album\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>30\u00a0<\/span>sheets<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0of which<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>29<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>drawn in pen and brown ink with traces of pencil<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0two also drawn on the back and one in pencil<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>23<\/span>8 \u00d7<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>377 mm\u00a0<\/span>each<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Proven<\/span>ance<\/span>:<\/span>\u00a0England, private collection<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The<\/span>\u00a0genre\u00a0<\/span>of drawing from life of Roman\u00a0<\/span>vedute<\/span><\/i>\u00a0boasts\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>centuries-long\u00a0<\/span>tradi<\/span>t<\/span>ion\u00a0<\/span>among\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>artists of diverse provenance who flocked to the Eternal City to study its monuments and works of art<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>At the turn of<\/span>\u00a0the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries\u00a0<\/span>Felice Giani\u00a0<\/span>and the artists of his circle<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>one of<\/span>\u00a0whom\u00a0<\/span>wa<\/span>s<\/span>\u00a0Palagi,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>turned to drawing, recognising it as<\/span>\u00a0the basis of their art<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>But in this<\/span>\u00a0album,\u00a0<\/span>as in one other dismembered notebook, conserved in part at the\u00a0<\/span>Archiginnasio\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>part<\/span>\u00a0in a private collection with the frontispiece of<\/span>\u00a0\u201cV<\/span>iews from life,<\/span>\u201d\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>life\u00a0<\/span>drawings<\/span>\u00a0become richer<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>due to Palagi\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0anti<\/span>quing interests<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>in<\/span>\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>ideal\u00a0<\/span>r<\/span>e<\/span>co<\/span>n<\/span>stru<\/span>ct<\/span>ion<\/span>s of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>ancient buildings<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0set in such a singular visionary mixture with classical remains<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>a<\/span>longside<\/span>\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0monument<\/span>s of modern<\/span>\u00a0Rome.\u00a0<\/span>These\u00a0<\/span>highly suggestive<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>sheets of paper<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>concern the first phase of the artist\u2019s period of study in Rome<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>starting in<\/span>\u00a01806,<\/span>\u00a0an artist that<\/span>\u00a0would later be among the protagonists of painting a<\/span>s well as interior and architectural design in Italy<\/span>\u00a0in\u00a0<\/span>both\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0neoclassica<\/span>l and<\/span>\u00a0romantic<\/span>\u00a0age<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Pelagio Palagi (Bologna 1775-Turin 1860)\u00a0 Album\u00a0of\u00a032\u00a0views of\u00a0Rome and surroundings,\u00a0taken from life\u00a0with\u00a0ideal reconstructions of ancient buildings\u00a0 circa\u00a01806\u00a0 Album\u00a0of\u00a030\u00a0sheets,\u00a0of which\u00a029\u00a0drawn in pen and brown ink with traces of pencil,\u00a0two also drawn on the back and one in pencil,\u00a0238 \u00d7\u00a0377 mm\u00a0each\u00a0 Provenance:\u00a0England, private collection\u00a0 \u00a0 The\u00a0genre\u00a0of drawing from life of Roman\u00a0vedute\u00a0boasts\u00a0a\u00a0centuries-long\u00a0tradition\u00a0among\u00a0the\u00a0artists of diverse…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8877,"template":"","autore":[339],"tipologia_opera":[80],"ambito_opera":[90],"data_opera":[350],"disponibilita_opera":[],"titolo_mostra":[],"tag_mostra":[],"class_list":["post-8875","opera","type-opera","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","autore-pelagio-palagi-1775-1860","tipologia_opera-recent-acquisitions","ambito_opera-disegno-en","data_opera-350","description-off"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/opera\/8875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/opera"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/opera"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"autore","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/autore?post=8875"},{"taxonomy":"tipologia_opera","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tipologia_opera?post=8875"},{"taxonomy":"ambito_opera","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ambito_opera?post=8875"},{"taxonomy":"data_opera","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/data_opera?post=8875"},{"taxonomy":"disponibilita_opera","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disponibilita_opera?post=8875"},{"taxonomy":"titolo_mostra","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/titolo_mostra?post=8875"},{"taxonomy":"tag_mostra","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tag_mostra?post=8875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}