{"id":8894,"date":"2020-06-10T16:42:33","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T14:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/?post_type=opera&p=8894"},"modified":"2023-11-28T13:00:20","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T11:00:20","slug":"luigi-galli-evil-clinging-to-humanity","status":"publish","type":"opera","link":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/opera\/luigi-galli-evil-clinging-to-humanity\/","title":{"rendered":"Luigi Galli – Evil Clinging to Humanity"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Luigi<\/a>Luigi Galli<\/p>\n

(Milan 1820-Rom<\/span>e<\/span>\u00a0190<\/span>0<\/span>)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Evil Clinging to Humanity<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

C<\/span>irca\u00a0<\/span>18<\/span>85<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

O<\/span>il on canvas<\/span>, 60\u00a0<\/span>\u00d7<\/span>\u00a039<\/span>\u00a0cm<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Proven<\/span>ance<\/span>: Rom<\/span>e<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0private collection<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ini<\/span>t<\/span>iat<\/span>ed<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to the plastic neoclassicism of\u00a0<\/span>Luigi Sabatelli\u00a0<\/span>and aware of the developments of European painting<\/span>, in part<\/span>i<\/span>c<\/span>u<\/span>lar<\/span>\u00a0in<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Fr<\/span>ance<\/span>\u00a0–\u00a0<\/span>above all\u00a0<\/span>Millet\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span>\u00a0Courbet \u2013\u00a0<\/span>and Engl<\/span>and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u2013\u00a0<\/span>wher<\/span>e George Frederic Watts\u00a0<\/span>is his main point of reference<\/span>\u00a0-,\u00a0<\/span>he develops his own particular variation of the romantic symbolist\u00a0<\/span>atmos<\/span>ph<\/span>er<\/span>e<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0enveloping it in elements<\/span>\u00a0that are dark,<\/span>\u00a0s<\/span>oftened<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and vaguely melancholy<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>drawing on the Nordic and Lombard\u00a0<\/span>tradi<\/span>t<\/span>ion,\u00a0<\/span>and leaving it to resound with pagan echoes of luxury elegance and decadence, markedly evident in the voluptuousness of the female nudes<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0An anticipatory instance of German symbolism<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>can also be seen\u00a0<\/span>here\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>Ev<\/span>e who<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0taking on the pain of humanity<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0tries to defend herself from the coils of a voluminous serpent<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Luigi Galli (Milan 1820-Rome\u00a01900)\u00a0 Evil Clinging to Humanity\u00a0 Circa\u00a01885\u00a0 Oil on canvas, 60\u00a0\u00d7\u00a039\u00a0cm\u00a0\u00a0 Provenance: Rome,\u00a0private collection\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Initiated\u00a0to the plastic neoclassicism of\u00a0Luigi Sabatelli\u00a0and aware of the developments of European painting, in particular\u00a0in\u00a0France\u00a0–\u00a0above all\u00a0Millet\u00a0and\u00a0Courbet \u2013\u00a0and England\u00a0\u2013\u00a0where George Frederic Watts\u00a0is his main point of reference\u00a0-,\u00a0he develops his own particular variation of the romantic symbolist\u00a0atmosphere,\u00a0enveloping it in elements\u00a0that…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8896,"template":"","autore":[352],"tipologia_opera":[81],"ambito_opera":[82],"data_opera":[353],"disponibilita_opera":[480],"titolo_mostra":[],"tag_mostra":[],"class_list":["post-8894","opera","type-opera","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","autore-luigi-galli-1820-1900","tipologia_opera-opere-mostre-en","ambito_opera-pittura-en","data_opera-353","disponibilita_opera-non-disponibile","description-off"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/opera\/8894","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\/8896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"autore","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/autore?post=8894"},{"taxonomy":"tipologia_opera","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tipologia_opera?post=8894"},{"taxonomy":"ambito_opera","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ambito_opera?post=8894"},{"taxonomy":"data_opera","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/data_opera?post=8894"},{"taxonomy":"disponibilita_opera","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disponibilita_opera?post=8894"},{"taxonomy":"titolo_mostra","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/titolo_mostra?post=8894"},{"taxonomy":"tag_mostra","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tag_mostra?post=8894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}