Landscape within Dosso

Facciotto, from the region north of Mantua, was one of the most important artists of his time. During his short life he composed views and figures of great modernity for the period, all imbued with that lyricism of French origin that suggested a decisive turning point to Italian culture. This landscape represents the countryside surrounding the suburbs of Mantua, and in particular the area of the Psychiatric Hospital in which Facciotto worked as a treasurer. Few elements are enough to underline the explosion of colours and lines: the red gate, the yellow of the fields, the darting trees, the trembling of the houses, the clear atmosphere that allows to identify the influence of the Chiarismo movement. What matters is not so much the represented detail, but the spontaneous though not naive effect, which through the eye of the painter comes to us with always intense freshness.