The following gallery represents the culture and environment of Italy and the beauty of Italy. It will show what the artists saw in their eyes of what Italy is or was like, whether it is shown by a painting or photograph. This will be able to help you go into the present day or past world of Italy even though you aren't really there.
Costa di Sorrento, John Davies, 2007, From the collection of: MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts
Costa di Sorrento by John Davies shows perfectly what the beauty of Italy is and how its entire landscape is art by the texture or design and the history it has everywhere.
Senza titolo, Giovanni Chiaramonte, 2002, From the collection of: MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts
Senza Titolo by Giovanni Chiaramonte depicts the historic architecture of Italy as well as the beauty showing what it looked like in historic Italy in the past.
Embarkation of Saint Ursula, Agostino Tassi (Agostino Buonamici), First half of the seventeenth century, From the collection of: Musei di Strada Nuova
Embarkation of Saint Ursula by Agostino Tassi depicts the historic seventeenth century of Italy. It shows the architecture as well as some movement from the people in the bottom.
April, Works in a Garden, Jan Wildens, 1614, From the collection of: Musei di Strada Nuova
April, Works in a Garden by Jan Wildens takes place in 1614 showing the every day life in Italy of a worker, such as a gardener. It shows the history perfectly by the perspective it gives.
St. Peter's Basilica and square lighted up by torches, 1830/1850, From the collection of: Museo di Roma in Trastevere
St. Peter's Basilica and square lighted up by torches depicts the beauty of Italy at night using a historic event and the atmospheric perspective as well.
The "moccoletti al corso", Ippolito Caffi, 1839/1860, From the collection of: Museo di Roma in Trastevere
The "moccoletti al corso" by Ippolito Caffi depicts what looks as if a royalty parade but maybe a wedding as well. It uses perspective with the buildings as well as movement to depict what's going on
View of the Milvian Bridge, Paolo Anesi, around 1730 - 1750, From the collection of: Museo Diocesano Milano
View of the Milvian Bridge by Paolo Anesi depicts basically an every day life of the average Italian in Milano in the 1700s. Also, color he uses shows the history of how old the painting is.
Rome. Via Margutta, 1958 (a couple), Mario Carbone, 1958/1958, From the collection of: Museo di Roma in Trastevere
Rome. Via Margutta, 1958 (a couple) by Mario Carbone is a photograph of life in 1958. It shows a couple walking around a little shopping district. Which depicts how the architecture stays the same.
Vicolo del Leopardo. Winter mornings, Rome, Emilio Gentilini, 1971/1972, From the collection of: Museo di Roma in Trastevere
Vicolo del Leopardo. Winter mornings, Rome by Emilio Gentilini depicts the life of people in the early 70s by using a photograph to show realistically what elders would do and using the color as well.
Carnival of 1656, carousel at Palazzo Barberini in honour of Christina of Sweden, Filippo Gagliardi - Filippo Lauri, 1656/1659, From the collection of: Museo di Roma
Carnival of 1656, carousel at Palazzo Barberini in honor of Christina of Sweden by Filippo Gagilardi. he depicts what a carnival was like in the 1600s using the vibrant colors to add to the beauty.
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This user gallery has been created by an independent third party and may not represent the views of the institutions whose collections include the featured works or of Google Arts & Culture.
