HISTORICISM IN PAINTING, MUSIC AND POETRY: THE CASE OF THE DIVINE COMEDY, THE BEAUTIFUL LADY WITHOUT MERCY AND MAZEPPA THE HERO Cover Image

LO STORICISMO NELLA PITTURA, MUSICA E POESIA: IL CASO DELLA DIVINA COMEDIA, LA BELLA DAMA SENZA PIETÀ E MAZEPPA L’EROE
HISTORICISM IN PAINTING, MUSIC AND POETRY: THE CASE OF THE DIVINE COMEDY, THE BEAUTIFUL LADY WITHOUT MERCY AND MAZEPPA THE HERO

Author(s): Ouafa Brinis
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, History of Art
Published by: Editura Universităţii Vasile Goldiş
Keywords: Historicism; theatre; painting; art; poetry; Middle Ages; XIX century;

Summary/Abstract: This article, intended to highlight how the painting of the nineteenth century, had an important place both in the literary and in the historical and political environment ; this appears from the fact that artists have left us a large amount of works, that is offered to the public to raise awareness with paintings of different subjects, which often had a patriotic and political background. The aim of this analysis is to recognize the essential elements of a painting : perspective, theatricality, even in the physiognomic aspect, the environment, and the techniques used by these artists, which fully reveal their abilities, applying all these elements in the visual language of each composition.

  • Issue Year: XVII/2021
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 159-174
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Italian