Norwich School of
Art and Design
Simona Dell'Agli
This is the beginning of a photographic project based around the Italian Grand
Tour. The Grand Tour was the 18th century cultural movement that brought artists
and noblemen to visit and sojourn in certain Mediterranean countries. Inspired
and fascinated by Italy, artists and philosophers made it the subject of
countless works of literary and visual art.
The project will be split in two parts; when able to travel to Italy I will
revisit and re-interpret the fictionalised landscapes endlessly represented by
artists such as Claude and Poussin, that came to symbolise the 'Arcadia'.
While in England (and as part of the Artists Access to Art Colleges scheme) I
will visit a number of Stately Homes in Norfolk that were especially built to
host the huge collections of work of arts bought by their owners during travels
on The Grand Tour.
Contact:
email: miracoloitaliano@yahoo.co.uk
web: www.criticaldictionary.net/artist/simonadellagli/
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