{"id":5931,"date":"2023-04-23T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-23T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ekphrasis.it\/vittore-carpaccio-novelliere-della-vita\/"},"modified":"2024-04-13T19:07:29","modified_gmt":"2024-04-13T17:07:29","slug":"vittore-carpaccio-novelliere-della-vita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ekphrasis.it\/en\/vittore-carpaccio-novelliere-della-vita\/","title":{"rendered":"Vittore Carpaccio storyteller of life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Walking through the city streets it\u2019s inevitable to rest our eyes on what is happening around us. A queue of cars waiting for the green light, two kids playing with a ball, a group of young lads toasting in a pub\u2026 \n \n<\/p>\n\n

Every visible portion it\u2019s full of unique stories that only as spectators we can remotely spy on. \n <\/p>\n\n

It\u2019s an unusual experience to think that we can live the same situation glancing through the painting coats of an artist whom, maybe among the first, noticed the refined virtue of everyday elevating it into art. \n<\/p>\n\n

Vittore Carpaccio (Venice, 1465 ca. \u2013 1525\/26) or Scarpazo, was son of Pietro, furrier of a family settled down for generations in Venice. Since his childhood, Vittore lived absorbed inside the thriving Serenissima, economic and cultural intersection of the early Renaissance.<\/p>\n\n

Through his brush he photographed moments of life rich of stories carefully arranged in the space of the canvas. The contemplation of his paintings requires the spectator to get lost through the details of the silent tales: boys that tune their musical instruments, ladies sitting on the balconies, tired paddlers and pets curled up waiting.<\/p>\n\n

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Hunting on the Lagoon<\/span><\/i>, 1490-1495, oil on board, 76\u00d765 cm. Los Angeles, Getty Museum<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Presentation of Jesus in the Temple<\/em>, 1510,oil on board, 420 x 231 cm. Venice, Galleria dell’Accademia<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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St. Augustine in His Study<\/span><\/i>, 1502, tempera on canvas, 141\u00d7210 cm. Venice, Scuola di San Giorgio degli Schiavoni<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

He never subtracted attention to the stages of his pi\u00e8ce. Venice, Rome, Jerusalem, and metaphysical buildings articulate the different settings proposing perspectival visions equal to the most ideal constructions of Urbino.<\/p>\n\n

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Disputation of St Stephen<\/span><\/i>, <\/span><\/i>1514, oil on canvas,\u00a0<\/span>147\u00d7172 cm. Milan, Pinacoteca di Brera<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

But in Carpaccio the ideal always leaves space to the real, regarding even those scenes which have been always treated with care and attention. The sacred is dressed in clothes typical of the Renaissance fashion, the settings are enriched by precious everyday things, and the places become recognizable because they\u2019re part of the city he used to live in. \n<\/p>\n\n

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How could we identify Mary in that Venetian dame depicted in the act of reading on the balcony of her home? \n \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It couldn\u2019t have been possible without a recent restoration of the canvas which brought back to life an arm and a little foot of a little baby Jesus.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Virgin Reading<\/span><\/i>, 1505, oil on board, 78 x 51 cm. Washington, National Gallery of Art<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

The Carpaccio\u2019s paintings are always presented like this; normal everyday scenes underneath which are hidden the most sacred and mythological stories of the western culture and much more. A fusion possible only thanks to the accurate study of the customs and traditions of his period. \n<\/p>\n\n

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Birth of the Virgin<\/span><\/em> , 1502-1508, tempera on canvas, 126 x 129 cm. Bergamo, Accademia Carrara<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

We can discuss for a long time on the artistic influences that inscribe Carpaccio; Giovanni Bellini, Antonello da Messina, Piero della Francesca e Francesco del Cossa are the first we can mention. But to comprehend fully Carpaccio\u2019s peculiar eye it\u2019s more than sufficient to look for the smallest details in the simultaneity of the stories he wanted to tell.<\/p>\n\n

Until June 18th, 2023, at the Palazzo Ducale in Venice there is the monographic exhibition \u201cVittore Carpaccio. Dipinti e disegni\u201d, a unique opportunity to dive in completely in distant Renaissance stories in the same city so frequently portraited by the painter.<\/p>\n\n

The exhibition, that gathers seventy original pieces, gives the opportunity to the spectator to get lost in the detailed novellas of Carpaccio, finding a familiar dimension not so distant form taking a walk, choosing a nice view, stop and taking a picture to life.<\/p>\n\n

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