Riassunto
Questo volume dà continuità alla prima pubblicazione del progetto editoriale “Canova. Quattro Tempi”, nata in coedizione con la Fondazione Pallavicino di Genova, con l’obiettivo di accogliere in un raffinato impaginato la ricerca fotografica di Luigi Spina incentrata sui modelli in gesso realizzati da Antonio Canova e conservati, nella loro quasi totalità, nella gipsoteca di Possagno. Il progetto, che accompagna le celebrazioni canoviane nel quadriennio 2019-2022, si articola in quattro pubblicazioni, ciascuna incentrata su uno specifico nucleo di modelli scultorei in gesso, e vuole restituire dignità al momento creativo di Antonio Canova, sottolineando inoltre il ruolo imprescindibile dei chiodini in bronzo (repères) che hanno consentito la metamorfosi del modello gesso in scultura in marmo. Se il primo volume è dedicato al dialogo tra Mito e Fede, illustrato da Spina attraverso le fotografie di Amore e Psiche, Paolina Borghese Bonaparte, Venere e Marte, Maddalena Giacente, La Pace e il Compianto di Cristo, il secondo volume si concentra anzitutto sul Mito. Le opere scultoree sulle quali si concentra la narrazione visiva sono le seguenti: Danzatrice col dito al mento, Dedalo e Icaro, Teseo in lotta con il Centauro, Naiade, Pio VII orante, Venere e Adone, Ninfa dormiente.
Informazioni sugli autori
Luigi Spina is a photographer. His work focuses on amphitheatres and the civic dimension of the sacred, the links between art and faith, the search for ancient cultural roots, and the physical impact of classical sculpture. His published works include L’Ora incerta (2014), The Buchner Boxes (2014), Hemba (2017), and Mythical Diary (2017). Spina has collaborated with Valeria Sampaolo and 5 Continents Editions to create the series Oggetti rari e preziosi al Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, whose titles to date embrace Memorie del Vaso blu (2016), Amazzonomachia (2017), Centauri (2017), Sette sapienti (2018), and Zefiro e Clori (2018). He has also published The Dancers at the Villa of the Papyri for 5 Continents Editions’s Tailormade series.
Prince Domenico Antonio Pallavicino (Stresa 1944) is the scion of one of the oldest and most prominent families in Genoa. After a classical education, he chose to study foreign languages and later joined his father in the management of the family’s assets. From 1980 he was Consul General of the Principality of Monaco in Genoa and Liguria. In 2018, his cosmopolitan vision and refined culture, as well as his love for art and history, led him to establish the Fondazione Pallavicino ETS, of which he is president.
Vittorio Sgarbi (Ferrara 1952) is an art critic, the curator of exhibitions with international relevance, a refined collector, and the author of several popular volumes on the importance of culture and art. Among his most recent publications, Dall’ombra alla luce. Da Caravaggio a Tiepolo; Dal mito alla favola bella. Da Canaletto a Boldini (La Nave di Teseo, 2019), instalments of the “Treasures of Italy” series. He is also a politician and an independent free thinker.
Luigi Spina is a photographer. His work focuses on amphitheaters and the civic dimension of the sacred, the links between art and faith, the search for ancient cultural roots, and the physical impact of classical sculpture. His published works include L'Ora incerta (2014), The Buchner Boxes (2014), Hemba (2017), and Mythical Diary (2017). Spina has collaborated with Valeria Sampaolo and 5 Continents Editions to create the series Oggetti rari e preziosi al Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, whose titles to date embrace Memorie del Vaso blu (2016), Amazzonomachia (2017), Centauri (2017), Sette sapienti (2018), and Zefiro e Clori (2018). He has also published The Dancers at the Villa of the Papyri for 5 Continents Editions's Tailormade series. Prince Domenico Antonio Pallavicino (Stresa 1944) is the scion of one of the oldest and most prominent families in Genoa. After a classical education, he chose to study foreign languages and later joined his father in the management of the family's assets. From 1980 he was Consul General of the Principality of Monaco in Genoa and Liguria. In 2018, his cosmopolitan vision and refined culture, as well as his love for art and history, led him to establish the Fondazione Pallavicino ETS, of which he is president. Vittorio Sgarbi (Ferrara 1952) is an art critic, the curator of exhibitions with international relevance, a refined collector, and the author of several popular volumes on the importance of culture and art. Among his most recent publications, Dall'ombra alla luce. Da Caravaggio a Tiepolo; Dal mito alla favola bella. Da Canaletto a Boldini (La Nave di Teseo, 2019), instalments of the “Treasures of Italy” series. He is also a politician and an independent free thinker.
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