Il gabbiano Jonathan Livingston, 1970 | Prima parte

Richard Bach: "Al vero Gabbiano Jonathan che vive nel profondo di tutti noi!"

"Il gabbiano Jonathan Livingston" (Jonathan Livingston Seagull) è un celebre romanzo breve di Richard Bach (1936).

Best seller in molti paesi del mondo negli anni settanta, diventato per molti un vero e proprio cult, Jonathan Livingston è essenzialmente una fiaba a contenuto morale e spirituale.

La metafora principale del libro, ovvero il percorso di autoperfezionamento del gabbiano che impara a volare/vivere attraverso l'abnegazione, ricordando il periodo del Rinascimento, il sacrificio e la gioia di farlo è stata letta da diverse generazioni secondo diverse prospettive ideologiche, dal cattolicesimo al pensiero positivo, l'anarchismo cristiano e la New Age.

Genre Art History and Sitemap

Genre painting, painting of scenes from everyday life, of ordinary people in work or recreation, depicted in a generally realistic manner.

Genre art contrasts with that of landscape, portraiture, still life, religious themes, historic events, or any kind of traditionally idealized subject matter.

Intimate scenes from daily life are almost invariably the subject of genre painting.

The elimination of imaginative content and of idealization focuses attention upon the shrewd observation of types, costumes and settings.

The term arose in 18th-century France to describe painters specializing in one kind genre of picture, such as flowers or animals or middle-class life, and was originally used derogatively by advocates of the ideal or grand manner in art.

Russian Art History and Sitemap

Early Russian painting is represented in icons and vibrant frescos.

In the early 15th century, the master icon painter Andrei Rublev created some of Russia's most treasured religious art.

The Russian Academy of Arts, which was established in 1757, to train Russian artists, brought Western techniques of secular painting to Russia.

In the 18th century, academicians Ivan Argunov, Dmitry Levitzky, Vladimir Borovikovsky became influential.

Giorgio Conta, 1978 | Figurative sculptor

Italian artist Giorgio Conta was born in Cles and lives and works in Monclassico in Val di Sole (TN).

He grew up in an artistic environment where, being his father a well known artist, he came into contact with various personalities from the art and culture world, including the great pianist Arturo Benedetti Michel-angeli, close friend of the family, who expressed the wish to be his Godfather.

After having earned his high-school diploma he attended a sculpture school devoting himself to painting and drawing as well.

Elena Katsyura, 1973 | Still life / Cityscape painter

Elena Katsyura / Елена Кацура was born and learned how to paint in Russia, in the country with the old artistic traditions.

Russian realistic painters, such as Repin, Serov, Levitan, and French and American impressionists such as Monet, Manet, Sargent have always been her "guiding stars" and she draws inspiration from their works.

Her artistic creed is in combination of the traditions of Russian realistic art and French impressionism.

José Puyet | Modern Impressionist painter

José Puyet Padilla (1922-2004) was an Spanish modern impressionist painter, whose popularity spread throughout Spain and the United States.

Puyet was born in Malaga, Spain.

He was grandson of teacher José Padilla, a spanish artist who began painting in the nineteenth century.

As a child, Puyet learned to paint by watching his grandfather, whose company he preferred to that of children his own age.

By age eight, he had started working in pencils and oils.