The still, small voice of turmoil

Article Abstract:

Giorgio Morandi, who died in 1964, was a reclusive bachelor known as Il Monaco, The Monk. His Franciscan religious devotion to ordinary and poor objects resulted in the majority of his paintings being of plain and mundane subjects. He painted very slowly indeed and that is how his work has to be observed. First appearances reveal nothing, but the reworked and subtle textures reveal a great deal on study. He exploited the molten quality of paint and wavering lines, reminiscent of Cezanne. His art is famed for its calm and orderliness.

Behavior, Artists, Italian, Italian artists, Morandi, Giorgio

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Under the axe

Article Abstract:

A clear element of fear characterises much Reformation artistic activity. This was mainly the fear of the ability of the image to seem as real as a real person, possibly even to come to life. The fact that many works of art were destroyed in a brutal way bears witness to this fear. Only fragments of art remain from this period, but there is enough evidence to show a tendency towards excessiveness.

Analysis, Reformation and art

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