Ana Torres Fonseca<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the end of the 13th century, a dynasty in central Europe arose to change the course of the West and the world\u2014the House of Habsburg became one of the most powerful families in European history with a vast territorial reach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Beyond their immediate political influence, this house built an identity based fundamentally on the Catholic faith, using art and beauty as powerful means of evangelization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Paolo Veronese, Titian, Anthony van Dyck, Guido Cagnacci, and Tintoretto are just some of the artists whose works are part of this great collection and can now be admired in The Wonders of the Habsburgs<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n C\u00c4CILIA BISCHOFF<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Exhibition Curator<\/p>\n\n\n\n And in the Flemish section there is another painter, Anton van Dyck. So it's Rubens, van Dyck and Bruegel to start with and then we can present Frans Hals, he is an important Dutch painter. Um and Jan Steen with a very interesting kind of funny, even funny painting. Then we switch to the German painters. We do have Lukas Kranach with the wonderful Adam and Eve.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Fifty masterpieces divided according to the nationalities of their artists: German, Flemish, the Spanish painter Diego Vel\u00e1zquez, and the Italian painters. The paintings are usually kept in Vienna but have been transported to Rome for a special exhibition until July 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n C\u00c4CILIA BISCHOFF<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Exhibition Curator<\/p>\n\n\n\n But I think especially interesting is the presence of Germany. and Flemish art in Rome because this is not so dominant in all the beautiful collections near Via del Corso. So there is a lot of beautiful things to see.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n That the exhibition is being held at Palazzo Cipolla, in the center of the city, is also significant: the architects of this impressive building were Viennese as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n C\u00c4CILIA BISCHOFF<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Exhibition Curator<\/p>\n\n\n\n So then again, it was important to have kind of the Catholic and Catholic fighting together with Venice, of course, and then you have the family of Le Colonna, the family of Vittorio Colonna.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n If there is one artist associated with Rome, meanwhile, it is Caravaggio. The exhibition includes his work 'The Crowning with Thorns',<\/em> a painting that encompasses the essence of the Italian master and his special use of the contrast between light and shadow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n C\u00c4CILIA BISCHOFF<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Exhibition Curator<\/p>\n\n\n\n There is mostly no landscape in the background, so it's really, really concentrated on the actual scene. And it has a lot to do with the character of theatre, to be honest. There is even a theory that he staged these scenes, be it mostly religious scenes, of course. And he staged them and he used kind of lights to imagine the way the light works on the figures. And he uses very bright lights and very dark shadows, so it's very dramatic as a light technique in itself.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n This exhibition is far more than just a painting collection\u2014it is a Habsburg family journal that offers a winding and beautiful journey into the heart of European history through art and the power of painting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ana Torres Fonseca At the end of the 13th century, a dynasty in central Europe arose to change the course of the West and the world\u2014the House of Habsburg became one of the most powerful families in European history with a vast territorial reach. Beyond their immediate political influence, this house built an identity based […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":90436,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/575yJhZ-M6A","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bmostrasburgoeng.mp4","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bmostrasburgoint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90435"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90435"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90440,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90435\/revisions\/90440"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}