{"product_id":"giovanni-marini-volto-di-cristo","title":"Giovanni Marini - Face of Christ","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe iconographic subject of Christ's face has ancient origins and is connected to the legend of Veronica. The episode in which Christ's true likeness was imprinted on a cloth used by a woman to wipe his face is also recounted in the Gospels. This woman was identified as Veronica, likely due to the similarity with the Latin words \"Vera Icon.\" Since the early Christian era, the face of Christ has been the object of particular veneration. Its depiction has pervaded the entire history of Western art. From the first iconic representations of the early Christian and early Middle Ages, we gradually moved on to increasingly naturalistic (beginning with the Renaissance) or realistic (typical of Flemish art) depictions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n \u003cp\u003eThe execution of the subject is typical of the style of the painter Giovanni Marini. He is an artist who loves to use pictorial impastos with an antique feel in a vividly realistic and evocative interpretation. Christ's soft flesh blends harmoniously with the surrounding space. He appears from the shadowy background as if he were an apparition. In this work, Giovanni Marini uses a predominance of dark tones, revealing himself as an artist heavily influenced by Modern Age painting, especially Spanish painting. The pictorial layering, however, is entirely contemporary, appearing complex and lived-in, dense with pictorial substance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e Giovanni Marini was a Lombard painter active throughout the 20th century. Born in Gorlago in 1887 and died in Bergamo in 1973 at the age of 86, he was the protagonist of a figurative art that found its roots in ancient painting and developed into an original Symbolist vein.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cirri Silvia Angela","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56218076840322,"sku":"scir001","price":300.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0909\/7065\/3058\/files\/IMG-20211207-WA00061.jpg?v=1768470884","url":"https:\/\/venderequadri.it\/en\/products\/giovanni-marini-volto-di-cristo","provider":"Venderequadri","version":"1.0","type":"link"}