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food industry Get in touchWould you like to be interviewed by FoodBev Media or share a recent innovation with us?  Click here to contact us 2024 Accademia Carrara presents Naples in Bergamo A Look at the 1600s in the De Vito Collection and in the City an exhibition that recounts the extraordinary link between Bergamo and Neapolitan painting of the 17th century curated by Elena Fumagalli with Nadia Bastogi deals with an unusual theme for the Lombard city namely the relationship with 17th-century Neapolitan painting mediated from Venice through enterprising merchants who traded with the Viceroyalty It was through these avenues that Luca Giordano’s large Red Sea Passage arrived in Bergamo in 1682 to adorn the back wall of the city basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore complete the decoration of the nave: his pupil Nicola Malinconico (1663-1727) who arrived in the city in 1693 and in the space of almost a year also made the main altarpiece for the cathedral and other canvases in a number of churches in the surrounding area would do so in his place.To offer visitors an overview of the Neapolitan seventeenth century Accademia Carrara has formed a partnership with the Giuseppe and Margaret De Vito Foundation(Vaglia which was established by a testamentary disposition of the scholar and collector who was Neapolitan by origin but Milanese by adoption chaired by Giancarlo Lo Schiavo and directed by Nadia Bastogi is the lender of more than 20 paintings from its collection illustrating the development of painting in Naples from Battistello Caracciolo (1578-1635) and Jusepe de Ribera (1591-1652) to Massimo Stanzione (1585 circa-1656) and Bernardo Cavallino (1616-1656) Luca Giordano plays the role of hinge between the first and second parts of the exhibition: in the latter church of Sant’Evasio) testifying to the painter’s Riberia phase and an unpublished youthful work from the deposits of the Accademia Carrara stand out The itinerary begins with works by Battistello Caracciolo Massimo Stanzione and the Master of the Announcements to the Shepherds who combine a naturalism still Caravaggesque with softer Of particular interest are the male half-figures depicting philosophers and wise men which deal with themes such as the vanity of earthly goods and the transience of life in dialogue with Ribera’s Saint Anthony the tone becomes more refined and elegant in both form and painting The female half-figures of biblical saints and heroines became subjects in high demand by Neapolitan collectors of the time and also beloved by Giuseppe De Vito Mattia Preti and Luca Giordano are each represented with a painting from the 1950s and one from the 1970s highlighting the differences in their artistic paths who serves as a bridge to the second part of the exhibition dedicated to the Neapolitan presence in Bergamo’s land displaying the four early canvases from Pedrengo known only to experts and presented to the public for the first time in a museum context along with the previously unseen Crowning with Thorns from the Carrara Academy The four paintings on public display for the first time usually kept in the church of Sant’Evasio in Pedrengo constitute one of the highlights of the Naples in Bergamo exhibition This is due not only to their uniqueness in being able to admire them outside the apse of the church but also because of the exceptional pictorial quality of Luca Giordano although still in the early stages of his artistic career are powerful examples of painting in which the dark chromatic tones and strong chiaroscuro contrast bring the artist closer to the style of Jusepe de Ribera is the aforementioned Coronation of Thorns part of the collection of the Carrara Academy it has recently been definitively attributed to Luca Giordano and dated to the years 1656-1660 This painting features light and color effects derived from the Venetian tradition and also testifies to the influence of Nordic graphic art as in the character showing his tongue and mocking Christ Giordano’s large painting depicting the Crossing of the Red Sea and the Gratitude of the Israelites intended for the Bergamasque basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore and sent to Bergamo via Venice in 1682 is evoked in the exhibition through a projection and the “small-scale” version created by Antonio Cifrondi The Neapolitan master was supposed to complete the decoration of the nave of the Bergamo church Through the intermediary of Venetian merchant Simone Giogalli A final room of the itinerary is dedicated to him presenting his activity in the area through works traced in Bergamo churches along with loans from the Pinacoteca di Brera and the Museo Gaetano Filangieri in Naples For all information, you can visit the official website of the Carrara Academy “What does Naples and Bergamo have in common Bergamo sought out the best artists in Naples to decorate the city’s most sacred places,” explains Carrara Academy director Martina Bagnoli “This exhibition draws the contours of a little-studied episode in figurative culture bringing to the attention of critics and the public new attributions and new documents that testify to the fruitful exchanges between the two cities this exhibition was also a great opportunity for restitution also by virtue of the numerous restorations carried out to improve the legibility and conservation status of the works scattered throughout the territory This is a very important aspect of this exhibition because it testifies to the exhibition’s rootedness not only in its collections but also in the cultural heritage of the area and shows how the museum can be a place of research and development.” “The exhibition,” says curator Elena Fumagalli “proposes a look at the Neapolitan school of painting in the 17th century taking the opportunity to rewrite the little-known chapter of the historical-artistic relations between Naples and Bergamo which were intense in the second half of the 17th century and passed mostly through Venice To offer a comprehensive look at the period under consideration a series of paintings from Bergamo and the province is joined by the generous loan of 22 works from the De Vito Foundation.” "With Naples in Bergamo," says Giorgio Gori mayor of Bergamo and president of the Fondazione Accademia Carrara “Accademia Carrara faces a double bet: that of bringing to light a passage that is as precious as it is little known in the history of Italian art - the encounter of our territory with the artists of the Neapolitan school of the second half of the 17th century - and that of accompanying its public along a path that is anything but predictable The exhibition thus succeeds in being faithful to an exhibition tradition that has always sought a connection with the territory or with its own permanent collection in this case thanks to the presence of important works scattered between the capital and several towns in the province while at the same time telling a completely new and stimulating artistic story is fully representative of what Accademia Carrara is today: an institution capable of enthralling visitors and always keeping faith with its many institutional purposes.” “The new direction given by Martina Bagnoli to the conduction of the Carrara,” emphasizes Nadia Ghisalberti councillor for culture of the Municipality of Bergamo “is appreciable right from the first exhibition proposal The relationship between Bergamo and Naples was barely hinted at in previous studies on the seventeenth century the newly inaugurated exhibition delves deeper into this yet-to-be-discovered history opening unprecedented avenues of knowledge between collecting and never lose sight of the heritage preserved in the deposits going on to implement the already rich catalog of the Neapolitan artist The study and enhancement of the local heritage is also part of the DNA of the museum with the aim of giving as broad a testimony as possible of the Neapolitan presence in our territory managing to obtain the extraordinary loan of the Pedrengo paintings now visible in the rooms of the picture gallery at a close distance otherwise impossible in the apse of a church An opportunity to discover 17th-century Naples and how much of its beauty is preserved in Bergamo.” Italy’s Carabinieri have arrested a 27-year-old woman on suspicion that she strangled her two young children A four-month-old baby girl was found dead in 2021 and her two-year-old brother was found dead in 2022 Initially it was thought the baby girl had died in her sleep in her bed The death of the boy is being regarded as a wilful murder as suffocation marks were found around his neck This caused the authorities to lift the dad baby from the grave for tests to be carried out The tests confirmed she had also been strangled and an Arrest Mandate was issued against the woman The woman is of Indian origin but was fostered and raised by Italian parents and she had been living in Pedrengo in Bergamo since she was a girl the woman called an ambulance and was found alone at home with the dead children.