In Palazzo Bonaparte a journey into the Mucha universe between beauty and seduction – Rome – Arte.it

Roma – Until March 8, more than 150 works on loan from the Mucha Museum of Prague Guide visitors come face to face with the languages ​​of one of Art Nouveau’s most influential artists.
Working Gismonda,, Ladder,, FUNCTIONthe series The stars from 1902 or that op Gemstones from 1900 or even studies about itThe Slavic Epic dialogue with The Countess de Rasty (1879) by Boldini or with de Semiramide (In Babylon) of 1905 of the orientalist flavor of wisdom.
Furniture, art nouveau and design objects, photographs and vintage materials allow you to read a lot through new perspectives, revealing the continuity of the ideal of feminine beauty over time.
Special guest of the exhibition entitled “Alphonse Mucha. A triumph of beauty and seduction”to represent a perfect synthesis of the concept of beauty and seduction, and icon of timeless charm, is Botticelli’s Venus, an exceptional loan from the Royal Museums – Sabauda Gallery of Turin, which follows an ideal bridge between the Renaissance Art and the Art Nouveau. Recently subjected to diagnostic examinations, Venus dialogues with Mucha’s female figures reveal how the ideal of beauty crosses the centuries with extraordinary continuity.

“Alphonse mucha. A triumph of beauty and seduction”, Setting

Produced and organized by Arthemisia with the Mucha Foundation and the Royal Museums of Turin, in collaboration with General Value Culture and the Third International Pillar Foundation, edited by Elizabeth Brooke and Annamaria Bava, with the scholarly direction of Francesca Villanti, the exhibition journeys between women, icons and muss spanning the late nineteens, when the late nineteenth, when the late nineteenth, the suffering of the late nineteenth century, all-final icons, icons and muss of the late nineteenth, complete the life of the late nineteenth century. Artistic panorama of the French capital. Mucha and photography, his interest in mysticism, occultism and theosophy, the vibrant Parisian climate, but also the success of the advertising posters, and then the return home, in 1910, after twenty-five years of absence, where he made the first stamps of the Czechoslovak-republike Leaving are some of the most important stages that mark the journey to Palazzo Bonaparte.

“Art cannot be new. Art is eternal as the progress of man and its function is to illuminate the path of the world with light” The artist wrote. From this view of art as a lighthouse of humanity, the firm belief was born that a beautiful work contributes to educating the human soul, generating a better society. In keeping with this universal mission, Mucha favors simple and immediate themes, from the seasons to flowers to the hours of the day. Accessibility that allows his creations to multiply in objects of daily life such as diaries, postcards and even objects, bringing beauty to everyone’s homes.