Metaphysical Power (Art no.10) by sandra46
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I was inspired by this huge room and the huge body parts of the emperor to make an image in the style of metaphysical painter de Chirico.
The new grand glass hall built inside Palazzo dei Conservatori one of the three palaces that make up the Capitoline Museums in Rome today contains the equestrian statue of Marc Aurelius (not here), together with some of the major Capitoline bronzes, that is the Hercules in gilded bronze (in the background) and the remains of the bronze colossus of Constantine. Designed by the architect Carlo Aymonino, it is a prestigious piece of modern architecture within the ambit of this Municipal museum complex and is the fulcrum that links the historic part of Palazzo dei Conservatori to those parts of the museum that have been more recently constructed. Like the colossal marble head of emperor Constantine outside, this colossal bronze head is what remains of a larger statue (head cm 177 hand and globe cm 155) and dates 4th century AD. Like the marble head, it is both a portrait with some recognizable realistic traits as well as an abstract portrait of imperial power. Even if Constantine declared Christianity the official religion to defeat his opponents, he converted only in his deathbed to it.
Metaphysical art (Pittura metafisica) was an Italian art movement, created by Giorgio de Chirico and Carlo Carrà between 1917 and 1920. Their dream-like paintings of squares typical of idealized Italian cities, as well as apparently casual juxtapositions of objects, represented a visionary world which engaged most immediately with the unconscious mind, beyond physical reality, hence the name. Mystery is the most familiar word of de Chirico. He wrote that there is much more mystery in the shadow of a man walking on a sunny day, than in all religions of the world. De Chirico won praise for his work almost immediately from writer Guillaume Apollinaire, who helped to introduce his work to the later Surrealists. Other artists who acknowledged De Chirico's influence include Max Ernst, Salvador Dalì, Giorgio Morandi, René Magritte, and Philip Guston. Several of Sylvia Plath's poems are influenced by De Chirico. Fumito Ueda's critically acclaimed PlayStation 2 game Ico (and its sequel, Shadow of the Colossus) was strongly influenced by De Chirico. Ico features children wandering though huge, ancient and otherwise uninhabited buildings, predominately yellow and green in color.
Thank you for your kind comments.
Comments (50)
Faemike55
Wonderful capture and great information! Thanks
flora-crassella
fantastic image!!!!! GREAT photo!!!!
tennesseecowgirl
Excellent post work Sandra.
brycek
This looks awesome..thanks for the information!!
magnus073
Great job on this one Sandra and it is easy to see why you were inspired by this. Thanks so much for all of the wonderful detailed info
durleybeachbum
Fabulous, Sandra, and thankyou for that excellent potted history! I was very fond of de Chirico in my teens!
alessimarco
I love that museum!!! And the way you have depicted it in your postworked photo is excellent!!!
lyron
Fantastic work!!
jayfar
Great shot.
renecyberdoc
wonderful shot and bit of information.nice technique in art.
flaviok
Fantástica captura minha amiga, obrigado por este texto maravilhoso, aplausos (5)
Hendesse
Fantastic image, looks superb!
carlx
Awesome!!!
MagikUnicorn
G O R G E O U S
jmb007
splendide travail!!
Madbat
So that's him eh? Interesting!
claude19
I find this picture very surrealist !!! Great thanks for your explanations .
drifterlee
Very cool, Sandra!!!!!!!!!!
MOSKETON
PERFECTA.
Nickieboy2004
Cool!
DarkStormCrow
Excellent shot and postwork, well done...
mickeyrony
Good work and always with my fair information. Thank you for sharing (5 + +)) Beau travail ma Belle et toujours avec des informations. Merci de partager (5++))
wysiwig
And who created the sculpture in the blue shirt? The way he is posed looks as if he might be part of the exhibit. Wonderful composition and outstanding post work. I am familiar with most of the artists you mentioned and their debt to de Chirico but PlayStation? Really?
Richardphotos
very unique result and interesting
bazza
Very interesting capture and info Sandra, well done!!
clbsmiley
Very cool!! I like!!
Chipka
What a piece of brilliant work! WOW! I love this: the style, the color, the sense of motion/mood and an odd sort of dimensional slip...well, maybe not a dimensional slip so much as a charming juxtaposition, as if the blond guy just stepped through some sort of portal into a quite intriguing world. This has a marvelous dream quality to it and it reminds me of quite a lot of the artwork I've always wanted to produce but never got around to doing yet! I love the richness of this image and your wonderful and extremely informative text! This is fantastic.
anmes
Wonde4rful image..love the treatment!
KarmaSong
Superb postwork and capture, a very interesting narrative as well!
mariogiannecchini
Ottimo lavoro con questa immagine quasi irreale , ai confinio tra realta' e fantasia! Ottima lezione sulla pittura metafisica! Pensa cha anni fa spesso trasformavo le mie foto con elaborazioni pittoresche ( stampate su tela le vendevo a amici e conoscenti per recuperare spese per mantenere il mio hobby). E mi misi ad osservare attentamente quadri di De Chirico e Magritte per cercare di ottenere ceri effetti in foto . Poi ,col tempo ( sempre mancante ) ho un po' abbandonato il genere .