Author: Guidi, Barbara, (and) Virginia Hill (and) Giovanni Boldini
Title: Boldini E la Moda
Description: Ferrara, Fondazione Ferrara arte, 2019. Hardcover. A matte pink hardcover book with an illustration on both the front and back. There is a heavy, glossy, and clear printed acetate with the title typed in white. The end papers are a muted blue. Pages: (10), 11-295, (1). The book is profusely illustrated with color images. Written in Italian. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara, Italy, February 16 - June 2, 2019. "'Boldini sapeva riprodurre la sensazione folgorante che le donne sentivano di suscitare quand'erano viste nei loro momenti migliori.' Con queste parole Cecil Beaton, tra i primi e più celebri fotografi di moda del Novecento, sanciva il talento del pittore ferrarese nel ritrarre la voluttuosa eleganza delle élite cosmopolite della Belle Époque, nel saper celebrare le loro ambizioni e il loro raffinato narcisismo.0Nella sua opera la moda ha rivestito un ruolo essenziale. La mostra indagherà dunque, per la prima volta, il lungo e fecondo rapporto tra Boldini e il sistema dell'alta moda parigina e il riverbero che questo ebbe sulla sua opera di ritrattista oltre che su quella di pittori come Degas, Sargent, Whistler e Paul Helleu. Ordinata in sezioni tematiche, ciascuna patrocinata da letterati che hanno cantato la grandezza della moda come forma d'arte, da Baudelaire a Wilde, da Proust a D'Annunzio, la rassegna propone un percorso avvincente tra dipinti, meravigliosi abiti d'epoca e preziosi oggetti dalla valenza iconica che racconteranno i rapporti tra arte, moda e letteratura nella Belle Époque e immergeranno il visitatore nelle atmosfere raffinate e luccicanti della metropoli francese e in tutto il suo elegante edonismo." ["'Boldini knew how to reproduce the dazzling sensation that women felt they aroused when they were seen in their best moments.' With these words Cecil Beaton, one of the first and most famous fashion photographers of the twentieth century, confirmed the talent of the painter from Ferrara in portraying the voluptuous elegance of the cosmopolitan elite of the Belle Époque, in knowing how to celebrate their ambitions and their refined narcissism. In his work, fashion played an essential role. The exhibition will therefore investigate, for the first time, the long and fruitful relationship between Boldini and the system of Parisian high fashion and the reverberation that this had on his work as a portraitist as well as on that of painters such as Degas, Sargent, Whistler and Paul Helleu. Arranged in thematic sections, each sponsored by men of letters who sang the greatness of fashion as art form, from Baudelaire to Wilde, from Proust to D'Annunzio, the exhibition offers a fascinating journey through paintings, wonderful period dresses and precious objects of iconic value that will tell the story of the relationships between art, fashion and literature in the Belle Époque and will immerse the visitor in the refined and glittering atmospheres of the French metropolis and in all its elegant hedonism."]. VG+: The book is in excellent condition.

Keywords: European Artists ; Boldini, Giovanni ; ;


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