Light, Figure and Landscape: seventeenth-century masterpieces on display in Perugia, Umbria

It is scheduled from November 10, 2018, to June 30, 2019, the exhibition Luce Figura Paesaggio. Masterpieces of the Seventeenth Century in Umbria, curated by Cristina Galassi, set up at the San Pietro Monumental Complex in Perugia. The exhibition aims to investigate the great (and little-known) artistic heritage of the 17th century in Umbria, documenting its richness and variety. “Umbria, its painters and its patrons,” the presentation reads, “show themselves to be participants in a revolutionary century for Italian figurative culture, in search of new expressive potential. The exhibition itinerary curated by Cristina Galassi is articulated through a considerable number of paintings, about sixty, representative of the various currents and trends that emerged during the 17th century: the late Mannerist culture of Federico Barocci and Ventura Salimbeni coexists with the classicist strand of Gian Domenico Cerrini and Sassoferrato, with naturalism of Caravaggio and Guercino matrix (in the paintings of Spadarino, Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi), with the Baroque expressiveness of Pietro da Cortona, Pietro Montanini and François Perrier. A plurality of accents that will hold surprises in a region famous above all for its archaeological heritage, its medieval monuments and its Renaissance. A unique opportunity, then, to admire works that have never or little been seen, for the first time presented vis-à-vis, gathered for the occasion in the magnificent setting of the ancient Perugian abbey.”

Light Figure Landscape. Masterpieces of the Seventeenth Century in Umbria opens daily from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., except Mondays, which are closed. On Sunday mornings, visits to St. Peter’s Basilica are subject to religious services. Combined ticket for St. Peter’s Basilica + exhibition, until December 31, 2018: full 5 euros, reduced schools 3 euros. Starting January 1, full price 6 euros and reduced schools 4 euros. For information you can visit the website of the Foundation for Agricultural Education.

The exhibition is promoted by the Fondazione per l’Istruzione Agraria, in collaboration with the Region of Umbria, the Municipality of Perugia, the University of Perugia, FAI Umbria, with the support of the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Perugia and under the patronage of the Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio dell’Umbria. The National Gallery of Umbria, the Orintia Carletti Bonucci Foundation, the Marini Clarelli Santi Foundation, the Academy of Fine Arts, and the Construction Center for Safety and Training also collaborated in the realization of the exhibition. Catalog published by Aguaplano Libri.

Pictured: Giovanni Battista Galli known as lo Spadarino, Saint Francesca Romana Inspired by the Angel (first-second decade of the 17th century; canvas; Genoa, Palazzo Rosso)

Light, Figure and Landscape: seventeenth-century masterpieces on display in Perugia, Umbria

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