still divides critics (Vincenzo Prestigiacomo - Friday, October 15, 2010 - La Sicilia) It is only in part by his "Martyrdom of Saint Catherine" exposed by tomorrow Palermo.Il painting could be completed by the painter Mario Syracuse Minniti. Experts compared to the Norman Palace
The mysteries around Caravaggio continues. A distance of four hundred years after his death, the painter is insanely fun to split the international art critics. Today the center of a dispute is "The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine," a painting that is in a monastery in Zejtun, in the south of Malta, and can be seen from tomorrow at the Oratory S. Stephen the Martyr Square pawnshop. Lombard artist, Palermo also devotes an international conference that opens this morning at 9 o'clock in the Yellow Room of the Norman Palace. The initiative is promoted by Extroart, in collaboration with The Caravaggio Foundation, University of Malta, Studio Art Centers International and the National Library of Malta. Among the speakers at the conference, Roberta Lapucci, Keith Sciberras, Mauro Di Vito, Louis Gippetto, Alvise Spadaro, Anna Palagaotti, Sebastiano Tusa, Valeria Merlini, Renzo Botindari , Claudio Falcucci. Moderate the prof. Thomas Romano, and the rector of the University of Palermo Roberto Lagalla. That wizards of Michelangelo Merisi used to say "I am an orphan. I am a drunkard. I am a murderess. I am ... Caravaggio. " was long neglected and rediscovered only in the twentieth century in all the major museums in the world, who died tragically still young, is considered the precursor and the hinge of transition to modern painting. Caravaggio's favorite subjects were saints, beggars and prostitutes. The artist lived and worked to forge his artistic genius and unlock his sociopathic nature. Because of the long flight jumped from place to place: Rome, Naples, Malta, Syracuse, Messina, Palermo. Although he was always chased by death, he was able to paint beautiful masterpieces soaked a dark surreal, with glimmers of light beam. In the vast canvas of the "Martyrdom of Saint Catherine" Caravaggio certainly started the work. Then he had to leave to his fate because he was always chased by justice, with a sharp sword on his head supported by a thin horsehair. In the "Martyrdom of Saint Catherine 'most reliable studies see his work with the warrior armor. The rest of the canvas suggests a lot to Mario Minniti, linked by strong friendship with Caravaggio. The two met in Rome and from that moment became the Syracusan friend, associate, clerk, and even model. In 1608 it hosted the restless artist on the run from Malta and it is likely that it was he to procure Lombard painter to some contacts with the secular and religious commissions in Sicily. Even the diagnostic tests performed on the painting "The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine" disting different hands and different strokes. Late references appear at the scene of the naval battle (1614) and the coat of arms with the arms of the family La Moine. Next to the painting of the Seicento exhibition is enriched by an original in a contemporary interpretation of "The Supper at Emmaus" and a copy created by the famous Termini saccense Calogero "Nativity" was stolen from the Oratory of San Lorenzo October 17, 1969. Explain Gippetto Ludovico, artistic director of Extroart: "Fine after the death of Caravaggio still trying to understand his amazing painting skills, interpretive and conceptual. The conference and exhibition, the only international event created in Sicily on the occasion of the official celebrations that the planet is by paying a Caravaggio. " Meanwhile, the battle is effective, "Wanted ... taken in the right direction," a box containing 20 postcards with photographs of some important works stolen.
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