Tamara De Lempicka

From: Maria Laterza Date: 08/21/11 18:02:11 To: blumyosotis@tiscali.it Subject: Maria Laterza

• Tamara De Lempicka 1898-1980 | Art Déco
• Alda Merini | Alla tua salute, amore mio
• Gustav Klimt | 1862 -1918
• Amedeo Clemente Modigliani | 1884 - 1920

Tamara De Lempicka 1898-1980 | Art Déco Posted: 21 Aug 2011 04:08 AM PDT "...I live life in the margins of society, and the rules of normal society don't apply to those who live on the fringe." - Tamara De Lempicka, 1898 - 1980, born Maria Górska in Warsaw, in partitioned Poland, was a Polish Art Deco painter and "the first woman artist to be a glamour star." More.... Continua......

Alda Merini | Alla tua salute, amore mio Posted: 20 Aug 2011 05:02 PM PDT Sono folle di te, amore che vieni a rintracciare nei miei trascorsi questi giocattoli rotti delle mie parole. Ti faccio dono di tutto se vuoi, tanto io sono solo una fanciulla piena di poesia e coperta di lacrime salate, io voglio solo addormentarmi sulla ripa del cielo stellato e diventare un dolce vento di canti d'amore per te. Pablo Picasso 1881-1973

Gustav Klimt | 1862 -1918 Posted: 20 Aug 2011 03:11 PM PDT Gustav Klimt, 1862 -1918, was one of the most innovative and controversial artists of the early twentieth century. The son of an engraver, he studied at the State School of Applied Arts in Vienna. In the 1880s and 1890s he produced murals for public buildings - including Vienna's Burgtheater and new Kunsthistorisches Museum, in the prevailing classical-realist style. Klimt's style grew increasingly experimental, however, and his murals for Vienna University, commissioned by the State in 1894, were roundly attacked by critics for their fantastical imagery and their bold, decorative style. Partly in response to this reaction, in 1897 Klimt helped form the Secession, a group of artists dedicated to challenging the conservative Academy of Fine Arts. Influenced by European avant-garde movements represented in the annual Secession exhibitions, Klimt's mature style combined richly decorative surface patterning with complex symbolism and allegory, often with overtly erotic content. More.... Continua......

Amedeo Clemente Modigliani | 1884 - 1920 Posted: 20 Aug 2011 12:26 PM PDT Amedeo Clemente Modigliani, 1884 - 1920, was an Italian artist, practicing both painting and sculpture, who pursued his career for the most part in France. Modigliani was born in Livorno, in Northwestern Italy and began his artistic studies in Italy before moving to Paris in 1906. Influenced by the artists in his circle of friends and associates, by a range of genres and art movements, and by primitive art, Modigliani's Luvre was nonetheless unique and idiosyncratic. He died in Paris of tubercular meningitis - exacerbated by poverty, overworking, and an excessive use of alcohol and narcotics - at the age of 35. More.... Continua......