Italy is a republic founded on art and beauty: one could also affirm that it is a republic founded and refounded by artists. In one of the vaults of Assisi’s Upper Basilica, at the end of 1200, Cimabue, wrote “Ytalia” in the margin of a painting of a city, almost certainly Rome: a very early affirmation of the existence of Italian civilization. With this mark, Cimabue sanctioned that national boundaries are artistic before political and that national identity is made up of classic and humanistic culture, pagan beauty and Christian spirituality.
Italy is still today the realm of art and beauty. Italian art has strongly influenced the international artistic community– from Giotto to Piero della Francesca, from Michelangelo to Caravaggio and from these artists to the Futurists and beyond – and has been a model for the whole world because in our artwork it is possible to admire the perfect balance between classicism and anticlassicality, eclecticism and purism, invention and citation, immanence and transcendence.
Ytalia offers the national and international public the opportunity to encounter some of the major artists of our times: the exhibition project – promoted by the Comune di Firenze and organized by Mus.e – is set up in collaboration with the Uffizi Gallery, the Opera di Santa Croce and the Marino Marini Museum.
YTALIA
Energy Thoughts Beauty. It’s all connected
Foto di Agostino Osio per lo studio Alto Piano © Alto Piano