By Neco Verbis —
In 1573, September 29 – for some, the 28 – was born in Lombardy, one of the greatest Italian painters of the seventeenth century: Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, artist who marked a turning point not only in Italian art, but in that of the whole of Europe.
To celebrate the great painter, on her birthday, was created by the natural history Museum of the University of Florence the interesting project “Caravaggio: from reality to the painting, "to the forefront in the bulwarks literary Café Florence right on September 29, 2015.
The idea of this project began by the establishment of the Video Workshop for Design and architecture in the Department of architecture at the University of Florence DIDA.
The project and the Organization are edited by Marcello Scalzo: “Caravaggio is an artist who appeals to you, gets you, excites you. Its intense realism, the drama of his characters, the vibrant atmosphere present in his works, make one of the greatest artists in the history of Michelangelo Merisi, Italian and European art: you can't remain indifferent to his work when you start them and study them.
The project "Caravaggio: from reality to painting" wants to investigate the compositional aspects of the painted large Lombard painter: the characters, environments, customs, perspective, light.
The trailers that we achieved and which today we present describe the preparation and realization of the "Tableau Vivant", they want to show the complex work upstream of the final sprint.
We wanted to involve in the project our assistants and students: all videos see our active participation in the various stages of the execution video, boys, from the preparation stage, videos/cameras to editing, that is, all operations that precede the magic moment taken conclusive. A team effort, a synergic operation, as it should happen in all research carried out in universities.”
Project and organization by Marcello DIDA Department of Florence University Barefoot.
Collaborators: Bern Aydin, Nicol Abdalla, Cynthia Bailey, Francesco Battaglia, Daniel Casano, Fausto Colagiovanni, Electra Deganello, Carlo Falcioni, David Franks, Mohan M, Silvia Messina, Andrea, Giovanni Russo, Maurizio Toccafondi, Usta Cigdam and Robin Atzeni, Luca From Ash, May Daher, Maria Grazia E, Mattia Fadil, Letizia Giannelli, Claudio Garcia, Luigi La Grua, Giancarlo Littera, Pasquale Miglionico, Valentina N, Luca Oropallo, Catherine Pardi , Glenda Pardini, Giacomo Ricchera, Gianluca Tarabella.
Footage at the teaching of St. Verdiana Plexus and DIDA in the photo lab.
SOURCE AND PHOTOS UNIVERSITY NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM’ FLORENCE'S Facebook page and www.lemurate.it