{"id":3211,"date":"2023-11-20T17:47:08","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T17:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.civita.art\/mostre\/la-grande-mostra-natalizia-del-comune-di-milano-2023-perugino-il-battesimo-di-cristo\/"},"modified":"2023-12-06T00:35:25","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T00:35:25","slug":"la-grande-mostra-natalizia-del-comune-di-milano-2023-perugino-il-battesimo-di-cristo","status":"publish","type":"mostre","link":"https:\/\/d2ud2e66zzg4f0.cloudfront.net\/en\/exhibitions\/la-grande-mostra-natalizia-del-comune-di-milano-2023-perugino-il-battesimo-di-cristo\/","title":{"rendered":"THE GREAT CHRISTMAS EXHIBITION OF THE CITY OF MILAN 2023 \u201cPERUGINO. THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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THE GREAT CHRISTMAS EXHIBITION OF THE CITY OF MILAN 2023 \u201cPERUGINO. THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST\u201d<\/h1>\n\n5 Dic 2023 \u2013 14 Gen 2024<\/span>\n\n\n

5 DECEMBER 2023 – 14 JANUARY 2024
MILAN, SALA ALESSI, PALAZZO MARINO<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11 DECEMBER 2023 – 5 JANUARY 2024
IN THE LIBRARIES OF MILAN\u2019S EIGHT BOROUGHS (MUNICIPI)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The important event \u2013 a major Christmas exhibition \u2013 offered by the Municipality of Milan to its citizens is back:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Baptism of Christ by Pietro Vannucci (a.k.a.Perugino) will be exhibited in the Sala Alessi of Palazzo Marino from 5 December 2023 to 14 January 2024, to mark the celebrations for the 500th anniversary of this great artist\u2019s death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The other eight Boroughs (Municipi) of Milan are also actively participating: from 11 December 2023 to 5 January 2024, each of them will be exhibiting an important work of art in their libraries, as part of a comprehensive exhibition that tells the story of childhood in art.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/article>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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THE EXHIBITION \u201cPERUGINO. THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST\u201d<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The Baptism of Christ is a fundamental work to understand the success Pietro Vannucci enjoyed at the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries, when his style became a key model for artists throughout Italy. The painting contains all the elements that have contributed to the success and modernity of this Maestro: the landscape seems to materialize from light, any roughness is smoothed out into the fluid lines that soften faces, bodies, and drapery. Angelic creatures elude all troubles, inhabiting a universe with the sweetest colours. Everything is just measure and order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Painted during Perugino\u2019s mature years in the early 16th century, the Baptism of Christ was intended to stand at the centre of a monumental polyptych commissioned by the friars of Sant\u2019Agostino in Perugia for the high altar of their church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The imposing structure \u2013 consisting of about thirty panels arranged on two opposite sides, oriented respectively towards the nave and the chancel of the church \u2013 is narrated by art historians throughout the exhibition itinerary. With both actual and multimedia installations, visitors will be told about this impressive project and its history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The remarkable set design, by architects Franco Achilli and Luigi Ciuffreda, was conceived to be totally eco-sustainable and completely recyclable, from construction<\/p>\n\n\n\n

to cladding. It evokes the holy nature of water, symbol par excellence of life, rebirth, and purification.<\/p>\n\n\n\nRead more<\/span>\n\n\n\n

From 11 December to 5 January 202, the libraries of the other eight Municipi (Boroughs) involved will host as many important masterpieces on loan from the Galleria d\u2019Arte Moderna and the Museo del Novecento in Milan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Childhood in art is the common thread linking the works in this \u2018dispersed exhibition\u2019: a journey through artworks from the 19th and 20th centuries, contributing to the knowledge and appreciation of Milan\u2019s artistic heritage, with prestigious loans such as: The Virgin by Francesco Hayez, The Virgin and Child with the infant St John by Bertel Thorvaldsen, Two Figures by Carlo Carr\u00e0, Holy Family by Giovanni Carnovali, Mother\u2019s Love by Angelo Dall’Oca Bianca, Adoration of the Magi by Adolfo Monticelli, Maternity by Gaetano Previati, and Portrait of a girl by Achille Funi. Childhood has always inspired the creativity of painters and sculptors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Children in art are above all linked to an affective representation; to a clean, innocent, pure, and spontaneous world that makes us observe them with interest, as if to be inspired by this universe and transfer it to the adult world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exhibition Perugino. The Baptism of Christ is curated by Marco Pierini, Veruska Picchiarelli and Domenico Piraina; promoted by Comune di Milano \u2013 Cultura; sponsored by Comitato Perugino 1523 \u2013 2023; planned by Palazzo Reale, in collaboration with Galleria Nazionale dell’Umbria, Gallerie d’Italia – Milan and the Area Biblioteche and the Municipi. It is organised by Civita Mostre e Musei; institutional partner Intesa Sanpaolo, with the support of Rinascente. Catalogue published by Skira Editore.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n

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EXHIBITION INFO \u201cPERUGINO. THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n5 Dic 2023 \u2013 14 Gen 2024<\/span>\n\n\n5 DECEMBER 2023 – 14 JANUARY 2024<br>MILAN, SALA ALESSI, PALAZZO MARINO<br><br>11 DECEMBER 2023 – 5 JANUARY 2024<br>IN THE LIBRARIES OF THE EIGHT BOROUGHS<\/span>\n\n\n\n