ART
Umberto Boccioni
La Risata
1911
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Raffaele De Grada
Casolare a Montagnana
1922 |
Gerardo Dottori
Battaglia del Grano
1930's
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Ardengo Soffici
Dopo Il Tramonto
1926
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Carlo Carra
Manifestazione interventista
1914
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Georges Seurat
Le Chahut
1889-1890
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Giacomo Balla
La Giornata dell' Operaio
1904
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Umberto Boccioni
Visioni Simultanee
1911
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Gerardo Dottori
Umbria Primavera
1945
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Arturo Tosi
La messe
1927
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Leonardo Dudreville
Cantiere
1910
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Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo
Il Sole
1903-04
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Umbrian Garden
2002
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Assisi
Water color
1908
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Roman Form
Etching
19th century
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Marmore Waterfalls,Terni
Etching,
19th century
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Todi
Etching
19th century
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Umbria’s rich artistic heritage has continued
uninterrupted from Etruscan and Roman times to the present
day.
Orvieto and Perugia were the cornerstones
of the Etruscan civilizations, as can be seen in the numerous
necropolises found such as that of Crocifisso del Tufo in
the Orvieto area, and the Volumni Hypogeum near Perugia.
The Roman conquest marked the beginning of an even richer
and more prolific artistic and cultural period this was
reflected in the growth of flourishing and lively urban
centers—Perugia, Gubbio, Todi, Assisi, Spello, Spoleto,
Bevagna, Orvieto, Terni, Narni—to mention the best
known.
With the fall of the Roman Empire and the
subsequent barbarian invasion, Umbria was
divided in two: the Byzantines settled to the east of the
Tiber, the Lombards to the west.
Unfortunately little has survived of this period except
for rare religious buildings
testifying to the wide-spreading Christian religion. During
the 8th century numerous churches were built in the towns
and in the countryside as well as great urban cathedrals
such as those of Spoleto, Narni and Assisi.
The 12th and 13th centuries were truly
important for religious constructions and saw the birth
of Romanesque art, of which Assisi, Narni and Spoleto were
the most vibrant centers. Numerous abbeys, churches, basilicas
and sanctuaries took religious art to its highest peaks
as demonstrated by the magnificent buildings that punctuate
the entire region like little jewels.
The intense spirituality of the Middle
Ages was also reflected in the architecture and
painting of the 14th century as can be seen in such masterpieces
as the Duomo of Orvieto, with its majestic façade
by Lorenzo Maitani, the Basilica of Assisi, decorated by
some of the greatest painters of the times, from Cimabue
to Giotto, Pietro Lorenzetti and Simone Martini, the Duomo
of Spoleto and the Cathedral of San Lorenzo in Perugia.
Beautiful examples of Gothic architecture can be seen in
Perugia, the Palazzo dei Priori, in the grandiose Piazza
del Popolo of Todi, and in Gubbio with the Palazzo dei Consoli
Perugia and Orvieto played a primary role
in Renaissance art. Domenico Veneziano, Piero della Francesca,
Filippo Lippi, Agostino di Duccio, Beato Angelico, Benozzo
Gozzoli and Perugino all worked in Umbria, creating some
of the most significant examples of Renaissance painting.
Benozzo Gozzoli frescoed the middle apse of the church of
S. Francesco in Montefalco, with a cycle of stories of the
Saint; Filippo Lippi’s last work, a large fresco with
the Life of Mary is in the Cathedral of Spoleto; Perugino
worked in Perugia and was responsible for numerous masterpieces
including the famous Sala delle Udienze in the Collegio
del Cambio. By the 16th c. Papal power was also definitely
affirmed in the entire region and it is during this period
that the basilica of S. Maria degli Angeli in Assisi was
built and the Greek cross temple of Santa Maria della Consolazione
was designed by Bramante.
Eighteenth and 19th century Umbria became
an obligatory stop on the Grand Tour. The artistic vivacity
of Umbria diminished in the 20th century. However, the continuation
of its tradition was left to the talent of individuals,
such as the futurist artist Gerardo Dottori whose paintings
are reproduced on our home page, the sculptor Leoncillo
and the painter Alberto Burri.
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