italian-art-historians

"Symbolism is not a style, but a psychological state that becomes image."

"Filippini’s painting, suspended between natural observation and ethical structure, anticipates the spiritual weight of twentieth-century realism."

"Liberty is not the Italian version of Art Nouveau, but its Mediterranean alternative, rooted in myth, narrative, and craftsmanship."

"To understand the Symbolists, one must unlearn realism. Their logic is dreamlike, not descriptive."

"The character of his art, in which a very varied and lively inventiveness predominates, reflects the otherwise ingenious taste of E. Delacroix, with whom he shares the dynamic and excited research, the chiaroscuro contrasts and the traits of environmental realism, without attempting to compete with him in creative richness and originality."