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Giulio Romano stars at Mantua exhibit

Giulio Romano stars at Mantua exhibit

72 drawings from the Louvre in first at show opening in October

Rome, 25 February 2019, 18:07

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ROME - An exhibit opening in October in Mantua will pay homage to architect and painter Giulio Romano (Rome, 1492 or 1499- Mantua, 1546), highlighting his talent as architect and his heritage as a Mannerist painter.
    The show on Romano, a pseudonym for Giulio Pippi de' Jannuzzi, Raphael's most important pupil, is called "Con nuova e stravagante maniera" (With a new and extravagant manner) and runs from October 6 until January 6, 2020 at Mantua's Complesso Museale Palazzo Ducale.
    The exhibit's aim of great ambition and scientific rigor is to give visitors an insight into the work of this all-purpose artist, who could not only build and paint but also make jewelry and decorate tapestry and was given a free hand in Mantua in the second quarter of the 16th century.
    Indeed the common denominator of Romano's art was drawing and the show puts on display an exceptional 72 drawings on loan for the first time thanks to the local museum's collaboration with the Louvre and the Département des Arts Graphiques of the museum.
    The idea of the scientific committee behind the show (Peter Assmann, Laura Angelucci, Paolo Bertelli, Renato Berzaghi, Paolo Carpeggiani, Sylvia Ferino, Augusto Morari, Roberta Serra and Luisa Onesta Tamassia) was to showcase the artist's entire career, from his start in Rome to its evolution in Mantua, where he moved in 1524.
    There, he worked at the court of Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, where he happily expressed his "extravagant manner", as Giorgio Vasari wrote in 'The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors and Architects'.
    In Mantua, Romano created undisputed masterpieces including Palazzo Te (1525-1535) and the duke's apartments at the ducal palace Palazzo Ducale (1536).
    The artist became the director of all architectural and decorative projects, following the example of his master Raphael and created his own 'bottega' (workshop).
    The show is organized in three sections to display the Louvre's drawings along with another selection of drawings from museums in Italy and abroad including the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle).
    Paintings, prints and majolicas will also be on display.
    Peter Assmann, the director of Mantua's museum complex Complesso Museale Palazzo Ducale di Mantova said during the presentation of the project in Rome that the show is "an important opportunity for the city".
    The exhibit vies to have more of an impact on the city than a traditional show "uniting all local productive forces around Palazzo Ducale and boosting Mantua's image as an art city in Europe and in the world".
    Xavier Salmon, director of the Département des Arts graphiques of the Musée du Louvre in Paris, said one of the show's objectives was to recreate through the preparatory drawings for the decorations at Palazzo Ducale "the connection between the artworks and the locations".
    Several events have been organized to coincide with the show.
    They include a show at Palazzo Te, "Giulio Romano. Arte e Desiderio nel Rinascimento" (art and desire in Renaissance), and a capsule collection by local menswear brand Lubiam.
   

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