The Strozzi

Leave it to The Strozzi to always have an interesting exhibit. I love religious art from the 13th, 14th and 15th century....but here you see artists from the 19th century and their versions. 

The iconic pic for the show is a Van Goth...who depicted himself as Jesus, with red hair.

http://www.palazzostrozzi.org/mostre/divinebeauty/?lang=en#

From Morelli’s Realist painting to Vedova’s Informal Art and from Previati’s Divisionism to Redon’s Symbolism and Munch’s Expressionism, or to the experimental approach proper to Futurism, the exhibition analyses and sets in context a century of modern religious art, highlighting different takes on modernity, trends and occasionally even clashes in the relationship between art and religious sentiment.

The show’s star exhibits will include such celebrated works as Jean-François Millet’s Angelus, on exceptional loan from the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, Vincent van Gogh’s Pietà from the Vatican Museums, Renato Guttuso’s Crucifixion from the collections of the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna in Rome and Marc Chagall’s White Crucifixion from the Art Institute of Chicago. With sections devoted to the crucial themes in the religious and artistic debate, Divine Beautywill provide visitors with a unique opportunity to compare extremely famous works of art observed in a new and different light, alongside pieces by artists whose work is perhaps less well-known today but who, in their own way, have helped to forge the rich and complex panorama of modern art; and this, not only in a religious environment.

The exhibition, which is the product of a joint venture between the Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, the former Soprintendenza Speciale per il Patrimonio Storico, Artistico ed Etnoantropologico e per il Polo Museale della città di Firenze, the Archdiocese of Florence and the Vatican Museums, is part of a programme of events devised to run concurrently with the Fifth National Bishops Conference. Pope Francis will also attend the conference, to be held in Florence from 9 to 13 November.

How interesting to see a more moden painter painting an altar piece like this. They employ the trends of the time to these ancient subjects. 

I sespecially loved this painter. I had never heard of him before. He puts Jesus into his present day. 

I loved the feeling and emotion of this painting...the night sky, the betrayal...and the color. 

Stunning....reminds me of the famous Mantegna at The Brea in Milan. 

This is stunning to see close up....

Lastly, This was creating a stir...so lovely in so many ways.