Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, considered the enfant terrible of Italian Baroque painting, had an intense life and controversial. So plasma British director Derek Jarman, on a tape entitled the name of the small town in northern Italy, where he came from the family of the artist born in 1571.
Caravaggio, the afternoon of Wednesday 18 February was presented as part of the cycle of documentary screenings in the context of the exhibition Leonardo, Raphael, Caravaggio: an impossible sample. The works of art in the age of digital reproduction.
The crowd which gathered in the Aula Magna José Vasconcelos National Arts Centre (Cenart) had the opportunity to approach the art of Caravaggio, the use of chiaroscuro and knowledge of Renaissance painting, through a peculiar Film proposal.
Throughout history, emphasizing the strength of character who is said, has «a spiteful hunger for life» by aspects of his childhood, honors and moments of glory (to receive religious orders such as the number of pictures about San Mateo), and their scandals, being accused of murdering a man in a peel in a tavern.
To avoid copyright problems, the director Derek Jarman turned to tableaux in which actors perform scenes from the paintings and allows assessing the dramatic force of the plastic work of Caravaggio.
Before the screening, art history Maria Teresa Suárez highlighted some aspects of the work of Caravaggio.
«His painting is of a realism that is manifested in the use of light and chiaroscuro to highlight the faces of the characters. Until then, nobody had painted so well and was so revolutionary. »
He said his work used other aesthetic values ??so your concept of beauty was different: «He left the street and used as models from friends and people who were there, so consider yourself an artist who tried to convey the soul and the light emanating portrayed «.
After the film Caravaggio, attendees enjoyed a guided tour of the exhibition in galleries in Cenart, bringing together a total of 57 works: 29 Caravaggio; 20 Rafael (including fresco The School of Athens); eight of Leonardo (including The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa).
The cycle of documentary films continue every Wednesday at 17:00 until March 18 at the Aula Magna «José Vasconcelos» of Cenart located in Rio Churubusco esq. Calzada de Tlalpan s / n, Colonia Country Club.
Leonardo, Raphael, Caravaggio: an impossible sample. The works of art in the age of digital reproduction, remain on display until March 31, 2015, with visiting hours Monday to Sunday from 9:00 to 19:00 hours. Admission is free.
