What to see in Taormina: at Palazzo Ciampoli the exhibition 'Humility and splendor’
What to see in Taormina? It is called “Humility and splendor. Art in the Capuchin monasteries of Valdemone between the Counter-Reformation and the Baroque "the exhibition can be visited until 14 September at Palazzo Ciampoli in Taormina. Organized by the Naxos Taormina Archaeological Park, in collaboration with the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage of Messina, is open every day from 10 at 19. Admission is free. Among the artists on display, the best known names are Scipione Pulzone, During Alberti, Giovanni Lanfranco, Mathias Stomer, Guglielmo Borremans, Onofrio Gabrieli, Giacinto Platania and the friars Feliciano da Messina and Umile da Messina.
THE WORKS ON EXHIBITION
About thirty works included in the exhibition of Palazzo Ciampoli. There are five large altarpieces that come from the Capuchin churches of some hill towns in northeastern Sicily and from the Etna hinterland. For the first time, the public will be able to appreciate these extraordinary works up close, usually visible from a distance.
Among the canvases, the precious one stands out Madonna degli Angeli with San Francesco and Santa Chiara, painted by Scipione Pulzone in 1588 for the church of Mistretta and the scenography Transfiguration made by Giovanni Lanfranco, among the best known exponents of Italian Baroque painting. It is noted, furthermore, the case of Madonna of the angels and Franciscan saints of the Convent of Pettineo, made in 1722 by the Flemish painter Guglielmo Borremans. The work, returned to the public after a long restoration, has also revealed the autograph signature and the date of realization hidden up to now by the imposing frame.
“A transversal itinerary that deals with religious contents to arrive at the airy atmospheres of Baroque painting – explains the curator of the exhibition Stefania Lanuzza – without neglecting the different variations of the themes implemented by foreign painters active on the island and by native ones. In this way, an insight into the seventeenth-century artistic culture that penetrated into the Capuchin monasteries will be offered through the comparison between the splendid canvases executed by leading figures of the national pictorial panorama and the production of some Capuchin artists trained in renowned Messina workshops ".
By car you can reach the show in Taormina Villa Maria in about 30 minutes. With train, The elementary particles, The elementary particles 20 minutes (The elementary particles).
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