Tag: painting
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Appreciation for Wine and an Unknown Man
This bottle of wine is significant for a few reasons. First, the outstanding portrait on the label is important to discuss. It is of an unknown man, believed to be a wealthy merchant from Lipari Island, one of the Eolian Islands. It was painted by renowned Sicilian artist Antonello da Messina (1430-1479) in the mid…
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Sicily is Color
Detail from the rim of a Sicilian cart’s wheel.
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Renato Guttuso, “The Sulphur Miners”
This 1949 watercolor by Renato Guttuso (1912-1987) is an example of the Bagherese painter’s exploration of the daily life and struggles of Sicilians. “The Sulphur Miners” illustrates men working in the arduous industry that was a significant element of Sicily’s economy for centuries, especially in the areas around Caltanissetta and Girgenti.
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Virgin Annunciate by da Messina
This exquisite work is “Annunziata” by Antonello da Messina (c1430-1479). Annunziata or “Virgin Annunciate” (March 25 is the feast day celebrating when the angel Gabriel told the Virgin Mary she’d give birth to Jesus.) may be seen at the Palazzo Abatellis in Palermo. It was painted towards the end of da Messina’s life around 1476…
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Snippets that Reveal Treasures
This is a snippet of a larger painting that hangs in the chambers of Palermo’s Palazzo dei Normanni, the house of the Sicilian Parliament. I love it for two reasons: it shows pre-twentieth century traditional dress of the women working in the field and one of them is holding a traditional Sicilian, woven basket.
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At Christmas, we acknowledge the power of the great mother and all she brings to our lives. Merry Christmas, Buon Natale, and as Sicilians say, Bon Natali. This painting, found on a cart painted by Giuseppe and Michele Ducato of Bagheria and located in a passageway in Lo Zingaro Nature Reserve, is of Our Lady…
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Painting of an orange vendor, taken at the fruit market in Bagheria. #oranges #aranci #vendor #venditore #art #painting #folkart #bagheria #palermo #sicily #sicilia #sicily_tourism #italy #ig_sicily #italia #siciliaph #siciliafoto #igerssicilia #instasicilia #sicilytravel #experiencesicily
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La Vucciria Painting by Renato Guttuso
Renato Guttuso painted scenes of his homeland, like this one of Palermo’s famous market, La Vucciria, from 1974.