Monday, October 31, 2005

Veggie That Fight Off Warts

manet.al.vittoriano

So reads the review on the site of City of Rome :

'Exhibition from 8th October at the Complesso del Vittoriano, one hundred and fifty works by Edouard Manet, the great impressionist painter who innovated the same impression, marking a clear break with previous trends. The exhibited works (oils, drawings, engravings and photographs) from the entire path expression of the painter from the years of training, characterized by the influence of the great Italian art and English, to those dedicated to the female nude, portraits, the marine, to still life. "


course, full of enthusiasm, on Sunday I go to Rome to enjoy this impressive mole works of the famous French artist. Do not tell you what a disappointment! Most of the most interesting ( The Fifre , Olympia , Argenteuil, to name a few) were missing, and my self-guided (5 €) commented some preparatory drawings and prints as if it were the final canvas, clearly lacking (sigh!). The ridge in bookshop , where missing the catalogs of the author that the show was dedicated, with the exception of the catalog prepared for the event (Useless for anyone wanting to purchase, like me, a volume full and comprehensive )!

Alternatively, I recommend a book easy to read, mostly French Impressionism: The Painting of Manet of Michel Foucault . Certainly, more interesting than a show organized in a rather rough ...

david.kujan

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