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LAW WINTER 2021
Dicembre 3, 2021

London Art Week Winter Digital & Live 2021

London, Digital & LiveDecember 3 – 10, 2021 Walter Padovani will be participating with an online exhibition at London Art Week.

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LONDON ART WEEK DIGITAL & LIVE 2021
Luglio 2, 2021

London Art Week Digital & Live 2021

London, Digital & LiveJuly 2 – 16, 2021 2 – 16 July 2021Preview 1 July 2021 Walter Padovani will be participating with an online exhibition at London Art Week.

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LAW WINTER 2020
Novembre 27, 2020

London Art Week Digital Winter 2020

London, Online exhibitionNovember 27 – December 11, 2020 A selection of works will be presented at the London Art Week Digital Winter 2020.

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LAW DIGITAL 2020
Luglio 3, 2020

London Art Week Digital 2020

Trinity Fine Art, 15 Old Bond Street – London July 3 – 10, 2020 Across Myths, Allegories and Religious ThemesA selection of works will be presented at the London Art Week Digital Edition 2020.

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LAW WINTER 2018
Novembre 29, 2018

London Art Week Winter 2018

Trinity Fine Art, 15 Old Bond Street – London November 29 – December 7, 2018 A selection of works will be presented at the London Art Week Winter 2018.

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At the heart of the scene: the extinguished flame At the heart of the scene: the extinguished flame 🔥This close-up of Vesta’s statue reveals the symbolic turning point of the story: the sacred fire, central to Roman religion, has gone out. In La Vestale, this marks the fall of the heroine Emilia, punished for a love forbidden by her vows.Migliara's choice to paint the brazier unlit—unlike Sanquirico’s stage set—emphasizes the tragic finality of this moment.#ArtHistory #ClassicalMyth #VestalVirgins #Vesta #GiovanniMigliara #SacredFlame #RomanticPainting
Giovanni Migliara (1785-1837) Il Tempio di Vesta, Giovanni Migliara (1785-1837)Il Tempio di Vesta, 1824Oil on panel, 37 × 47 cm (with frame: 50 × 60 cm)Signed: "Gio. Migliara fecit 1824"A master of perspective and theatrical storytelling, Migliara here transforms a scenic design by Alessandro Sanquirico into a luminous painting that captures the most tragic moment from La Vestale, a choreodrama by Salvatore Viganò. The sacred flame is extinguished. The priestess Emilia lies senseless. What follows is her doom.Commissioned by Giulio Ferrario, this work is a rare testimony to the collaborative spirit between painter, scenographer, and choreographer at the heart of Milan’s cultural scene in the early 1800s.#GiovanniMigliara #ItalianPainting #Neoclassicism #TempleOfVesta #Viganò #Sanquirico #ScalaMilano

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