Antonello from Messina: two ways and one painter

Antonio di Giovanni di Antonio, called Antonello da Messina(1430-1479), Sicilian painter at 15^th century is a perfect meet between two different ways to paint: one is Flemish, and it is evident in painting, because he takes punctual definition of particular, he is very precise to all, so following Flemish paint, but he has took this strong influence through his master Colantonio(Fig.1), and he has followed this way until he has met Venetian paint, and he has took influence from colours, very intense, light and physical presence, as portraits(Figs.2-3), light is Venetian and it is evident because Giovanni Bellini(Figs.4-5) adopted this tools to paint, and Antonello mixed perfectly light and colour of Venice, where he stood for two years; therefore he used two traditions and he mixed these with mastery, he follows both reality of Flemish and Italian plastic, and he used to every painting he worked; to san Sebastian, very famous painting , he took reality in fact he painted city and persons with attention and precision but he took light and Italian plastic, this is physical presence on the painting; therefore Antonello takes two ways and two country but twice mixed in one brush.

Alessandro Lusana   

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 Subsumption

Socrates turned around a pub in a great city, and he asked a tea and he has had bought a newspaper, he red it when a girl approached to him and asked: “Are you from love?”, Socrates that was very neglected, with a cloth very dirty, long bard as hair, and naked feet, with a rope to belt and very disordered, in fact barmaid was worried because he taught that he not will buy this tea; anyway Socrates red newspaper, and close it, he drunk his tea, and answered to girl: “Are you racist?”, and girl: “No, absolutely!”, and Socrates: “Why?”, and girl: “Because it is immoral, and because I haven’t motive”, Socrates heard this motive and: “I think that you are racist, but you don’t say it”, and girl asked: “Why, do you think it?”, and Socrates: “Because you are a very black girl and you have alone a will, this is gain!”, and girl very worried: “What? Do you think that…”, Socrates interrupted this words: “You want gain not materially but with soul”, and girl very angry, had an expression become curious: “This is?” and Socrates asked other two tea, but without ask to girl if she wanted a tea, and Socrates asked: “Do you know subsumption?”, and girl: “No, absolutely”, and Socrates: “This is a philosophical concept, you must sit under other concept very great a think or characteristic very little”, and Diana this is name of girl: “Very interesting, but I have an appointment therefore, I must leave you now”, and Socrates greeted Diana, but she got out pub and very soon she entered again and set on same town, next Socrates, and asked: “What is subsumption? And what is means, and what is his origin, and very important question, because do you break my balls with philosophy?”, and Socrates: “What is mean I have explained, this word is from Latin subsumptio and this is means that I take by under, I set a concept…”, and Diana: “Yes I know it because you have said it, but what is practical aim”, and Socrates: “Conformism is a subsumption of gain!”, Diana become very curious: “Why?”, and Socrates: “If you have a store, do you prevent that white or Spanish entered to your store?”, and Diana: “No, certainly!”, and Socrates: “Why?”, and Diana: “Because I am not racist”, and Socrates: “No, alone because you want gain; and if you prevent to white, Spanish and other race different your, you will fail very soon, because much costumers don’t attended your store; therefore conformism is alone subsumption of gain; politeness is gain, because very good cut figure is gain; but we must consider that also good politeness is gain, although gain is very hide because is historical, therefore through centuries”, and Diana: “What is?” and Socrates: “In conformity with good politeness, guest must set before owner of home, why?”, and Diana: “I don’t know”, and Socrates: “Because guest during ancient time could be with armies, and he could beat owner of home and his family; therefore guest must be set before; this is a gain because owner hasn’t dangers; then good politeness is a gain, not be racist is gain, the racism is gain because they have gain with notorious position, gain to soul, fame and importance”, and Diana: “Were Ancient Roman racist?” and Socrates: “No, because they considered alone courage and virtue; in fact much Roman imperators aren’t Roman, because with virtue gain was to Rome and empire, therefore all will gain”, then Diana: “I understood that I not will start a store and not will study Roman historical, and I not will study philosophy, but one moment because I go to bathroom”, when Diana gone out from bathroom she didn’t Socrates, and she asked to barmaid: “Where is guy that was here?”, barmaid asked: “What guy?”, and Diana: “Socrates”, and barmaid: “You come here very late, Socrates is dead at 399 b.Ch., in Athens”, and therefore she gone out from pub, and she searched around but she didn’t find nobody.

Alessandro Lusana    

               

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                        Characters

Five persons gone around a city very great and seen every guy met, they looked face and after they asked about their nature; somebody answered and other though and after continued his walk thinking that this person was crazy. A woman stopped other woman and asked: “What is your nature?”, and woman very astonish for this question answered: “I am very polite and sweet, and I love my family. Why do you want know it?”, and Catherine, this is name of person answered: “I am searching a woman is like me. But you aren’t it, thank you”, and woman continued his shopping. Other woman, Sabine, interviewed other woman and asked: “I think that your character is very sweet, or not?”, woman, much bothered, answered: “Not absolutely! I am very nasty and impolite, turd and bastard; if you want so, very well, otherwise you can fuck you!”, and Sabine: “You are perfect! Very perfect!” ,and woman: “I can represent you”, this answer astonished much Sabine, but she answered: “Yes, you can make it now!”, and Catherine while found other woman and she asked: “You are very beautiful and very vain, you can certainly be me and I can be you, what do you think?”, and woman that was very vain, answered: “Yes, I can be you and perfectly performance you when I want do it; therefore I will be you!”. Elisabeth also made same thing and she found her character; so Helen found her person and finally Delia found a woman that was intelligent and intellectual, and she known Latin and ancient Greek and philosophy and history, and she wanted work to low; therefore, she was Public Prosecutor; then everybody has had her character. Valery talked: “We can be these characters because we can performance these persons in theatre, since we are alone character and we found our correspondent in reality. A woman that would be model to character answered: “Contrary beloved Delia, we are your character and you are models” and Delia asked: “This is theatre and this is choreography”, and woman: “No absolutely, this is reality and we are alone characters, therefore you must sit and you must look us, because we will performance you, and you that are character will be model to reality”, and Delia asked: “Why?”, and woman: “Because you are character then false person, but we are reality and we are most false than you; it is that happens in reality; therefore you are most reality than us, because you are a reality, a fiction, then you have a reality, a role, on contrary we are searching models to live therefore we are everybody and nobody. Now you can sit and you can look this performance.” Light were turn off and recital started.

Alessandro Lusana                                                   

The first painting of Girolamo Siciolante and a homage of 17^th century

I have seen this painting(Figg.1-6), with Immaculate conception, commission of Caetani family, and once in church of saint Mary of Conception, Sermoneta, today restored for will of don Leonard Mary Pompei, parish priest of Sermoneta. I have given back this painting much time ago and now, I confirm this opinion, because every stylistical character remembers Girolamo Siciolante(1521-1575): the hands of Virgin are mirror to hands of a female figure in Birth of Adonis(Fig.2), the nose is similar, and cloth is mirror to second painting of Girolamo, Virgin, Child and saints Stephan and Pieter(Fig.3),Caetani castle in Sermoneta, same density of cloth and same pleats, same cloth that we find again in mentioned painting (Fig.4); it is character that will best to other paintings, but I consider this work of Siciolante because this painting was considered by Giorgio Vasari as one of first painting that Siciolante worked; but interesting to my hypothesis is the words of Vasari, in fact he used plural and he said: “Among first paintings that he worked alone..”, I repeat, Vasari uses plural “first paintings”, therefore beyond painting for Caetani, he has worked other painting, may before this painting to Caetani; then this painting with Immaculate conception(Fig.1) can be the first, and second is painting to abbey of Valvisciolo(Fig.4), now in Caetani castle; and considering stylistical character, certainly this painting is first, because these characters are very next to second painting(Fig.4). Homage that I mentioned is on contrary by other painter that has worked in Sermoneta this is Bernardino Cesari(1565-1621), brother of most famous Cavalier d’Arpino, Bernardino worked some painting in choir of cathedral of Sermoneta(Fig.5), and he certainly took idea to composition by a painting of Siciolante this is The birth of Virgin(Fig.6) in Fugger chapel at church of saint Mary of Soul, Rome, Italy; in fact composition is very similar, we must consider that Bernardino has had a wall very long, on contrary Siciolante has had very small space, therefore Bernardino could enlarge scene, but similar is composition: the bed is same, door on left, on first plane figures are together with one on left, one figure is kneeled down on right, and same position has woman on middle, one woman on left as painting of Sermoneta; this painting of Siciolante has suggested composition to Bernardino that wanted give homage to Siciolante because costumer was Alessandro Americi, from Sermoneta that wanted this paintings at 1603.

Alessandro Lusana

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It is increasing catalogue:Vincenzo Fabrici

On the vault of sacristy of cathedral of Sermoneta are some painting, that now are not ascribed by critical studies, but I think for stylistical motives that these painting are certainly of Vincenzo Fabrici; I have considered this painter some time and I have ascribed some painting, and now I give back to Fabrici these painting because it are, may, first work in Sermoneta; in fact stylistical nature of Fabrici is very youthful and he, now, anticipates his stylistical culture, that he adopted to other painting in Sermoneta; anyway first document to Fabrici is a payment at 1759 in Sermoneta, to a painting and style is very better in confront of these painting; but some particular let that we consider both age and autography of Fabrici: then eyebrow as flowing hair of saint John(Fig.1) are equal to Christ blessing in Diocesan Museum of Sermoneta(Fig.2), although better to quality, it is equal to other blowing hair this is, other Christ blessing in Cori(Fig.3) and other painting in same cathedral of Sermoneta with other Christ(fig.4); every Christ is equal to eyebrow, the noses are equal to all painting, although to later painting is better, but essential character is same, rightness and long. Therefore all paintings are paternal attribution and this is interesting because catalogue of a painter, unknown, now has some work, because also other painting on same vault as saint Mark and saint Matthew(Figg.5-7), that are same hand.

Alessandro Lusana

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Academy of crazies

George called Socrates was a doctor with specialization on psychological disturbs and other pathologies; he repeated that we are other gender of crazies, because we think that we live in normal health condition; his colleagues laughed with these judgments, and he known it but he laughed to them; therefore he was also a passion reader of philosophy, and he red on much books that in Europe very much cultural club were called academy; therefore he checked much town with this name and just he red again what he known perfectly, therefore that name academy is from ancient Greek, and other academies were born during ancient past in Greek land, and after  Italian Renaissance and other academies in Europe. George decided that he founded a academy, but very particular, academy of crazies; every member can say what he want, and give every question; therefore during a briefing with other members he told with a member and he asked: “After your death do you want that people will remember you?”, and Albert, this name of member: “Yes I want that everybody remember me”, and George: “Does somebody has known you remember you now?” and Albert: “I don’t know” and George: “You want that everybody remember you but now very little persons know that you live, and other don’t know it? They not will remember you, because they don’t know that you live” and Albert: “For it I want that everybody remember me, because all know that I have been present”, and George: “It’s right, but you must be known now, so that all remember you after”, and Albert: “Yes”, and George: “Do you have never known Napoleon?”, and Albert: “Yes certainly!”, but do you: “Do you have never been know on person Napoleon?”, and George: “But you remember and you studied Napoleon”, and Albert: “Yes”, and George: “Therefore we will be remember for our worked”, and Albert: “Certainly!”, and George turned to other member of academy and: “Sorry, do you remember Napoleon?”, and this member: “Not, who is?”, and George: “Thank you”, and he was continuing: “May he didn’t red same your books, but it is strange, also very important and historical personality somebody doesn’t know, and certainly Napoleon is more important than you”, and Albert: “If he didn’t red history book is normal that he doesn’t knows Napoleon”, and George: “Aristoteles didn’t know Napoleon, and Aristoteles has red”, and Albert: “But Aristoteles born much before than Napoleon, then is impossible that he known Napoleon”, and George: “Yes but Napoleon didn’t know Aristoteles”, and Albert: “Then?”, and George: “Therefore to be known is momentary, because after everybody will don’t remember you, never; we are at a moment and we live at moment, after all forget us”, and Albert: “Then?”, and George: “Therefore is better that nobody knows than somebody don’t will remember us, because after some moment we are disappeared”. Then Albert said: “You have made very great thing because you have found this academy, because you and other present are crazy”, and George: “Yes, certainly!”   

Alessandro Lusana

Freedom and indipendence

(To my Delia so that of love she hear arduous sentences )

Arthur was a professor of a course of philosophy a model other student, a Socrates today’s, very intelligent and sagacious; he sees all with different eyes, he considered that we could see everything with an interpretation and with other think, this is with other look; in fact he asked always his friends, very little, because he has fame of complicated person and very bother, but he not was so but willing think alone, therefore he give questions to everybody, students, professors, janitors, custodians, principals and others, and he asked always same question: “What is freedom and independence?”, all refused answer and they gone away, somebody stopped him but after he answered: “Not difference”, but Arthur was unsatisfied, this trays were until when somebody, a girl student asked to Arthur: “What’s difference?”, and Arthur answered: “I don’t know!”, and student: “You know it, and you must explain it now!”, Arthur was astonished by this ask, and he said: “Freedom is possibility make what you want, to follow your will, your aspiration, your dreams”, and girl: “Yes, very well, and independence?”, and Arthur: “Everybody thinks that is same thing, but really they are very different”, and girl: “Why?”, and Arthur: “Because independence not is”, and girl: “Why?”, and Arthur: “Freedom is possibility that we have make something, but independence is impossible, because we have a dependence always!”, and girl: “Why?”, Arthur then: “We depend both material and immaterial thing”, and girl: “What are these?”, and Arthur: “We think that we are independent when we have a gain”, and girl: “Certainly!”, and Arthur: “On contrary not!”, and girl: “Why?”, and Arthur: “Because we depend by somebody, at work we depend by employer, at school we depend by teacher or professor, our vote is by teacher or professor, our life depends by job and gain, therefore we have two dependences, one job and second gain”, and girl: “These are material dependences”, and Arthur: “Yes”, and girl: “What are immaterial?” and Arthur: “Immaterial are those things that we don’t see but they are present between our life, those rules not written we respect, this is conventions or conformism, we don’t see it but this is present, and it is very great, but in conformity with told of Musil: “The monument is so big but nobody sees it; we don’t consider that follow convention is useless”, and girl: “But we can follow our spirit and will” and Arthur: “Yes, but our will and spirit are conditioned by convention, then it depends by convention, and we don’t say something because is very contrary use, then conventions, therefore we don’t say and make something because not are used; then we depend by use, but…”, and girl: “But?”, and Arthur: “Convention depends by us!”, and girl: “Why?”, and Arthur: “Because we make convention, and it survives until we will, because when we change convention this falls, when we change habit, convention falls, therefore we depend by conventions e conventions depend by us; therefore nobody is independent, above all who says that he is so”. Arthur then asked girl: “What’s your name?” and girl: “Philosophy as first name and last name Logic, and today I have learned what is human gender, thank you”, and she disappeared like was appeared.

Alessandro Lusana