Novità sul ciclo decorativo di palazzo Malvasia a Bologna

• Autores: Francesca Lui
• Localización: Paragone. Parte arte, ISSN 1120-4737, Nº 172, 2023, págs. 3-23
• Idioma: italiano
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• Resumen

  • Recent conservation in the eighteenth-century Palazzo Malvasia in Bologna allows for enhanced access to the frescoes by Ubaldo and Gaetano Gandolfi and the "quadrattura" paintings by Flaminio Minozzi. A survey of the building led to the discovery of two other rooms frescoed bu Ubaldo Gandolfi, presumed lost, and two further spaces in which the decoration gives prominence to two sixteenth-century paintings. In the light of this redicovery, the author reconsiders the palazzo's entire decorative project, which constitutes a key element of Bolognese art in the second half of the eighteenth century. While it represents the challenging debut of the Gandolfi brothers and Flaminio Minozzi, it can be also be seen as a testing ground for the estasblishment of a new classicizing idiom grounded in the theoretical discussions held by artists and intellectuals gravitating around Bologna's Istituto delle Scienze. In addition, the article provides the update location of a canvas by Prospero Fontana which has been moved and integrated into the eighteenth-century decoration of Palazzo Malvasia