The Triumph of the Name of Jesus Giovanni Battista Gaulli (Il Baciccio) (Italian; 1639–1709) 1676–79 Oil on paper, laid down on canvas Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey
Working study for one of the most important illusionistic Baroque frescoes, The Triumph of the Name of Jesus, on the ceiling of Il Gesù in Rome
Giuseppe Sciuti was an Italian painterofportraits,genre scenesandhistorical paintings. He was widely exhibited during his lifetime, but very little-known after his death until a 1989 exhibition at the Galleria d’Arte Moderna in Palermo.
It’s a red, red, ripping and roaring sunset in this gripping design by Falcucci. Created for the second running of the Monaco Grand Prix, it’s arguably one of the best created for the event. (The first Grand Prix was just announced with text; this the first image done for the competition.) We don’t know the maker of this blazing white beast of a racecar, but René Dreyfus took the checkered flag that year in his Bugatti T35B.
I’ve just discovered my new favorite painter, Vittorio Reggianini - those smarter than myself probably already know of him as an Italian painter from the 1800s who made satin look even satiny-er than satin. I just cannot get over how much he loved painting women who were NOT. HAVING. A. MAN’S. SHIT.
But there was one hottie that everyone seemed to like, and I can’t blame them…
Vittorio knows what the ladies like.
Vittorio Reggianini was a 19th-century Italian genre painter specializing in scenes of bourgeois life. Born in Modena, Italy in 1858, Reggianini was part of a group of artists called the “Costume Painters,” who sought to revive the sophistication of the past by painting a romanticized version of the culture during a time of great military conflict. He skillfully painted contemporary fashion and opulence, especially focused on painting the silks and satins of dresses and floor and wall coverings. He studied and later taught at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Modena, Italy. The artist died in 1938.
