{"id":14740,"date":"2014-05-29T06:41:24","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T04:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:81\/brandini\/index.php\/alma-tadema-the-sensual-aesthetic\/"},"modified":"2020-05-27T20:01:26","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T18:01:26","slug":"alma-tadema-the-sensual-aesthetic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/en\/alma-tadema-the-sensual-aesthetic\/","title":{"rendered":"Alma Tadema: the sensual aesthetic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8010 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"1\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Banner of the exhibition\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/2-Ninfea-new.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-32338 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/2-Ninfea-new-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/2-Ninfea-new-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/2-Ninfea-new-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/2-Ninfea-new.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>&#8220;Water Lily&#8221; by Beatrice Brandini<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In the cloister of Bramante in Rome there is a beautiful exposition of the greatest artists of the Victorian era, <b>&#8220;Alma-Tadema and 800 English painters, P\u00e9rez Sim\u00f3n Collection&#8221;.<\/b> For me, that time, that kind of painting, its characters, and especially Alma &#8211; Tadema, have always been an object of study and passion.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/39.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/39-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"3\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/39-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/39-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/39.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/4-bis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/4-bis-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"4 bis\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/4-bis-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/4-bis-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/4-bis.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/4-chiostro-interno.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8015\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/4-chiostro-interno-300x226.png\" alt=\"4 chiostro interno\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/4-chiostro-interno-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/4-chiostro-interno.png 625w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Cloister of Bramante, facade and interior, a magnificent example of Renaissance architecture.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Lawrence Alma-Tadema was a special and unique artist, depicting the splendor of Roman, Greek and Egyptian, with a particular attention to details, use of color wonderfully harmonious, and a technique that, in spite of perfection, it wasn\u2019t redundant.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/5-a-kiss-1891.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8016\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/5-a-kiss-1891-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"5 a-kiss-1891\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/5-a-kiss-1891-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/5-a-kiss-1891-1024x719.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Alma-Tadema, &#8220;A Kiss&#8221; 1891\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Of Dutch origin, moved to England, where he devoted himself with great success to painting, becoming the most famous painter in the Victorian era, and one who specialized in reproductions of environments, objects, costumes, inspired by archaeological discoveries at Pompeii (important excavations that were realized in the second half of its&#8217; nineteenth century), but also, in general, to those greek-Roman and Egyptian.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/6-A_Coign_of_Vantage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8017\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/6-A_Coign_of_Vantage-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"6 A_Coign_of_Vantage\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/6-A_Coign_of_Vantage-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/6-A_Coign_of_Vantage-704x1024.jpg 704w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/6-A_Coign_of_Vantage.jpg 1655w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Alma Tadema, &#8220;A Coign of Vantage &#8220;, 1895. J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/7-full-lawrence-alma-tadema.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8019\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/7-full-lawrence-alma-tadema-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"7 full-lawrence-alma--tadema\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/7-full-lawrence-alma-tadema-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/7-full-lawrence-alma-tadema-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/7-full-lawrence-alma-tadema.jpg 936w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Alma-Tadema &#8220;Whispering Noon&#8221;, 1996. Private Collection\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Representative dell&#8217;Aesthetic Movement, whose painters in the Victorian age their webs characterized by mythological episodes, legends, fairy tales, Pre-Raphaelite visions. This artistic movement was initially considered elitist, self-centered and even immoral. The exhibition brings together the works of artists who belonged to this movement, which share similar styles and trends, but distinct from very different personalities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/8-silver-favourites-1903.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/8-silver-favourites-1903-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"8 silver-favourites-1903\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/8-silver-favourites-1903-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/8-silver-favourites-1903-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/8-silver-favourites-1903.jpg 729w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Alma-Tadema \u201cSilver Favourites\u201d, 1903 Machester City Art Gallery<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/9-A_Favourite_Custom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8021\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/9-A_Favourite_Custom-204x300.jpg\" alt=\"9 A_Favourite_Custom\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/9-A_Favourite_Custom-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/9-A_Favourite_Custom.jpg 681w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Alma-Tadema \u201cFavourite Custom\u201d,\u00a0 1909 Tate Gallery Londra<\/b><\/p>\n<p>At first Alma-Tadema was fond of Egypt, in the time his studies and his research will move to Italy (thanks to his honeymoon), especially to the Roman antiquities, calling them the first time, as an appearance. Just as love at first sight was those towards the<b> ruins of Pompeii,<\/b> describing the place as <b><i>&#8220;charming, poetic, sad, a place from which I would not ever break away.&#8221;<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/10-among-the-ruins-1904.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8022\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/10-among-the-ruins-1904-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"10 among-the-ruins-1904\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/10-among-the-ruins-1904-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/10-among-the-ruins-1904.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Alma-Tadema \u201cAmong the ruins\u201d, 1902.\u00a0 Private collection<\/b><\/p>\n<p>However, despite the faithful representation of ancient environments, the minuteness of the details,\u00a0 Alma-Tadema, in the representation of archaeological finds, changing the materials than the originals, even to take a little &#8216;game of the viewer, he wanted to see if he had been able to detect these differences, and also a way to test his skills.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/113.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8025\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/113-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"11\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/113-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/113-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/113.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Alma-Tadema &#8220;The Roses of Heliogabalus,&#8221; 1888. P\u00e9rez Sim\u00f3n Collection, Mexico\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><i>&#8220;Alma-Tadema is difficult to classify not belong to any school, or rather, is himself a school.&#8221;<\/i><\/b> <b>The Art Journal in 1870<\/b>. Definition which emphasizes that the artist was very much appreciated and recognized as a model for its time.<\/p>\n<p>In the paintings of this painter, indeed in all of those artists belonging to this movement, there was always the woman. Women sorceresses, heroines, muse, women who could be angels or demons become, perform the function of saviors or tempting . The woman was in fact the main subject dell&#8217;Aesthetic Movement.\u00a0In the last years of his career, Alma-Tadema will focus almost exclusively to the representation of these female subjects, women with thick hair, dreamy-eyed and in love, portrayed in the beautiful marble terraces, with dreamy attitudes but also sensual.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/13-.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8027\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/13--300x153.png\" alt=\"13\" width=\"300\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/13--300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/13--1024x525.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/13-.png 1134w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Alma-Tadema &#8220;Paradise on Earth&#8221;, 1891. Private Collection<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/13-bis-ask-me-no-more-1906.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8030\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/13-bis-ask-me-no-more-1906-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"13 bis ask-me-no-more-1906\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/13-bis-ask-me-no-more-1906-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/13-bis-ask-me-no-more-1906-1024x694.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Alma-Tadema &#8220;Ask me no more&#8221;, 1906. Private Collection <\/b><\/p>\n<p>But sometimes it happens that even the most beautiful things are not spared by tragic epilogues.\u00a0In fact, the painters belonging to this movement after a happy time, knew the contempt, defined their art decadent and kitsch, many works have been lost because destroying or defacing them, even, in some cases, were only saved the frames.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, there are also people who do not follow the currents of mass taste or the dictates of criticism, it has been that way for the patron Mexican P\u00e9rez Sim\u00f3n that in addition to the Renaissance or Impressionist masterpieces, a few years ago bought works by artists dell&#8217;Aesthetic Movement. Works that combine the same passion for art and beauty.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/142.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8031\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/142-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"14\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/142-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/142-772x1024.jpg 772w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/142.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Alma-Tadema, &#8220;A Greek woman&#8221;, 1869. Private Collection<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/152.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8032\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/152-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"15\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/152-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/152-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/152.jpg 799w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Alma-Tadema &#8220;Oleander&#8221;, 1882. Private Collection<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1-collezione.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8253\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1-collezione-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"1 collezione\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1-collezione-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1-collezione.jpg 588w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/2-collezione.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8254\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/2-collezione-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"2 collezione\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/2-collezione-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/2-collezione.jpg 587w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/3-collezione.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8255\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/3-collezione-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"3 collezione\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/3-collezione-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/3-collezione.jpg 588w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/4-collezione.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8256\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/4-collezione-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"4 collezione\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/4-collezione-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/4-collezione.jpg 587w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Four sketches Alma Tadema&#8217;s inspiration for S\/S 2015, by Beatrice Brandini<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/164.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8033\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/164-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"16\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/164-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/164-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/164.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Image on the exibithion<\/b><\/p>\n<p>I conclude with this image and a phrase, ultimately perhaps a little abused, but suitable for this post, having regard to these works, and especially for these times:\u00a0<b><em>&#8220;Beauty will save the world <\/em>&#8221; from \u201cthe Idiot\u201d of Dostoevsky\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/ALMA-TADEMA_Spring_1894__05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8059\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/ALMA-TADEMA_Spring_1894__05-300x205.jpg\" alt=\"ALMA-TADEMA_Spring_1894__05\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/ALMA-TADEMA_Spring_1894__05-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beatricebrandini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/ALMA-TADEMA_Spring_1894__05.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Alma-Tadema,\u00a0particular\u00a0of &#8220;Spring&#8221;, 1884. J.Paul Getty Museum<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">Good life to all!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Beatrice<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Banner of the exhibition\u00a0 &#8220;Water Lily&#8221; by Beatrice Brandini In the cloister of Bramante in Rome there is a beautiful exposition of the greatest artists of the Victorian era, &#8220;Alma-Tadema and 800 English painters, P\u00e9rez Sim\u00f3n Collection&#8221;. 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