Michelangelo universale: tra teoria e polimatìa Oscar Schiavone Michelangelo Buonarroti’s work illustrates the early modern fusion of, and balance between, distinct forms of knowledge. On the one hand, this contribution sees Michelangelo as an early modern theoretician offering a non-systematic contribution to Platonic idealism and aesthetic theory. On the other, Michelangelo’s Medici Chapel provides a…

«Io decisamente non sono un pittore di paesaggi». Vincent van Gogh all’Aja (1881-1883): note sulla nascita di una coscienza artistica Alessio Costarelli Though Vincent van Gogh’s French years (1885-1890) are traditionally the most studied and appreciated by the critics as well as by the public, some key aspects of his mature poetics and style cannot…

Aspetti teorici e dimensione pratica nell’attività di Lorenzo Lotto Francesco De Carolis This paper aims at analysing materials and processes used by Lotto to realise his paintings, starting from the records written on his account book, well known as Libro di spese diverse. At the same time, the present research considers his remarks about art…

In assenza di parole. Rembrandt “teorico”? Marco M. Mascolo The paper examines the problem of Rembrandt’s complex and poorly documented relationship with the so-called “art theory”. The essay aims to trace the evidence that allows us to reconstruct the artist’s position towards theoretical assumptions such as the importance of painting “nae ‘t leven”, that is,…

Contributi di Graham Sutherland a una fenomenologia dell’arte Pasquale Fameli In the writings of the English painter Graham Sutherland, it is possible to trace some general reflections on the genetic and structural foundations of art, particularly in the areas of engraving and sacred art. In this contribution will be emphasised the phenomenological character of these…

Edmond Couchot teorico delle immagini digitali Paola Lagonigro Author of some of the first interactive artworks (La plume and Je sème à tout vent), Edmond Couchot was more prolific as a theoretician than as an artist. This paper seeks to reflect on his writings of the 1980s and early 1990s, when digital technologies were not…