- Giuseppe Bazzani
Giuseppe Bazzani (
September 23 ,1690 -August 17 ,1769 ) was an Italian painter of theRococo .Born in
Mantua to agoldsmith ,Giovanni Bazzani , early on he apprenticed with the Parmesan painterGiovanni Canti (1653-1715). A fellow pupil wasFrancesco Maria Raineri . He spent most of his life in Mantua. From 1752, he was faculty, and from 1767, director of the "Accademia di Belle Arti " of Mantua.While esconced in a declining provincial city, he absorbed international influences. His loose brushstrokes, fervid often dark emotionalism, and tortured poses, which recall at times later
expressionism , display stylistic tendencies more typical ofLombardy . Numerous artists, including Fetti, Bencovich, Rubens, and Magnasco are said to have influenced him, although the number and diversity of the artists suggested hints that he had an idiosyncratic and unique synthesis for his time.Among his early works are paintings of the "Miracles of
Pius V ", the "Conversion of a Heretic" and the "Healing of a Madwoman" (all mid-1720s; Mantua, Museum of theDucal Palace of Mantua ), initially painted for the church of Saint Maurizio in Mantua. He painted depictions of the evangelists St. John, St. Mark and St. Luke (all late 1720s) for the parish church ofVasto di Goito . He painted the "Baptism", the "Ecstasy of St.Aloysius Gonzaga " and the "Ecstasy of Saints Francis & Anthony" (1732) for the parish church ofBorgoforte . Seven canvases depicting the Life ofAlexander the Great were painted forGiacomo Biondi , one of the artist's early patrons.Anthology
References
*Wittkower, Rudolf (1993). "Pelican History of Art: Art and Architecture Italy, 1600-1750". Penguin Books Ltd, 478-9.
*"Some Unpublished Paintings by Giuseppe Bazzani", Chiara Perina The Art Bulletin (1964); p 227-231.
*cite book | first= Dr. Pasquale (Segretario dell Belle Arti in Mantova)|last= Coddè| year=1837| title= Memorie Biografiche, poste in forma di Dizionario die Pittori, Scultori, Architetti, ed Incisori Mantovani| editor = book augmented and written by the Luigi Coddè, PhD.| pages= pages 12-17| publisher= "Presso i Fratelli Negretti", Mantua; Digitized by Googlebooks from Oxford University copy on October 16, 2006| id= | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=0BAGAAAAQAAJ&dq=Pasquale+Codd%C3%A8| authorlink=
* [http://www.wga.hu/bio/b/bazzani/biograph.html| Web Gallery of Art biography] .
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