- Gabriele Castagnola
Gabriele Castagnola (11/14/1828
Genoa - 8/30/1883 Florence) was an Italian artist who worked inoil painting andchromolithography in an Academic style inFlorence, Italy . [ [http://www.phxart.org/collection/filippo.asp Phoenix Art Museum] , accessed 8 February 2008.] This style of painting and sculpture derived from the Academies where most artists received their formal training, and is characterized by its high finish, use of mythological or historical subject matter, and moralistic tone. Castagnola's paintings are often somewhat sentimental and often focus on themes of love and romance. The romance of the Early Renaissance painterFilippo Lippi with the young novice Lucrezia Buti is a recurring theme in his pieces, as arenuns in general.His works include: Filippo Lippi e Lucrezia Buti (1863), Scena Romantica (1864), Ciociara, Jeune Fille au Balcon (1865), Faust and Marguerite (1870), Lippi Declaring his Love to the Nun/Lippi with the Nun (1870), Filippino Lippi and his Mistress (1871), Love or Duty (1871), A Nun Observing Two Butterflies (1872), Reading Together (1872), Rosen (1873), Scena Galante, Couple Romantique Assis Sur un Banc (1873), The Embrace of Fra Filippo Lippi and Lucrezia Buti (1874), The Meeting (1875), Nun Admiring Lovebirds (1875), La Monaca e il Pittore, Amor Cortese (1876), The Kind Gesture (1876), and The Seduction (1877).
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