THE RISORGIMENTO IN ART

HI, I’M MARIKA AND THIS IS THE PAINTING I LIKE VERY MUCH.

YOU CAN SEE A PATRIOT SAYING GOODBYE TO THE WOMAN HE LOVES  BEFORE GOING TO WAR. THE COUPLE IS WEARING 14^TH CENTURY CLOTHES BUT THE SUBJECT IS THE RISORGIMENTO. THE COLOURS SYMBOLYZE THE   ALLIANCE BETWEEN FRANCE AND ITALY: THE RED AND THE GREEN OF THE MAN’S CLOTHES, THE WHITE OF THE SHIRT WORN UNDER THE BLUE DRESS BY THE WOMAN. IN THE LEFT PART OF THE CANVAS THERE SEEMS TO BE SOMEONE SO THERE IS THE IDEA OF DANGER.

THE PICTURE ALSO REPRESENTS LOVE AND PASSION: THE COUPLE IS EMBRANCING WHILE GIVING EACH OTHER A PASSIONATE KISS.

HI,

MY NAME’S EMANUELE AND THIS IS THE PAINTING I CHOSE.

IT’S A PICTURE BY GEROLAMO INDUNO WHO WAS ALSO A SOLDIER AND FOUGHT IN THE CRIMEAN WAR AND IN THE BATTLE OF CERNAIA. THE PAINTER DEPICTS THE DEPARTURE OF PARTISANS AND THEIR SAYING GOOD BYE TO THEIR FAMILIES. THE WHOLE COMMUNITY IS WITH THEM AND THEY ARE BLESSED BY THE PRIEST OF A COUNTRY VILLAGE. I LOVE THIS PICTURE BECAUSE IT MAKES THE FEELINGS OF THESE YOUNG MEN COME TO LIFE: THEY ARE SAD BECAUSE THEY ARE  LEAVING THE PEOPLE THEY LOVE BUT THEY ARE ALSO PROUD BECAUSE THEY ARE FIGHTING AND SACRIFICING THEIR LIVES FOR THE UNITY OF ITALY. I THINK THIS PICTURE MAKES US TO REFLECT ON WHAT PATRIOTISM MEANS

HI GUYS

I’M GIACOMO AND THIS IS THE PICTURE I LIKE. THE TITLE IS “ GARIBALDI IN THE MOUNTAINS OF St ANGELO IN CAPUA” (1862). IT REPRESENTS GARIBALDI IN A MOMENT OF REST. HE IS THOUGHTFUL, LOOKING INTO THE DISTANCE , TO THE BEAUTIFUL SUNSET, WHILE TWO SOLDIERS SEEM TO BE WAITING FOR HIM.

I LIKE THE PICTURE BECAUSE GARIBALDI IS REPRESENTED NOT AS A HERO BUT JUST AS A MAN . WHAT IS HE THINKING ABOUT ? MAYBE ABOUT WHAT HE HAS ACHIEVED , IF  HIS DREAM OF A UNIFICATION OF ITALY WILL EVER COME TRUE. HE IS SMOKING A CIGAR AND I DON’T KNOW WHY BUT THIS PICTURE MAKES ME FEEL ITALIAN.