NOSTALGIA... .. images from Giorgio de Chirico paintings.
The term nostalgia describes a sentimentality for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations.[1] The word is a learned formation of a Greek compound, consisting of νόστος (nóstos), meaning "homecoming", a Homeric word, and ἄλγος (álgos), meaning "pain, ache", and was coined by a 17th-century medical student to describe the anxieties displayed by Swiss mercenaries fighting away from home. Described as a medical condition—a form of melancholy—in the Early Modern period, it became an important trope in Romanticism.[1]
The loneliness of a statue, a long way to infinity.
Empty spaces of memories from present to eternity. Shadows of thought , standing, waiting for us to return.
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| Nostalgia by PlaytheArtBox 2013 |
The term nostalgia describes a sentimentality for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations.[1] The word is a learned formation of a Greek compound, consisting of νόστος (nóstos), meaning "homecoming", a Homeric word, and ἄλγος (álgos), meaning "pain, ache", and was coined by a 17th-century medical student to describe the anxieties displayed by Swiss mercenaries fighting away from home. Described as a medical condition—a form of melancholy—in the Early Modern period, it became an important trope in Romanticism.[1]
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Giorgio de Chirico in 1936, photographed by Carl Van Vechten
Born:
10 July 1888; 194417
Died:
20 November 1978; 194418
Active Years:
1909
- 1978
Field:
painting
Nationality:
Italian
Art Movement:
Surrealism, Metaphysical art
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The
founder of the Metaphysical art movement, Giorgio de Chirico was an
Italian (Born in Volos,Greece)surrealist painter, whose work implied a
metaphysical questioning of reality. After studying in Athens and
Florence, he moved to Germany to study at the Academy of Fine Arts in
Munich, where he was influenced by the writings of Nietzsche and Arthur
Schopenhauer. On his way to Paris, De Chirico traveled back to Florence
and later to Turin, where he was moved by the metaphysical beauty of the
surroundings. He exhibited his works at the Salon des Independants for
the first time in 1913, and sold his first painting, the Red Tower,
later signing with the art dealer Paul Guillame.
Upon the outbreak of the First World War, De Chirico returned to Italy,
and enlisted for the military. However, he was considered unfit for
combat and was assigned to work in a military hospital. During this
time, he continued to paint in his unique metaphysical style. In the
fall of 1919, De Chirico published an article in an art publication, in
which he advocated for a return to the classical iconography by such
masters as Raphael and Signorelli. He also openly criticized modern art
and became an outspoken opponent of it. show more
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| Up at the house with the vine covered patios the climber roses, and the water that chills; you always the stone statue and I always the growing shadow. you the ajar shutter, and I the wind blowing it open; because I love you and I love you; you always the coin and I the adoration that reimburses it. |
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The monogram – Odysseas Elytis
Odysseas Elytis (Greek: Οδυσσέας Ελύτης, born Οδυσσέας Αλεπουδέλλης; November 2, 1911 – March 18, 1996) was regarded as a major exponent of romantic modernism in Greece and the world. In 1979 the Nobel Prize in Literature was bestowed on him. |
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