'Hogarth, Reynolds, Turner: British Painting and the Rise of Modernity' unveiled for Rome
ROME - After the success of the previous exhibition back in 2010, this current exhibition called "Hogarth, Reynolds, Turner. British Painting and the Rise of Modernity" focuses on the British environment.
The exhibition is promoted by the Fondazione Roma, in collaboration with the Soprintendenza Speciale per il Patrimonio Storico Artistico ed Etnoantropologico e per il Polo Museale della Città di Roma. Fondazione Roma-Arte-Musei is organizing the whole event. It will be hosted at the Museo Fondazione Roma within Palazzo Sciarra from 15 April and will last until 20 July 2014.
With Carolina Brook and Valter Curzi as curators, the exhibition aims at offering a global perspective on the artistic and social development matured across the 18th Century in parallel with the advancement of Great Britain's hegemony in the historical, political, and economic fields.
About 100 art pieces have been collected thanks to the support of the most prestigious museums such as the British Museum, the Tate Britain Gallery, the Victoria & Albert Museum, the Royal Academy, the National Portrait Gallery, the Museum of London, and the Uffizi Gallery, to which has been added another important collection from the significant contribution offered by the Yale Centre for British Art.
“Following the good response from the public and critics to the exhibition on the central cultural role Rome has played in the 18th Century, I wanted to look beyond the borders of our Nation. I wanted to explore the exceptional events that saw England at the core of the economic and social evolution through which it developed its own artistic language in order to become a model for Europe as a whole in the 19th Century” said Professor Emmanuele F.M. Emanuele, the President of the Fondazione Roma.
“Thanks to some of the most relevant international institutions, namely the British Museum, the Tate Gallery, and the Victoria & Albert Museum, this exhibition represents a further evidence of something I strongly believe in: private entities, especially no-profit entities, are a much-required asset for the development of high-profile cultural projects. At the same time, they can offer a new and innovative management model in the sector of culture".
Prof. Emanuele added – “started in 1999. Over the years, the Fondazione has organised more than 42 exhibitions, thus enriching the cultural offer of our city with always innovative and culturally stimulating proposals”.
18th Century London was the heartbeat of the British Empire, with a 700 thousand increase in the number of inhabitants across the first half of the century.
