(ANSA) - ROME, OCTOBER 21 - 'It is in that suspension between clear and indefinite that lies the fascination of the Macchiaioli, men suspended on the thread of an era that contained one that had just ended and anticipated another to be discovered.
Revolutionaries even in spite of them, whether they were of a jolly or polemical nature, they were indifferent because time worked for them, helping their intelligence to create extraordinary masterpieces now - over 100 - all together to admire, between history, reality and exemptions, in the exhibition dedicated to them Palazzo Zarbardella in Padua from 24 October to 18 April: '' The Macchiaioli.
Masterpieces of the Rising Italy ''.
'' The Macchiaioli were courageous and unconventional men - explains to ANSA Fernando Mazzocca, who together with Giuliano Matteucci curated the exhibition - who fought to affirm an art different from the official one, the one that was appreciated by critics and the public Wanting to renew the vision of reality and for this they made an aesthetic but also a political and moral battle to create Italy with the Risorgimento.
They have contributed to a new and fairer society but also to beauty and universal themes.
For this the Macchiaioli, in this moment we are living, are an injection of vitality and energy.
We need it. ''
In fact, the exhibition is a real act of courage with the pandemic that looms but the idea is precisely to rewrite the history of this movement in some way through the human story of `` friends '': collectors, art historians or simple lovers beauty that accompanied their journey.
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