ROME - "Raphael at the Scuderie del Quirinale '', the record exhibition with the largest number of works ever exhibited, 200 masterpieces, although battered by the pandemic, closed and reopened and each time with long lines outside the Stables that hosted it For as long as possible, it is now also coming to the cinema with a special event, distributed in theaters by Adler Entertainment, on 13, 14 and 15 September.
"Raffaello alle Scuderie del Quirinale" (Raphael Revealed), directed by Phil Grabsky, is a documentary on the largest exhibition ever dedicated to the genius Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, in the five hundredth anniversary of his death. The Raffaello 1520-1483 exhibition which was held in Rome, at the Scuderie del Quirinale, closed just four days after its inauguration due to the lockdown imposed for the Covid-19 emergency and which, for this reason, few have had the lucky to visit. Then it reopened it was a sort of laboratory for the rules imposed on exhibitions by Covid with a kind of watertight closure and staggered visits to admire the wonders on display. A path, that of the exhibition, which started from the disappearance, which took place individually on the same day of his birth on the evening of Good Friday,and as in a succession of flashbacks he gradually illuminated the years that preceded the end, the portraits of maturity, starting with the powerful one of Pope Leo X, together with all the study of antiquity, the reflections on archeology, the drawings - beautiful - that accompanied each painting. Masterpieces from all over the world: first of all from the Uffizi but also from Monaco the Madonna Tempi, from Madrid the sweetness of the Madonna of the rose, from Washington the Madonna of Alba. Never so many works by Raphael all together. The path ended with the young Raphael, the self-portrait that became the painter's icon.the drawings - beautiful - that accompanied each painting. Masterpieces from all over the world: first of all from the Uffizi but also from Monaco the Madonna Tempi, from Madrid the sweetness of the Madonna of the rose, from Washington the Madonna of Alba. Never so many works by Raphael all together. The path ended with the young Raphael, the self-portrait that became the painter's icon.the drawings - beautiful - that accompanied each painting. Masterpieces from all over the world: first of all from the Uffizi but also from Monaco the Madonna Tempi, from Madrid the sweetness of the Madonna of the rose, from Washington the Madonna of Alba. Never so many works by Raphael all together. The path ended with the young Raphael, the self-portrait that became the painter's icon.
The valuable cinematographic work of the award-winning English director Phil Grabsky, new pioneer of the documentary genre dedicated to art, already author of works dedicated to Leonardo, Matisse, Monet, Renoir and Cézanne, documents the more than 200 masterpieces on display, including paintings and drawings for give life to the genius, creativity and pictorial ability of our giant of the Renaissance. The film, whose gestation lasted almost three years, is shot in Ultra HD and produced by the production company of the same director, Seventh Art Productions, in collaboration with the Exibition on Screen (EOS) brand.