Fierce Reality 剧烈现实

The17thcenturysparkedagoldenageforartinNaples.ItwasaperiodofextraordinaryachievementinpaintingcharacterizedbyaleveloforiginalityandqualitythatplacedNaplesatthecentreofinternationalartistictaste.AnalmostcontinuousquantityofremarkableartisticaccomplishmentsinNaplesatthistimeleftanindelibleimprintonthehistoryofEuropeanart.Thisexhibitioncataloguewillpresent50paintings,includingsomefamiliariconsaswellasmanyimportantworksbysuchartistsasArtemisiaGentileschi,FrancescoSolimena,LucaGiordano,FrancescoGuarino,MicoSpadaro,SalvatoreRosa,JusepeDeRiberaandmore.Thepaintingsdepictreligiousandsecularsubjects,stilllife,portraiture,and17thcenturycitylifeinNaples,includingtheravagesofrebellionandplague,andmomentsofgreattriumph.