Giacinto Diano: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
Rococo1700 (talk | contribs) ←Created page with ''''Giacinto Diano''' (Pozzuoli, March 28 1731 – Naples, 13 agosto 1803) was an Italian painter, active in Southern Italy. He trained in the s...' |
No edit summary |
||
| (38 intermediate revisions by 21 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Short description|Italian painter (1731–1803)}} |
|||
'''Giacinto Diano''' ([[Pozzuoli]], March 28 1731 – [[Naples]], 13 agosto 1803) was an [[Italy|Italian]] painter, active in Southern Italy. He trained in the studio of [[Francesco De Mura]],<ref>''Art and architecture in Italy, 1600-1750'', by [[Rudolf Wittkower]], Joseph Connors, and Jennifer Montagu, Page 118</ref> and moved to Naples for good in 1752. Among his pupils was [[Gaetano Gigante]]. |
|||
[[File:Diana, Giacinto - The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|right|The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian]] |
|||
'''Giacinto Diano''' or '''Diana''' (28 March 1731 – 13 August 1803) was an Italian painter, active in Southern Italy in a style that mixes [[Rococo]] and [[Neoclassicism]]. |
|||
==Life== |
|||
Giacinto was born in [[Pozzuoli]], and died in [[Naples]]. He trained in the studio of [[Francesco De Mura]], whose work would influence his early compositions.<ref>''Art and architecture in Italy, 1600-1750'', by [[Rudolf Wittkower]], Joseph Connors, and [[Jennifer Montagu]], Page 118</ref> He worked briefly in Rome with [[Anton Raphael Mengs]], before settling in Naples in 1752.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=qxsTAAAAQAAJ Le belle arti], Volumes 1-2, By Giovanni Battista Gennaro Grossi, Tipografia del Giornale Enciclopedico, Strada del Salvadore a Sant'Angelo a Nilo #48, Naples (1820); page 192</ref> Naples was at the time experiencing a period of great artistic and cultural splendor due to the presence of the enlightened [[Charles III of Spain]]. Nicknamed ''o Puzzulaniello'' or referred to as ''il Pozzolano'', Giacinto succeeded in gaining within a short timespan a prominent place in the art scene of his time. |
|||
Among his works were:<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=9fkIAAAAQAAJ Vicende della coltura nelle due Sicilie], by Pietro Napoli-Signorelli. Volume II, 2nd edition, Naples (1811); page 253.</ref> |
|||
*Frescoes for the Palazzo Francavilla (now [[Palazzo Cellammare]]) |
|||
*Frescoes for the Hospital of Santa Maria della Pace |
|||
*Frescoes for church of the Pellegrini |
|||
*Two canvases for the church of Agostino della Zecca |
|||
He became professor at Naples' Accademia del Disegno in 1773 but continued to achieve a prolific output.<ref>Alexander Kader. "Diana, Giacinto." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 16 Mar. 2016.</ref> [[Gaetano Gigante]] was one of his pupils. |
|||
==Work== |
|||
Giacinto Diano painted in a light, colourful and dramatic style.<ref>[http://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-reception-of-saint-john-of-god-into-heaven-54711 Giacinto Diana (1730–1803), ''The Reception of Saint John of God into Heaven''] at Compton Verney</ref> His works included paintings in a chapel in [[San Pietro ad Aram, Naples|San Pietro ad Aram]], and in the church of the [[Santissima Annunziata Maggiore, Naples|Nunziata]]. |
|||
==Sources== |
==Sources== |
||
{{Reflist |
{{Reflist}} |
||
==External links== |
|||
{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> |
|||
*{{Art UK bio}} |
|||
| NAME = Diano, Giacinto |
|||
{{Commons category|Giacinto Diano}} |
|||
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = |
|||
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Italian painter |
|||
| DATE OF BIRTH = 1731 |
|||
| PLACE OF BIRTH = Pozzuoli |
|||
| DATE OF DEATH = 1803 |
|||
| PLACE OF DEATH = Naples}} |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
{{Authority control}} |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
[[Category:1731 births]] |
[[Category:1731 births]] |
||
[[Category:1803 deaths]] |
[[Category:1803 deaths]] |
||
[[Category:People from Pozzuoli]] |
[[Category:People from Pozzuoli]] |
||
[[Category: |
[[Category:18th-century Italian painters]] |
||
[[Category:Italian male painters]] |
|||
[[it:Giacinto Diano]] |
|||
[[Category:19th-century Italian painters]] |
|||
[[Category:Painters from Naples]] |
|||
[[Category:19th-century Italian male artists]] |
|||
[[Category:18th-century Italian male artists]] |
|||
{{Italy-painter-18thC-stub}} |
|||
Revision as of 05:23, 20 July 2023
Giacinto Diano or Diana (28 March 1731 – 13 August 1803) was an Italian painter, active in Southern Italy in a style that mixes Rococo and Neoclassicism.
Life
Giacinto was born in Pozzuoli, and died in Naples. He trained in the studio of Francesco De Mura, whose work would influence his early compositions.[1] He worked briefly in Rome with Anton Raphael Mengs, before settling in Naples in 1752.[2] Naples was at the time experiencing a period of great artistic and cultural splendor due to the presence of the enlightened Charles III of Spain. Nicknamed o Puzzulaniello or referred to as il Pozzolano, Giacinto succeeded in gaining within a short timespan a prominent place in the art scene of his time.
Among his works were:[3]
- Frescoes for the Palazzo Francavilla (now Palazzo Cellammare)
- Frescoes for the Hospital of Santa Maria della Pace
- Frescoes for church of the Pellegrini
- Two canvases for the church of Agostino della Zecca
He became professor at Naples' Accademia del Disegno in 1773 but continued to achieve a prolific output.[4] Gaetano Gigante was one of his pupils.
Work
Giacinto Diano painted in a light, colourful and dramatic style.[5] His works included paintings in a chapel in San Pietro ad Aram, and in the church of the Nunziata.
Sources
- ^ Art and architecture in Italy, 1600-1750, by Rudolf Wittkower, Joseph Connors, and Jennifer Montagu, Page 118
- ^ Le belle arti, Volumes 1-2, By Giovanni Battista Gennaro Grossi, Tipografia del Giornale Enciclopedico, Strada del Salvadore a Sant'Angelo a Nilo #48, Naples (1820); page 192
- ^ Vicende della coltura nelle due Sicilie, by Pietro Napoli-Signorelli. Volume II, 2nd edition, Naples (1811); page 253.
- ^ Alexander Kader. "Diana, Giacinto." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 16 Mar. 2016.
- ^ Giacinto Diana (1730–1803), The Reception of Saint John of God into Heaven at Compton Verney
External links
- 2 artworks by or after Giacinto Diano at the Art UK site
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Giacinto Diano.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Artists | |
| People | |
| Other | |
 | This article about an Italian painter born in the 18th century is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |