Dialectics of Modernity

Image credits: I neofiti, 1934, 61 x 61 cm, tempera encaustica su tavola, Firmato in basso a destra: 'Cagli', Roma, collezione privata - courtesy Archivio Corrado Cagli

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I neofiti

Artefact Type:

painting

Description:

Painting by Corrado Cagli representing three neophytes who just received baptism in a stream, alluding to the idea of the start of a 'new life' with a strong collective dimension.

Current Location:

Private collection, Rome

Technique(s):

Encaustic tempera on panel

Size:

cm 61 x 61

Notes:

Exhibited at 2nd Rome Quadrennial, 1935

Artist(s):

Corrado Cagli

Creation Start Date :

1934

Theme(s) :

Magical Realism
Roman School

Tag(s) :

Autonomy
Classical tradition
Subjectivity
Volumetry
Individuality
Crisis of the West or Western Civilization