tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086588560855961894.post7458831185153458869..comments2024-03-22T03:10:02.053-07:00Comments on THE BLUE LANTERN: Vittorio Zecchin: A Thousand and One Nights - More or LessJane Librizzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03943563452168571716noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086588560855961894.post-22587323966258011592018-01-17T10:51:48.815-08:002018-01-17T10:51:48.815-08:00Welcome, Therese. Zecchin admired Klimt's sty...Welcome, Therese. Zecchin admired Klimt's style. His use of color is more joyous, I think, than Klimt. The sexual component of Klimt's patterns seems largely absent in Zecchin's work. Admittedly, sometimes that's in the eye of the beholder.Janehttp://www.thebluelantern.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086588560855961894.post-22471208283951386102018-01-17T09:52:01.261-08:002018-01-17T09:52:01.261-08:00You made me discover Vittorio Zecchin, thank you. ...You made me discover Vittorio Zecchin, thank you. Of course I thought of Klimt when looking at this painting.Thérèsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14354559064351144704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086588560855961894.post-42928166026923640462018-01-03T09:55:06.563-08:002018-01-03T09:55:06.563-08:00Hels, yes it has been documented that Zecchin saw ...Hels, yes it has been documented that Zecchin saw work by Klimt and other contemporary Viennese artists. <br />As to the moniker of "Stile Liberty", you know how that goes. Once a nickname gets applied, it sticks like glue, no matter how much or how little it applies in each instance. It's the unthinking, "Oh, we're in Italy so this must be what Stile Liberty looks like." <br /><br />Happy New Year to you.Janehttp://www.thebluelantern.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086588560855961894.post-1667776951915625902018-01-02T20:48:29.418-08:002018-01-02T20:48:29.418-08:00I wondered why Art Nouveau was called Stile Libert...I wondered why Art Nouveau was called Stile Liberty in some countries. In one way it made perfect sense - Liberty of London was doing very well AND it was an inspiration elsewhere. <br /><br />But from the image you presented, Zecchin's stylistic debt to Gustav Klimt is much more persuasive than his debt to Liberty. In fact there were mixed metaphors all over the place. When Zecchin received the commission for The Thousand And One Nights (1909-14), I wonder if he had already seen Gustav Klimt's Beethoven Frieze (1902) in the Secession building in Vienna. The dates are perfect.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com