The essay examines the birth of Giorgio de Chirico’s so-called Baroque period in its explicit connection with his interest in the painting technique of the great masters of the past, a central reference in the artist’s poetics. The paper particularly analyses the connection of the early “baroque” period with de Chirico’s move into sacred art between the late 1930s and early 1940s. The study thus dwells on a painting such as The Good Samaritan, and on the works dedicated to Crucifixions, Depositions and Pietà made from 1939 to 1945, in their connection with de Chirico’s writings dedicated to sacred art, in which the painter denounces the impoverishment of art along with the horrors of World War II and Nazi crimes. The essay concludes with The Ascent to Calvary, the masterpiece of de Chirico’s sacred production, in its dialogue “theatrical” dialogue between the figure of Christ and the presence of St. Francis in prayer, and with Christ and the Storm, almost an ex-voto for the end of the tragedy of war and the crimes of the Shoah, which de Chirico describes with words of lucid and dramatic civil conscience.

Il saggio prende in esame la nascita del cosiddetto periodo barocco di Giorgio de Chirico nel suo esplicito collegamento con l’interesse per la tecnica pittorica dei grandi maestri del passato, riferimento centrale nella poetica dell’artista. Lo scritto analizza in modo particolare la connessione del primo periodo “barocco” dechirichiano con il suo approdo all’arte sacra tra la fine degli anni Trenta e i primi anni Quaranta. Lo studio si sofferma così su un quadro come Il buon samaritano, e sulle opere dedicate alle crocifissioni, alle deposizioni e alla Pietà realizzate dal 1939 al 1945, nel loro legame con gli scritti di de Chirico dedicati all’arte sacra, in cui il pittore denuncia il depauperamento dell’arte insieme agli orrori della guerra e ai crimini nazisti. Si conclude con La salita al Calvario, capolavoro della produzione sacra di de Chirico, nel suo dialogo “teatrale” tra la figura di Cristo e la presenza di San Francesco in preghiera, e con il Cristo e la Tempesta, quasi un ex voto per la fine della tragedia bellica e dei crimini della Shoah che de Chirico descrive con parole di lucida e drammatica coscienza civile.

La vera grandezza della pittura. Giorgio de Chirico, il Barocco e l’arte sacra

Canova lorenzo
2024-01-01

Abstract

The essay examines the birth of Giorgio de Chirico’s so-called Baroque period in its explicit connection with his interest in the painting technique of the great masters of the past, a central reference in the artist’s poetics. The paper particularly analyses the connection of the early “baroque” period with de Chirico’s move into sacred art between the late 1930s and early 1940s. The study thus dwells on a painting such as The Good Samaritan, and on the works dedicated to Crucifixions, Depositions and Pietà made from 1939 to 1945, in their connection with de Chirico’s writings dedicated to sacred art, in which the painter denounces the impoverishment of art along with the horrors of World War II and Nazi crimes. The essay concludes with The Ascent to Calvary, the masterpiece of de Chirico’s sacred production, in its dialogue “theatrical” dialogue between the figure of Christ and the presence of St. Francis in prayer, and with Christ and the Storm, almost an ex-voto for the end of the tragedy of war and the crimes of the Shoah, which de Chirico describes with words of lucid and dramatic civil conscience.
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