Cocktails with a Curator: Vecchietta's "Resurrection"

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In this week’s episode of “Cocktails with a Curator,” examine Vecchietta’s bronze relief “The Resurrection,”-the only signed work by the artist outside of Italy-with Assistant Curator of Sculpture Giulio Dalvit. Vecchietta’s depiction of this miracle defies the laws of perspective, with Christ rendered in such high relief that he seems to be emerging from the composition as he comes back to life-an astonishing confluence of making and meaning. Learn more about this important Renaissance artist while dunking cantucci (almond cookies) in Vin Santo (Holy Wine), so named because it is said to have cured the sick during a plague in 1348.
To view this sculpture in detail, please visit our website: www.frick.org/vecchiettaresur...

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@frickcollection 3 жыл бұрын

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@7heavenlyvirtues 3 жыл бұрын

Good program these are always fun to watch

@mbfrezon 3 жыл бұрын

How interesting - especially about the word 'artist'! Thank you!

@pchabanowich 3 жыл бұрын

This is a wonderfully presented work of art, so woven into historical Sienna and the complexities of its times. The wine and biscuit combination is delightful, and a sampling would be I’m sure a pure delight. That this artist was central to your PHD dissertation makes perfect sense in your knowledgeable and gentle handling of this beautiful bronze. Many thanks.💐

@jfmc6170 3 жыл бұрын

What makes these lecturers...Xavier, Aimee and Giulio alike...irresistible is their Socratic presentation. The curators are not professors reading a script to a classroom of students (patrons), they are tutors speaking (seemingly) one-on-one to each individual student from their own personal knowledge. Giulio’s hand brushing of his hair only adds to the feeling of individuality and spontaneity in each presentation.

@beverlyfletcher4458 3 жыл бұрын

How interesting, how beautiful. Love to know about the history of how words came into the vocabularly as I was thinking how confusing it would be for a potential patron to be faced with a 'painting' when it was really a 'sculpture'! This curator is the first to express pleasure with his cocktail which is a treat and did anyone else think the drink and biscuit was a metaphor for the Bread and Wine? Thank you GD.

@lynnetopping9608 3 жыл бұрын

Yes! Very appropriate. And the wine used at Communion is usually a sweet wine.

@galleryguide9913 3 жыл бұрын

An interesting point was made in the presentation of challenge that artists have faced in trying to represent theological and religious mysteries in a visually comprehensible way. It is a telling fact of the level of success of the artist and his position in the community that he was able to finance and decorate his own chantry chapel given the huge cost involved. Giambologna was able to do the same later at Santissima Annunziata in Florence and Rubens at the Jakobskirche in Antwerp.

@michaelbaenen2388 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks to Dr. Dalvit for sharing his insights on how Vecchietta embodied the meaning of the resurrection in his specific artistic decisions. The Frick's commitment to bronzes, through its exhibitions and now the dedicated gallery at Frick Madison, is very welcome--these great works of art are too often overlooked.

@judithricca6915 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your insight into this work, especially the difficulty of depicting a theological concept. . I very much look forward to seeing this work again at Frick Madison, with this additional information.

@ediesedgwick4462 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful! Thank god my "low battery" warning came quite near the end! I love these art/culture salons! Keep up the good work! 👍❤

@bernadettepowelltonyhowlet1717 3 жыл бұрын

To reduce a PhD subject to 20 minutes is quite something. Loved learning from it, swept along by the accent and emphasis in Giulio's voice

@ritabiro5105 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you about Veccietas resurection work from Siena and the exhibition landed in New York Fricks collection.It must bee worth to visit altogethet with all capolavoroes and feel the gratitude for God the salvation.

@marianneb.7112 3 жыл бұрын

This is my favorite KZfaq series, and I think this video has been my favorite so far: extremely interesting, well-paced, and well-presented. It makes me want to know more. Thank you very much!

@lucanardecchia2859 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Giulio. Un saluto da Roma

@margaretkaczorowski2215 3 жыл бұрын

Fascinating as always. Thank you for pointing out the fact the the idea, or word for, Artist, was not around at the time, and Vecchietta's "workaround" to be seen as both a painter and a sculptor.... or an artist. Margaret

@margaretkaczorowski2215 3 жыл бұрын

we are indeed to be lucky to have the word "art" in our vocabulary. Cannot wait to visit The Frick in person soon to see all these great works!

@nelsonx5326 3 жыл бұрын

The Frick is fantastic.

@robcoghan5204 3 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed, you have a high bar with S and A.

@celiadevault1066 3 жыл бұрын

Fascinating

@claudettedelphis6476 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing your delightful information 🦋🌿🌸🍒 Absolutely magnificent 🍷🎻

@Amc933 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent!

@rosemarycaruso9071 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! Thank you so very much for this really informative presentation. I love Friday evenings.

@ritabiro5105 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you telling and showing me Viccetas releifs in Sienna where very long time ago l shortly saw the beautiful chathedral .Your Fricks collection must bee happy to have this capolavoro about resurection.Byby

@josephdoggett5222 3 жыл бұрын

I enjoy watching various members of the staff develop their own style and presentation personalities. In this case, more confidence and poise is noted with each episode. My favorite personal touch is the periodic hair swipe! A thoughtful and informative episode. Thank you.

@NEntv58 3 жыл бұрын

Clearly you're finding your groove. Good job.

@patricialewinska1351 3 жыл бұрын

What an interesting presentation. Your knowledge and enjoyment of your subject is clear and I was engrossed in the topic of bronze 'paintings' in Siena. It was so lovely to see images of Siena, a place I have spent many happy hours, to hear the snap of cantucci biscuits and to imagine the taste of a good vin santo. Thank you

@DianeMassad 3 жыл бұрын

Such a thorough report. Thank-you!

@pegnorth2818 3 жыл бұрын

Charming, thank you.

@Booka60 3 жыл бұрын

Thank You Giulio!!!

@bahhumbug9824 3 жыл бұрын

Wow...he wasn't kidding about the hardness of those biscuits. The crunching comes through perfectly clear. lol

@chrisf5841 3 жыл бұрын

Great work, very educational!

@janethoward2939 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@marieanneaffre1802 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much To you... Very interinsting Beautiful... ... bronze... As Art ..Wonderful... As Siena i know i visited each town from Italia !, So I love Art 😍💖👏🎨🌐🔉💖

@stephaniegarry2854 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful!

@johnnzboy 3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting, thank you, Giulio. According to my basic Italian, 'Vecchietta' means 'little old lady' - is this correct, and if so, does anyone know how he obtained this unusual epithet?

@lucanardecchia2859 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, your translation is correct, Vecchietta means "dear little old lady " in italian, but I don' t know the reason of this name.