Plato - Luca Giordano
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Description
A portrait of Plato by Luca Giordano, the Italian Baroque painter. The painting depicts Plato as an elderly man with a bald head and a long white beard, holding a book.
This portrait of Plato is by Luca Giordano (1634-1705), an Italian Baroque painter known for his speed and facility, earning him the nickname 'Luca fa presto' ('Luca paints quickly'). Giordano was influenced by a range of artists, including Titian, Veronese, and Ribera, and his work is characterised by its energetic brushwork and dramatic use of light and shadow. He worked in Naples and Florence, and also spent a decade in Spain, where he painted frescoes for the Royal Palace of Madrid and other important buildings. Giordano's prolific output and international career made him one of the most important and influential painters of the late 17th century. The painting depicts Plato as an elderly man with a bald head and a long white beard. He is dressed in a simple robe and is holding a book, possibly representing his philosophical writings. The background is dark and indistinct, which concentrates attention on Plato's face and hands. The artist uses chiaroscuro, the contrast between light and dark, to create a sense of drama and to emphasise Plato's features. The overall effect is one of solemnity and wisdom, befitting the philosopher's status as one of the most important figures in Western thought.
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Plato - Luca Giordano
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Artist Biography
Luca Giordano
He was born in Naples in 1634 and trained under Jusepe de Ribera. Around 1652 he travelled to Rome, where he absorbed Pietro da Cortona's Baroque dynamism and studied the High Renaissance masters. His other nickname, Proteus, came from his ability to produce convincing pastiches in the style of almost any painter: Durer, Titian, Veronese. The skill was admired rather than criticised; versatility was a virtue in Baroque Naples.
In 1692, Charles II of Spain invited him to Madrid, where he spent ten years painting frescoes in the Escorial, the Royal Palace and other buildings. His Spanish work is among his best: the scale suited his ambition, and the court demanded the gold brush. He returned to Naples in 1702 after the king's death.
His late paintings, lighter and less rhetorical than his Roman-influenced middle period, anticipated the Rococo. Fragonard admired them a generation later. Giordano was generous with money, particularly to poorer artists, and spent large sums on acts of patronage and charity. His output was enormous, running to thousands of works across oil and fresco. He died in Naples in 1705, at seventy.
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