Piero Gucciardini - Ancient Village

The urban landscape was already a popular subject in the Middle Ages and the Modern Era, but predominantly in an idealized manner. Scenes of city life became typical themes with a more realistic interpretation starting in the 19th century. It's worth remembering how, immediately following the realist movements of the 19th century, the Impressionists also placed great emphasis on the everyday, on everyday life, with a certain predilection, however, for the frenetic pace of the city, its crowds, traffic, and typically bourgeois settings.

In this silkscreen by Piero Gucciardini, the urban landscape becomes a pure aesthetic pleasure. Reality is synthesized and altered in favor of a predominantly geometric composition and linear rhythms. The representation is resolved with a loose drawing, respecting the straightforward, everyday nature of the small village. The view is rich in delightful details, designed to arouse the viewer's curiosity and interest. However, everything is resolved within a complex space, constructed according to multiple guidelines, into which the regular volumes of the houses are inserted. This conception of pictorial space is indebted to Cubist art, but what is mechanical and overly rationalistic in that avant-garde painting is tempered by Gucciardini thanks to the mobility and freshness of his hatching.

Piero Gucciardini is a painter with a remarkable body of work. His paintings reimagine the typical landscape of his homeland, dotted with small, ancient villages, in an original and aesthetically evocative way, combining the realism of simple everyday life with the complexity of a cubist representation.

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