{"product_id":"salvatore-fergola-autoritratto","title":"Salvatore Fergola - Self-Portrait","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe self-portrait is a genre that has been widespread throughout the history of art up to the present day. The first examples date back to the Middle Ages, but not as an independent genre, but rather contextualized within a work. As the artist's self-awareness and his or her role developed, self-portraits, especially those set within other works, began to gain popularity as early as the Renaissance. The first examples of independent self-portraits, however, date back to the 16th century. Often, the artist's self-portrait serves as a sort of stylistic manifesto for the painter who conceived it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n \u003cp\u003eIn his pictorial work, artist Salvatore Fergola stands out for his truly excellent formal quality. This can be seen not only in his landscapes but also in his many portraits, in which, despite the diversity of subjects, a profound sense of naturalistic rendering, interpreted in a modern key, remains constant. Indeed, despite his impeccable capture of facial features, Fergola strives to avoid any attempt to idealize the subject. For this reason, his portraits are imbued with a real vitality, born of the genuineness of his gestures, his sometimes almost casual poses, and the profound existential vibrations he manages to convey through his painting. Indeed, Salvatore Fergola's pictorial style, even in this self-portrait, is distinguished by its great complexity and a modern sense of naturalistic rendering. His linework is fluid and, in some cases, more synthetic, achieving a truly realistic and therefore living dimension to the human figure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n \u003cp\u003eThe work has been attributed to Salvatore Fergola, a Neapolitan artist who lived between 1796 and 1874, considered one of the most important representatives of the Posillipo School. He followed in his father's footsteps, both in his use of tempera and in his approach to landscapes, modeled after Jakob Philipp Hackert, so much so that he can be considered his legitimate heir. Fergola soon became a painter to the Bourbon court; in fact, for this reason, on the one hand, his paintings enjoyed elite distribution, and on the other, with his prints, he attracted a wider audience, made up of bourgeoisie interested in new cultural consumption. In his works, the Neapolitan artist depicted the important events of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and lyrical landscapes bathed in a warm golden light.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Billwiller Arnoldo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56218553942402,"sku":"ABIL001","price":8500.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0909\/7065\/3058\/files\/IMG_7565.jpg?v=1768474231","url":"https:\/\/cjfh11-ee.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/salvatore-fergola-autoritratto","provider":"Venderequadri","version":"1.0","type":"link"}