Is found in the province of Pisa – but it is also relatively close to Siena – Castelnuovo Val di Cecina, which has announced a painting competition whose prize is an apartment in the historic village of the Tuscan municipality. Registration for the event is open until April 30, 2024, requires the submission of sketches involving the use of the trompe-l’œil technique. The reason? THE 15 finalists they will be asked to create a mural decoration inside Castelnuovo, from 20 July to 20 August 2024, on 16 selected buildings.
“Imago in Villa”. The painting competition for the village of Castelnuovo Val di Cecina
The jury – composed of the mayor of Castelnuovo Val di Cecina Alberto Ferrini, the artistic director of the competition Vieri Panerai and the teachers Fabrizio Lucchesi and Marco Cavallini, respectively of ornamental plastic at the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence and of ancient pictorial techniques and restoration at the Faculty of Architecture of Florence – is chaired by Sylvan Bellenger, art historian and director emeritus of the Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte. “The history of Castelnuovo begins with the Neolithic period, then Etruscan, Barbarian, Medieval and the spread of Christianity, in this area a pilgrimage route to Rome. Castelnuovo is the synthesis of Italy’s stratified history, but history never stops, even if it falls asleep from time to time, above all it cannot be understood except from a contemporary point of view. Here because”continues Bellenger, “I really liked the idea of a trompe l’œil wall decoration which pays homage to the wonderful labyrinth of the village’s urban planning as it brings together the past and present of Italy”.
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“Imago in Villa”. The history of the village of Castelnuovo Val di Cecina
The ancient centre, probably of Etruscan origin, was important in the Middle Ages when it became one of the fortified citadels of the Pisan Republic. Subsequently, under the reign of Grand Duke Ferdinand II, the village was elevated to marquisate in 1639, in favor of the Florentine Luca di Girolamo degli Albizi. In 1781 Lorenzo Casimiro degli Albizi, without heirs, renounced the fiefdom and Castelnuovo was integrated into the minor Podesteria of Montecastelli, established with the Leopoldine judicial reform of 30 September 1772. Castelnuovo then became the seat of the mayor’s officewhich also included the municipality of Silano.
Caterina Angelucci
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