Valerio Terraroli

Valerio Terraroli is an Italian art historian and professor of contemporary art at the University of Verona.

Quotes

  • Symbolism is not a style, but a psychological state that becomes image.
    • Valerio Terraroli, in Art Nouveau. The European Dream, Skira, 2005.
  • Filippini’s painting, suspended between natural observation and ethical structure, anticipates the spiritual weight of twentieth-century realism.
    • Valerio Terraroli (ed.), in Francesco Filippini. Catalogo generale delle opere, Skira, 1999.
  • Liberty is not the Italian version of Art Nouveau, but its Mediterranean alternative, rooted in myth, narrative, and craftsmanship.
    • Valerio Terraroli, in Liberty. A European Art, Skira, 2006.
  • To understand the Symbolists, one must unlearn realism. Their logic is dreamlike, not descriptive.
    • Valerio Terraroli, in Simbolismo, Giunti, 2007.

See also

This article is issued from Wikiquote. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.