Italian graphics exhibited at National Art Museum

55 piece of Italian graphic art, from the collection of the Moldovan National Art Museum, are put on display as part of the exhibition dubbed “Italian artists in the patrimony of the Moldovan National Art Museum, graphics, C. XVI-XIX”, reports Info-Prim Neo. According to a communique from the museum, the collection is composed of over 800 pieces of Italian graphic art, and only 55 of them are displayed during this exhibition. The works were done using the most popular graphics techniques: xylograph, acquaforte, chisel engraving, stamp engraving, and others. The diversity of the genres presented by the authors certainly shows the artistic and topical tendencies of this field: from portrays to genre scenery, from landscapes to religious and mythological scenes. Graphics is the name representing the ensemble of art genres based mostly on drawing, on tracing the contour of visual forms, on linear values, nowadays done on paper and cardboard, but in the past also on papyrus, parchment, ivory, silk, wood, and canvas. The exhibition will be on display in the period August 24 – October 14.