View at Sassi di Matera Italy painting on leather by Vali Irina Ciobanu
by Vali Irina Ciobanu
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View at Sassi di Matera Italy painting on leather by Vali Irina Ciobanu
Artist
Vali Irina Ciobanu
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Painting - Egg Tempera On Leather
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Part of "Everything is goin to be allrigt "serie this painting is inspired by "What do you see from your window" group . The series name is "What Do You See From Your Window " and represents views from people windows from all around the world.
I will paint a few small paintings with windows all over the world for a exhibition wich will take place in Roma. Wonderful people, who were as well isolated like me in these difficult times, sent to me photos of what they see from their window. This way, I visited houses from all over the world, through the generosity of my new friends. To share back my gratitude to all the efforts that are made during these uneasy months, I painted the America, Italy, Portugal, South Africa ,Alaska and lots of other marvelous corners of this planet. I am so happy to be part of be pArt project.
View at Sassi di Matera Italy
Egg tempera on vellum(leather)
10x10 cm
The original is avaleble for sale!Matera (Italian pronunciation: [maˈtɛːra], locally [maˈteːra] (listen); Materano: Matàrë [maˈtæːrə]) is a city in the region of Basilicata, in Southern Italy.
As the capital of the province of Matera, its original settlement lies in two canyons carved by the Gravina River. This area, the Sassi di Matera, is a complex of cave dwellings carved into the ancient river canyon, often cited as "one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world." Over the course of its history, Matera has been occupied by Greeks, Romans, Longobards, Byzantines, Saracens, Swabians, Angevins, Aragonese, and Bourbons.
By the late 1800s, Matera's cave dwellings became noted for intractable poverty, poor sanitation, meager working conditions, and rampant disease. Evacuated in 1952, the population was relocated to modern housing, and the Sassi (Italian for "stones") lay abandoned until the 1980s. Renewed vision and investment led to the cave dwellings becoming a noted historic tourism destination, with hotels, small museums and restaurants — and a vibrant arts community.
Known as la città sotterranea ("the underground city"), the Sassi and the park of the Rupestrian Churches were named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993. In 2019, Matera was declared a European Capital of Culture.
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