Isa Melsheimer Nr. 467, 2020
Gouache on paper
70 x 10 cm (unframed)
79 x 109 x 4 cm (framed)
From a new series of large-scale gouaches, this work combines a landmark building, the Villa Taddei in Fiesole, near Florence by the Italian architect Leonardo Salvioli built in 1966, with elements from a famous Renaissance wall painting, Pinturicchio’s, Cappella Baglioni, in Spello, from circa 1500. The artist depicted the drapery and one of the angel’s bird-like wings, but not the figure’s face or body. Placed against an otherwise dark background, the brutalist building appears to rest on a thick web of green plants.
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