Luca giordano biography

Giordano was the leading Neapolitan painter of the later 17th century. He was born in Naples and was trained byRibera. He was known as Fa Presto ('does it quickly') because of his speed of painting. His work influenced developments in 18th century art in Naples and elsewhere in Italy.

His style was formed by his experience of Neapolitan art (dominated by the work of Caravaggio), and by his knowledge of the leading Roman painters of the early 17th century notably Annibale Carracci, Pietro da Cortona, and the great Venetian artists of the 16th century.

This style was well adapted to express the drama and pathos of religious and mythological subjects in large-scale canvasses and frescoes, such as the 'Apotheosis of the Medici', Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, Florence. Giordano was active in Rome, Venice (), Florence () and Madrid (), as well as in Naples.

Luca Giordano(l&#;&#;&#;k&#; j&#;rd&#;&#;n&#;), &#;, Italian decorative painter, b. Naples. He was the pupil of Ribera and Pietro da Cortona. He imitated the works of the great masters with amazing speed and facility and ultimately based his style upon those of Veronese and Cortona. Giordano decorated the cupola of the Corsini Chapel and a ceiling in the Palazzo Riccardi (&#;83), both in Florence. In he went to Madrid, where he remained ten years and produced numerous works in oil and in fresco, achieving fame and wealth. On the death of his patron Charles II, he accompanied Philip V to Naples. His pictures are in the leading European galleries, particularly those of Madrid, Vienna, and Naples. His best-known frescoes in Naples include The Story of Judith (San Martino) and Christ Expelling the Traders from the Temple (San Filippo Neri). In Spain he painted airy and luminous frescoes in the Chapel of San Lorenzo and in the Escorial, Madrid, and in the churches and palaces of Madrid and Toledo.

Luca Giordano for 9 years he studied at the jusepe Ribera in Naples, and then studied in Rome under the guidance of Pietro da Cortona and completed his education by copying the works of Raphael and Michelangelo. Later worked in Bologna, Paris and Florence, in , was invited by king Charles II in Spain and wrote in the Escorial, Madrid and Toledo. They executed many frescoes and paintings, and there is hardly in Europe picture gallery in which there would be samples of his paintings. The rapidity with which he worked, was nicknamed Luca FA-Presto.

The Italian artist. The art of this Neapolitan painter was influenced by the painting of the XVIII century. He belonged to the circle of masters, a lot of travel around Italy, carried out a large number of orders, was well known in the courts of Italy and abroad. For the speed and the number of jobs created was nicknamed "Fa presto" ("Doing fast").

Giordano was born in Naples and in his youth was influenced by the Spaniard Ribera H., follower of the scenic reform of Caravaggio. In the early works — a series of paintings of Philosophers (Brescia, Pinacoteca, Tosio-Martinengo; Rome, NAT. gallery; St. Petersburg, State. The Hermitage), h