Giorgio de Chirico

Bio: Chirico has become one of the most curious artist's in history. He was born in Italy in 1888, and through his life, he led a very productive Picassoan life style up until his death 1978. One of is major study area's was munich germany; under the wing of symbolist painter Arnold Bockling, he produced a series of oneiric cityscapes. When they were seen in Paris, they were hailed by painters, poets from Picasso himself to Paul Eluard. History has placed Chirico as one of history's hero's of surrealism, he credited for founding metaphysical art movement, represented a visionary which engaged most immediatley with the unconscious mind, beyond the physical realtiy. This movement provided the necassary ingredients for the development of Surrealism.

Art Review

Giorgio de Chirico

"The Archaeologists"

Description: The piece has two faceless figures, sitting in chairs, wearing toga's. They are holding remance's of the ancient world, Greece and Roman architecture is present in the piece. The faceless archaeologists suggest that this is a representation of all archaeologists around the world. You can see the texture in the chair linen, stone architecture, and skin tone.

Analysis: There is a wide range of organic and geometric shapes present (ranging form the faceless figures and the ancient world architecture). There is texture as I said before, there is a nice range of color's here that create's a dream like effect. I would say that it's symmetrical (due to the fact that if you fold it there would be two figures on both side's) if not asymmetrical. The main emphasis would be the roman architecture, and it also work's in the unity of the piece.

Interpretation: During his life time, archaeology was in full swing, with the discover's in egypt, rome, greece, and ancient fosil's. My guess he read about their exploits and had a dream o them finding lost civilizaiotns that would rewrite history. The fact that they are faceless mean's it could be interpreted by all archeologist's.

Judgement: I found this piece intersting because it clearly is intented for all archeologists, it dosent represent a single person. The fact the he put ancient cities in their laps indicate's to the casualy viewer that their work is like their children. The take care of it, learn from it, and more than often show it off.