Early Drawings
One of Galliano’s first drawings was of the home of Italy’s great 14th century poet and humanist, Petrarch. The Arquà house near Padua, drawn by the teenage Galliano, was where Petrarch spent his last days.
Young Galliano had a source of inspiration in Petrarch, the great explorer of classical literature, philosophy, art and architecture, whose rediscovery of Cicero’s letters is often credited with initiating the 14th-century Italian Renaissance and the founding of Renaissance humanism. For Petrarch, there was always something deeper beneath the surface, be it his culture’s lost classical history or the magnificent ruins that told of times and knowledge whose rediscovery would be transformative.
Four centuries later, Piranesi, Veneto’s great son, would reflect this same spirit, delving into classical architecture and the ancient ruins of Rome, always intimating that there was much more of importance beneath the surface than superficial everyday observation would suggest.
Later Drawings
MHF I MHF II One Can Two Can
