GIORGIO DE CHIRICO AND THE METAPHYSICAL CITY

Painted in Paris on the eve of World War One, the Metaphysical cityscapes of Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978) redirected the course of modernist painting and the modern architectural imagination alike. Giorgio de Chirico and the Metaphysical City examines the two mo st salient dimensions of the artists early imagery: its representations of architectural space and its sustained engagement with th e philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. Centering upon a single painting from 1914 deemed by the painter the fatal year each chapte r examines wh...[Llegir més]