MICRO-MOSAIC MEMORIES Views and landscapes of the Grand Tour

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Micromosaico
From 16 Dicembre 2011 to 10 Giugno 2012
Rome
Place: Mario Praz Museum
Address: via Zanardelli, 1
Times: Martedì-domenica 9-14 e 14.30-19.30
Responsibles: Chiara Stefani
Ticket price: gratuito
Telefono per informazioni: +39 066861089
E-Mail info: museopraz@museopraz.191.it
Official site: http://www.museopraz.beniculturali.it
Between the second half of the eighteenth century and the beginning of the nineteenth century micro-mosaic (or patchwork minutes), like the graphic arts, lithography, and in particular, becomes an irreplaceable vector in the spread of the most famous views sought by foreign travelers along the route the art of the Grand Tour was a rapid spread of micro-mosaics in Rome as in the second half of the eighteenth century mosaic of the study who had worked at the Vatican mosaic decoration of the Basilica of St. Peter were found free of occupation. They then glimpsed in the new technology - the potential of which in commercial terms were promptly seized from them - the possibility of further employment.
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