The first section (of the four the exhibit is subdivided in) documents the works created in Castiglioncello and Piagentina in the 19th century sixties, completed by a second part titled «La villa Martelli». The latter is a virtual video reconstruction (through relief, period planimetries, macchiaioli paintings and ancient photographs), of the country villa of art critic Diego Martelli, whose house became the elected discussion place for artists and intellectuals of the time.

The second section is expressly dedicated to Raffaello Sernesi and permits making a critical point on the artists in the impossibility of finding the number of works that would be required for significant retrospective.

«Il cenacolo di Piagentina», collects the works of artists who operated, in the summer, in villa Martelli di Castiglioncello and stayed in the Florentine countryside from Porta La Croce, giving life to the «cenacolo di Piagentina», overseen by Silvestro Lega’s charismatic figure. The fourth and last section is dedicated to the brief, albeit significant, activity of the Macchiaioli newspaper: the «Gazzettino delle arti del disegno».
(Photo: Odoardo Borrani - Cucitrici di camice rosse, oil on canvas)

I Macchiaioli. Opere e protagonisti di una rivoluzione artistica
Where: Castello Pasquini, piazza della Vittoria - Castiglioncello Centro per l'arte Diego Martelli
When: 20 July - 20 October 2002
Opening times: until 8 September every day: 10 am – 12 pm and 5 pm – 12 am. Closed Mondays.
From 10 September to 20 October every day: 9 am - 12.30  pm and 4  - 7.30 pm. Closed Mondays
Tickets: € 6,00; € 4,00 conc.
Catalogue: special price during exhibition € 25.
For information: culture office Municipality of Rosignano M.mo +39 0586 724 287

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