On Friday, October 25, 2024, the "Museo Diocesano Tridentino" opens the exhibition entitled "Faces in time. Portraits and figures of five centuries", curated by "Domizio Cattoi". The exhibition offers a fascinating journey through a selection of portraits from the museum's collections, created over the course of five centuries.
From the paintings, drawings and sculptures of the late sixteenth century to those of the mid-twentieth century, the exhibition tells how the portrait is not only a way of immortalizing the face, but a means of exploring psychology, the ways of representing power and the canons of beauty of different eras.
Through the works on display, it emerges how the art of portraiture has always reflected society, enhancing the prestige of those who were portrayed and immortalizing the "motions of the soul", that is, the deepest emotions and thoughts. In addition to these aspects, the exhibition also investigates the evolution of aesthetic tastes, in particular with regard to the idea of female beauty.
A visual and narrative journey that invites us to reflect on the evolution of the portrait as a representation of personal and collective stories, between imitation, idealization and memory.
