Ferrara's Palazzo dei Diamanti Explores Art and Psyche from Symbolism to Futurism
From March 3, 2018, Palazzo dei Diamanti in Ferrara hosts "Stati d'animo. Arte e psiche tra Previati e Boccioni," an exhibition tracing how late 19th- and early 20th-century artists visualized emotional states. The show juxtaposes Symbolist and Divisionist masters—Giovanni Segantini, Gaetano Previati, Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo, Angelo Morbelli, Medardo Rosso—with Futurist avant-gardists Giacomo Balla, Carlo Carrà, and Umberto Boccioni, who transformed the earlier legacy into a dynamic, immersive language. Studio Ravalli designed a suspended, immaterial setting in darkness, where works interact with sounds and projections evoking the fin-de-siècle tension between positivism and irrationalism.
Key facts
- Exhibition opens March 3, 2018 at Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara.
- Title: 'Stati d'animo. Arte e psiche tra Previati e Boccioni'.
- Features Symbolist and Divisionist artists: Segantini, Previati, Pellizza da Volpedo, Morbelli, Rosso.
- Includes Futurists: Balla, Carrà, Boccioni.
- Exhibition design by Studio Ravalli: dark, immaterial space with sound and projections.
- Explores how art translated intangible moods into visual language.
- Covers late 19th to early 20th century Italian and international artists.
- Highlights Boccioni's role in bridging generations and centering the viewer.
Entities
Artists
- Giovanni Segantini
- Gaetano Previati
- Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo
- Angelo Morbelli
- Medardo Rosso
- Giacomo Balla
- Carlo Carrà
- Umberto Boccioni
Institutions
- Palazzo dei Diamanti
- Studio Ravalli
- Artribune
Locations
- Ferrara
- Italy