Original artwork description:

A simple geometric structure made by two or three series of parallel lines generates the idea of a city seen from above or from afar, an urban landscape that is at times clear and at times indefinite, where some buildings emerge with precision while others remain uncertain, thanks to the decorative elements, and where sometimes it is barely impossible to understand that these are houses. The addition of shadows doesn’t add thickness and a sense of depth, but creates the effect of a homogeneous texture, as if this was a rich embroidered fabric. Finally, the title suggests the idea that a simplified form of representation could be invented, capable of representing each city with a few geometric elements, as in a sort of diagram.

Other features:

Medium & materials: oil on wood panel (plywood)
Thickness of the panel: 0.5 cm
Finishing: protective varnish (transparent mastic paint)
Location and year created: Turin, Italy - 2020
Certificate of Authenticity: included, with signature of the artist on photograph

Materials used:

oil on wood (plywood)

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#landscape #urban #city #geometric #fantasy #buildings #houses #cities #metropolis #geomentries 

Diagram of a city (2020)

Oil painting 
by Federico Cortese

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A simple geometric structure made by two or three series of parallel lines generates the idea of a city seen from above or from afar, an urban landscape that is at times clear and at times indefinite, where some buildings emerge with precision while others remain uncertain, thanks to the decorative elements, and where sometimes it is barely impossible to understand that these are houses. The addition of shadows doesn’t add thickness and a sense of depth, but creates the effect of a homogeneous texture, as if this was a rich embroidered fabric. Finally, the title suggests the idea that a simplified form of representation could be invented, capable of representing each city with a few geometric elements, as in a sort of diagram.

Other features:

Medium & materials: oil on wood panel (plywood)
Thickness of the panel: 0.5 cm
Finishing: protective varnish (transparent mastic paint)
Location and year created: Turin, Italy - 2020
Certificate of Authenticity: included, with signature of the artist on photograph

Materials used:

oil on wood (plywood)

Tags:
#landscape #urban #city #geometric #fantasy #buildings #houses #cities #metropolis #geomentries 
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I’m like a mouse in its box. A little mouse safe in its shelter, that passes his time gnawing the food stored for the winter. But my food are the drawings. I... Read more

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