1.0Polo Culturale Pietro Aldihttp://www.poloaldi.it/en/Maria Cristinahttp://www.poloaldi.it/en/author/biblioteca/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="fIsqSaaKPs"><a href="http://www.poloaldi.it/en/artwork/slopes-of-mount-amiata/">Slopes of Mount Amiata</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="http://www.poloaldi.it/en/artwork/slopes-of-mount-amiata/embed/#?secret=fIsqSaaKPs" width="600" height="338" title="“Slopes of Mount Amiata” — Polo Culturale Pietro Aldi" data-secret="fIsqSaaKPs" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.poloaldi.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/52_Luigi_Doni_Pendici_amiatine-1024x475.png1024475The large size of this painting lends drama to the condemnation of abandonment and neglect of the natural space, where all vegetation and trace of human presence have disappeared. In this larval apparition of a mountain landscape the protagonists are the consumption and annihilation of life. The paint is mixed together with matter from the forest floor so as to evoke visually and tactilely the presence of woods and mountains, following a personal technique he adopted in the 1990s to give greater physicality to the distressing ecological situation.