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Giuseppe Bottero
Giuseppe Bottero (1846, Asti – 1930) was an Italian painter, active mainly in Turin, as a genre painting, genre painter. Later in life, he became an engineer and lieutenant general. Biography He initially trained with Giuseppe Giani, then studied at the Accademia Albertina in Turin. From there, he moved to Rome, where he befriended Antonio Mancini. The contemporary critic, De Gubernatis, described him as having ''the artistic temperament and courage of a painter of the Cinquecento''. At the National Exhibition of Turin, he displayed ''Il Coltello'' and ''Sul Golgota'' (On Golgotha). In the Exhibition of 1886 in Milan, he displayed: ''Compagni di sventura''. In the 1887 exhibition of Venice, he displayed ''Hypochondria'' and ''La Posa''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asti
Asti ( , ; ; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) of 74,348 inhabitants (1–1–2021) located in the Italy, Italian region of Piedmont, about east of Turin, in the plain of the Tanaro, Tanaro River. It is the capital of the province of Asti and it is deemed to be the modern Capital city, capital of Montferrat. History Ancient times and early Middle Ages People have lived in and around what is now Asti since the Neolithic period. Before their defeat in 174 BC by the Romans, tribes of Ligures, the Statielli, dominated the area and the toponym probably derives from ''Ast'' which means "hill" in the ancient Celtic language. In 124 BC the Romans built a ''castrum'', or fortified camp, which eventually evolved into a full city named Hasta. In 89 BC the city received the status of ''Colonia (Roman), colonia'', and in 49 BC that of ''municipium''. Asti became an important city of the Augustan Italia (Roman Empire), Regio IX, favoured by its strategic position on the Tanaro river a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
