In the heart of the seventeenth century, a young orphan grows up in an era marked by violence and turmoil, and his talent for painting soon leads him to challenge the rigid artistic conventions of the time. Rebellious and enterprising, Salvator Rosa frequents the workshops of great masters like Spagnoletto and Aniello Falcone. Amid intense loves, intrigues, alliances, and losses, his life is marked by conflicts and ambiguities, reflected in his works that explore the beauty and pain of the world. When the bond with Naples crumbles, he departs in search of another place that can understand his vision. In his final days, sick and bedridden, he relives the most intense moments of his life, which his son Augusto will later portray in an intimate and tormented portrait through a series of letters. In a climate of perpetual instability, between ecclesiastical censorship and the cynicism of the powerful, Salvator Rosa is not only a restless artist but a man struggling against the conventions of the century that attempt to stifle him. The book will be presented on November 18 at Feltrinelli in Piazza dei Martiri in Naples. Daniela Marra, an anthropologist specializing in museography (collaborating with the ‘Centro Caprense Ignazio Cerio’), mainly focuses on research and art criticism. She has written for the Danish magazine ‘Il Ponte’, ‘Pressnews’, and ‘Italiaore24’. An author for cinema, she has been the artistic director of video productions of artistic performances. Curator of several Italian and international exhibitions, she actively supports the exchange between art, history, and literature (collaborating with ‘Ischia Film & Art Festival Luchino Visconti’). Among her writings for theater, the musical Donne, Madonne e Lazzare. Some of her texts appear in various anthologies, and she has curated the volumes Domenico Sepe. La materia e l’eterno (2021) and Giacomo Mancini. La scultura di Domenico Sepe (2023).
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