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Vintage salt print
11 x 15.6 in.
Photographer's credit stamp on the verso
It is a known fact that the sons of the cultivated English, French and German bourgeoisie, at the end of their studies, often undertook a travel, the Grand Tour, to visit the places on the Mediterranean, cradle of ancient civilizations. When Wilhelm von Gloeden reached Sicily, he decided to stay in Taormina together with some friends, intellectuals and poets. In the many photographs taken there, the young locals are portraited either dressed with pepla and robs and adorned with flower crowns or naked. What emerges is a romantic vision of the young boys, perceived as the contemporary heirs of Magna Grecia.
11 x 15.6 in.
Photographer's credit stamp on the verso
It is a known fact that the sons of the cultivated English, French and German bourgeoisie, at the end of their studies, often undertook a travel, the Grand Tour, to visit the places on the Mediterranean, cradle of ancient civilizations. When Wilhelm von Gloeden reached Sicily, he decided to stay in Taormina together with some friends, intellectuals and poets. In the many photographs taken there, the young locals are portraited either dressed with pepla and robs and adorned with flower crowns or naked. What emerges is a romantic vision of the young boys, perceived as the contemporary heirs of Magna Grecia.
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