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metaphysical studies, in a way, using colors and forms," he says. A change of fate The artist says his pictures are results of his inner world insisting on getting out. He made his first oil painting at the age of 11 while still living in Turkey. Corinthios then went on to study literature at the famous La Sapienza University in Rome, doing his thesis on the acclaimed Turkish poet Ahmet Hasim. He has translated Hasim's most famous works to Italian for the first time in history. Then, however, life led Corinthios down a different path. He started working for the Italian Foreign Ministry, which he still continues to this day. But somehow art found a way back into |
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the artist's life. When he moved to Rome from Turkey, he studied under Professor Tullio de Franco in the Rome Liberal Fine Arts Academy. Music and classical art An element that affects Corinthios's works is music, especially classical music. "You can see scenes from Wagner's operas. For example, this is a scene from Wagner's Opera, Rheingold," he says, pointing to a painting depicting three nudes, the three Rhinemaidens swimming in the depths of the river Rhine. The portrait of a specific woman is repeated throughout a number of paintings. It is a portrait re |
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sembling the way Virgin Mary has been depicted in paintings in the pre-renaissance and renaissance periods. "I have found a very classical form. I have repeated that form in a number of paintings, but to mean different things," he says. Pointing to one painting he adds: "For example, it is in a very classical way here [in this painting], a woman in the foreground with a very calm landscape in the background. But in this other one, the landscape in the background is dark with industrial chimneys. That shows a more contami |