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many, decorations like those in the Lincei, were seen as sumptuous and because of this new decorative movement Rome during the 1880s was often called
Bizantina to draw attention to the decadence of the city. Domenico Bruschi claimed in a speech delivered in 1885 that "studious artists" do not produce large papers, grand canvases or labor over copies. He wrote in a letter that "I adore and study the classics for their sentiment, without however, imitating them crudely. Rather they inspire me to make me as original as I can without leaving the circle of classical inquiry." In 1885 Bruschi made an address titled Thoughts on the Art of Painting during the Renaissance.
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was compiled by Romeo
Palazzi and Domenico Bruschi to teach the youth of Italy the methods of fine art in the new nation. The Guida was approved in 1883 by King Umberto I and the Ministero della Pubblica Istruzione. Bruschi was very much a part of this effort to revive the gloried past of Rome. To
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Bruschi was greatly influenced by the art of
England, having lived there from 1862 to 1868. In particular Bruschi spoke often of the art of Frederic Leighton. Italian historian Alessandra Migliorati claims that Domenico Bruschi and Giovanni Costa were particularly responsible for the "aesthetic
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and other government palaces. Commissioned by the
Provincial Deputation of Perugia to paint the Hall of Palace of the Prefecture with extensive frescoes depicting famous persons from Perugia and historical events. In 1876–1877, he frescoed the Baptism Chapel and the Chapel of San Onofrio of the
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to work in the studio of
Bandinelli. Among his works was the decoration of the Chapel of San Giuseppe at San Pietro dei Cassinensi (1858) in Perugia. Also in 1859 he participated by his father's side in the liberation of Perugia from under Papal rule. In 1866 he volunteered in Trentino with the
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in London. This group also included
Bruschi who, with Costa and Leighton, had spent their summers in Umbria throughout the 1870s. Costa's final group, In Arte Libertas was formed in 1885 and its exhibitions included such celebrated artists as
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He became famous after his frescoes on the halls of the provincial council's palace. The frescoes were allegorical scenes alluding to the glory of
Perugia. In 1859, he travelled to
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in 1879 (for which
Bruschi served as Secretary), the aim of which was to, "embrace and organize our national artists, and to give life and dignity to Italian art".
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Influence of Pre-Raphaelitism on Fin de siecle Italy. (Leeds: Maney Publishing for the Modern Humanities Research Association, 2007) p. 59
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theories, Costa concluded that a national art could be properly achieved only by looking to the Renaissance. Costa even met
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