Walter Valentini (1928) - Senza titolo

Unusual graphic work by Walter Valentini
Untitled, 2005
Etching and collage.
Unique specimen
Tile cm 58.5 x 25.5 sheet 58.5 x 40.
B.F.K. Riners 250 g.
Printer: Stamperia dell'Arancio.
(Wikipedia)
Valentini's geometric imaginary is influenced by the Russian avant-gardes of the twentieth century (Constructivism) and, marginally, by the architectures painted by de Chirico during the metaphysical period, but it is primarily based on the sense of harmony and proportion explored by Italian artists of the Quattrocento: De pictura, De re aedificatoria, De statua by Leon Battista Alberti, De prospectiva pingendi by Piero della Francesca, and De divina proportione by Luca Pacioli are treatises on perspective and the golden ratio that guide all of Valentini's research on space, forms, and their balance.