GOING OUT: art - giorgio de chirico.(Features) From: The Independent (London, England) | Date: January 18, 2003| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2003 Independent Newspapers (UK) Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The Greek-born Italian artist Giorgio de Chirico was haunted by the mythological figure of Ariadne. In classical legend, Ariadne was abandoned by her lover, Theseus, on the island of Naxos; for the artist, she became the embodiment of loneliness at a time when he felt isolated in Paris, just before the First World War. During an intense 18-month period, he produced a series of paintings featuring Ariadne on a plinth in a deserted piazza. These enigmatic and ...