I find the Vitreograph, “Noblissima Visione”, by Italo Scanga and Dale Chihuly, to be the
most appeasing. It was created in 1994 and is displayed at the FGCU Art Gallery located
on the universities main campus. The artists were both Italian and American, and
collaborated to make the piece. Italo Scanga passed away in 2001, and Dale Chihuly is still
alive. Although there were many other pieces at this gallery that drew my eye, this print
kept my attention because of the element of it being a seven color intaglio.
Though many of the other Vitreograph’s in the galley were simple and symmetrical, this
particular piece was rather bold and abstract. Nevertheless, distinct objects and subjects
could be identified, I found it to be hard to come to terms on which I felt there purpose
was. Upon researching the name “Noblissima Visione”, I learned that it was a ballet
performed in 1939. I came to the realization that each segment within the bold lines was a
description of the one act, five scene play. The colors in this piece ultimately drew me in.
With bold black lines and colors of red, green, blue, orange, yellow, purple and grey, each
segment tells a story. I especially liked the silhouette of the woman in the bottom left hand
quadrant. Giving off a mysterious feel, it is as if the silhouette is yourself.
In the upper left hand of the Vitreograph there appears to be two separate images. Above is
a red square with faint red dots followed by an array of lights. It is perhaps curtains for a