In evidence here are the constants of spatial immanence, of communication with the spectator, of the ‘slice of life’ and of ‘chiaroscuro as meteorology’ that characterise the course of Bolognese painting as outlined by Arcangeli.

“The turmoil seems to roll over the viewer, who is almost caught up in it. This is an idea of an active and circulating space in every sense, which now goes beyond the old conception of the painting as a section of the world detached from the eye which can be contemplated in depth”.