Even art and literature celebrate the importance of work and workers' rights. In the online catalogue of Il Mercante di Stampe , you can find two works that touch on this theme, which concerns all of us, employees, individual professionals, entrepreneurs...
The first is the written text, in the full version of The Art of War, attributed to General Sunzi, who lived in China probably between the 6th and 5th centuries BC, a treatise on military strategy that many companies still draw inspiration from today for managing internal conflicts and achieving objectives. Its contemporaneity consists in being able to apply the advice in this compendium regarding military strategies in a first reading, to the work dynamics that involve us daily. A philosophy of success, an education in not giving up, in managing problems in a constructive way to achieve great objectives and the highest expectations that we place on ourselves in our professional activity.
Thanks to the high-tech machinery used and the high printing quality of the Print Merchant, this painting contains over 250 pages of the entire work on a single sheet and is perfectly legible.
The second is the artistic reproduction of Il IV Stato, by Pellizza da Volpedo. The very well-known representation of the rise of the proletariat. A crowd of working men and women advances proudly to demonstrate their workers' rights, incited by a mother in the front row with her child in her arms, a figure who will soon become an icon in the art world. Over time, this painting will take on a notable historical and cultural significance, playing the role of a true manifesto in defense of the rights and dignity of individual workers. Happy May 1st!