work
Oltremare
| category | Painting |
| subject | Landscape, Nature, Architecture |
| tags | |
| base | 32 cm |
| height | 43 cm |
| depth | 5 cm |
| year | 2023 |
beeswax, natural pigments, mixed media on board
Oltremare
The title that gives its name to this cycle of works comes from the ancient name that identified lapis lazuli,
a blue mineral pigment imported into Europe from the Middle East and from those countries that are beyond the Mediterranean Sea.
In the history of art this color has been widely used for its intense tone and for its preciousness in sacred scenes as a metaphor of the divine character.
Reasoning on the format of the work and on the tonal gradations typical of religious iconography, the project is to be understood as a reference to the ascension from an earthly base (a natural pigment or “earth”) to its ideal opposite, that is lapis lazuli.
The natural and slow gradation gives the final result a “calm strength” given by the use of pigments not of chemical origin that intersect in a tonal/formal balance to a vast historical-artistic imagery.
Oltremare
The title that gives its name to this cycle of works comes from the ancient name that identified lapis lazuli,
a blue mineral pigment imported into Europe from the Middle East and from those countries that are beyond the Mediterranean Sea.
In the history of art this color has been widely used for its intense tone and for its preciousness in sacred scenes as a metaphor of the divine character.
Reasoning on the format of the work and on the tonal gradations typical of religious iconography, the project is to be understood as a reference to the ascension from an earthly base (a natural pigment or “earth”) to its ideal opposite, that is lapis lazuli.
The natural and slow gradation gives the final result a “calm strength” given by the use of pigments not of chemical origin that intersect in a tonal/formal balance to a vast historical-artistic imagery.
