I PROGETTI:
Elisabetta Cardella
Silent dialogue
2019
The saints show the signs of their martyrdom as their lips are half-closed in an interior and timeless dialogue.
The written word is hidden in the closed books they hold in their hands, locked in silent windows. The
hands, engaged in the typical gestures of argumentation, say something and the eyes respond. An exchange
made up of poses, attitudes and gestures.
The viewer's gaze goes towards the face and the loving embrace of the mother who, through a delicate veil of
light, protects the child.
A dialogue that crosses different eras and meets up in the same imaginary place. The word goes beyond
physicality. Where the body is no longer there, the thought remains.
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Madonna with child and saints
Neri di Bicci
1463
Painting on panel
195 × 170 cm
Chapel of the Assumption
Museum of Sacred Art, Peccioli
The Sacred Conversation is the iconographic formula in which Mary is depicted on the throne with Baby
Jesus in her arms, surrounded by saints and scholars, in a calm and serene atmosphere, engaged in a silent
conversation made up of gestures and glances on issues concerning the doctrine and theology. A purely
spiritual conversation between characters who belong to different eras. Madonna acts as an intermediary
between God himself in the guise of the Child and Man, with his disputes, his problems and his mistakes.
Bibliography
www.elisabettacardella.com
PHOTOGALLERY
SCHEDA OPERA
| Artista | Elisabetta Cardella |
| Titolo Opera | Silent dialogue |
| Data | 2019 |
| Tecnica | |
| Tipologia | Installation |
DOVE SI TROVA
Peccioli, Via Bastioni