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Original artwork description:
The entrance of a church is a clear point of passage, the precise limit between an inside and an outside, a metaphor built to represent the transition from a physical reality to a spiritual reality. No matter the faith, no matter the belonging to a religion. Even an atheist, entering a church (especially an Italian church), will experience the abrupt transition from the open air to the closed, fresh and humid scent, impregnated by the smell of incense and ancient wood; he will especially experience the transition from light to shadow, and will perceive the sensation of having approached the border with the unknown and the inexplicable.
Oil on thick paper, 39 x 29 cm, 2023.
Materials used:
oil on thick paper
Tags:
#shadow #light #pattern #cat #tiles #floor #shadows #door #entrance #dreamingThe entrance of the church (2023) Oil painting
by Federico Cortese
30 Artist Reviews
£254.91 Sold
- Oil painting on Paper
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 39 x 29 x 0.1cm (unframed)
- Signed on the front
- Style: Surrealistic
- Subject: Architecture and cityscapes
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Original artwork description
The entrance of a church is a clear point of passage, the precise limit between an inside and an outside, a metaphor built to represent the transition from a physical reality to a spiritual reality. No matter the faith, no matter the belonging to a religion. Even an atheist, entering a church (especially an Italian church), will experience the abrupt transition from the open air to the closed, fresh and humid scent, impregnated by the smell of incense and ancient wood; he will especially experience the transition from light to shadow, and will perceive the sensation of having approached the border with the unknown and the inexplicable.
Oil on thick paper, 39 x 29 cm, 2023.
Materials used:
oil on thick paper
Tags:
#shadow #light #pattern #cat #tiles #floor #shadows #door #entrance #dreaming
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Artist Reviews (30)
Federico Cortese
Italy
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like a mouse in its box. A little mouse safe in its shelter, that passes his time gnawing the
food stored for the winter. But my food are the drawings. I... Read more