The thought of death between symbolism and art nouveau

The symbolist culture relies on the female figure, generator of life, symbol of sensuality and eros but also melancholy testimony to the transience of beauty, the expression of the thought of deat

Angel (1906) -Belem Parà (Brasil)

The theme of upheld with the angel and the young dead has offered considerable inspiration to the artist.
The shapes, made with special grace, fall within the liberty language.

Sposes Repetto tomb (1897) - Genoa Staglieno cemetery

The theme of motherhood with the woman who offers her breast to the child refers to the Christian idea of family love. The artistic canon is that of symbolism.
The society is losing enlightenment safeties and is geared towards decadence and symbolism. From the face of the figure reflected melancholy and meditation on the mystery of death.

 

Artistic Languages  Sculpture

They had a dual aspect: on the one hand the need for sculpture between eight hundred and nine hundred for the upgrade of figurative language (from classicism, realism to symbolism liberty to Deco, the twentieth century and after World War I), the other works had to propose as a witness of history and socio-cultural behavior of the time with strong communication needs of the client for which they were executed