The classic forty italian playing cards interpreted by Mario Eremita
The forty italian playing cards, have inspired great artists because they are rich of mystery and history and they are rooted in the tradition of civilizations. They were imported from the East and their first interpreter was Andrea Mantegna. That first edition was published by venetian typographies.
Mario Eremita interpreted the playing card suits fascinated by those which are on all the gaming tables, making a completely new collection of forty original color drawings.
He therefore imagined ancestral characters, dreams frequenters, suits bearers that are transformed into spectacular artworks.
Technical data sheet: forty color drawings mixed technique made in 1978. Artistic interpretation of the suits of the forty italian playing cards. Figurative themes, tribute to the female figure.
Description: this artwork is suitable for reproduction in the classic italian playing cards format inch 4 x 2 on the playing card board with or MTG paper.
The artistic and original value of this artwork brings it to the attention of Publishing Houses willing to bring the public closer to the beauty of contemporary art for its multifaceted aesthetic guise.
The theme of the female figure places particular emphasis on the artwork in our current times which definitively discovers an essential pillar for the improvement of society in the role of women.
The Artistic Nativity Scene by Mario Eremita The Holy Nativity in Bethlehem
Created during 2014 and 2015, the artwork was exhibited at the Church of San Moisé in Venice ( San Marco ) from 19 December 2015 to 19 January 2016.
Characteristics
Unique piece created entirely by the artist with mixed techniques. The materials used are: wood, plaster and French clay; the overall dimensions are 120 x 70 x 75 cm ( height ); the nativity scene is equipped with LED lighting powered by 220v electricity.
Description
The artwork is composed of scenography inspired by Middle Eastern locations and 31 ( thirty-one ) human and animal figures; the whole is designed to philologically respect the Christian religious tradition.
Each part of this work was performed by the artist Mario Eremita and hand painted by the author himself; the piece is unique.
Analysis of the artwork
Mario Eremita’s Artistic Nativity Scene is made with humble and recycled materials, very common in a carpenter’s workshop: old wooden planks, part of a table; of chalk and clay.
The preciousness is not in the mere material but in the contents, in the values that this work intends to inspire.
The scenography is placed in its ideal location, in a small glimpse of Bethlehem whose buildings are characterized by white walls and domed roofs.
Idealized proportions highlight the figures rather than the architecture and they are the protagonists: 31 clay sculptures modeled and painted with all the strong and unmistakable personality of Eremita who, in addition to his passion for details, also adds a fun touch of lightness in the poses of the cat and children playing the whelks to announce the event.
Composition that intrigues and fascinates for the plastic poses, for the colors, for the clothing solutions. Absolutely contemporary in its semblance of classicism, Mario Eremita’s Artistic Nativity Scene shows us a Mary tired from the journey, from the privations of the labor of childbirth but serenely intent on breastfeeding the baby.
Mario Eremita’s sculptures dedicated to music and dance.
Works carried out in 1990 at the Da Pino Restaurant in Piazza dei Signori in Treviso. These are stucco bas-reliefs and 18-carat gold foil coverings.
The restaurant is located within the complex of the Palazzo dei Trecento, a building dating back to 1185, completed in 1268. Inside there are suggestive barrel vaults which have been covered with 18 carat gold leaf. Plastic stucco bas-reliefs with the theme of dance and music were placed on the walls.
The artistic layout is a personal expression of the artist’s imagination in concert with the technical and formal needs of the places. The quality of time spent inside the premises of the “Da Pino” restaurant is not comparable to that spent in a conventional public place; but it comes close to the experience of visiting a museum.
The artistic embellishment of the premises offers a very stimulating dialectical perspective and makes the aesthetic experience a natural part of everyday life, allowing the enrichment of our mind; allowing reflection and contemplation, experiences with high added value.
In the past, these experiences did not have a specific and dedicated location ( museum, art gallery ); but they served as a corollary to mystical or more concrete contact with power. Today we can bring the experience of art to community gathering places without any justification other than the intent to provide a positive emotion.
Mario Eremita’s sculptures and paintings dedicated to the seasons, mythology, the solar system, the masks of commedia dell’arte, astrology, tarot cards
Artworks carried out in 1990 at the Da Pino Restaurant in Viale della Repubblica in Treviso. The works are of different genres. There are stucco bas-reliefs and wall paintings.
The artistic insert was created at the headquarters in Viale della Repubblica in a structure from the beginning of the twentieth century. Themes of: the seasons, the stars and planets, Ceres and Endymion, Hercules and Juno or the Milky Way were proposed.
These themes were executed with wall paintings on prefabricated structures. Stucco bas-reliefs on wooden panels were placed around them with the themes of tarot cards, horoscopes and mythology.
These works are a personal expression of the artist’s imagination in concert with the technical and formal needs of the places. The quality of time spent inside the premises of the “Da Pino” restaurant is not comparable to that spent in a conventional public place; but it comes close to the experience of visiting a museum.
The artistic embellishment of the premises offers a very stimulating dialectical perspective and makes the aesthetic experience a natural part of everyday life, allowing the enrichment of our mind; allowing reflection and contemplation, experiences with high added value.
In the past, these experiences did not have a specific and dedicated location (museum, art gallery); but they served as a corollary to mystical or more concrete contact with power. Today we can bring the experience of art to community gathering places without any justification other than the intent to provide a positive emotion.
Created between April and May 2015, the work represents the allegories of the five senses beyond the sixth.
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Characteristics
Six large scenographies created in original on the wall for a total surface area of over 35 square metres; stucco bas-relief technique painted with special colours. The work develops the theme of the five senses: sight, hearing, touch, taste, smell as well as the “sixth sense”.
Panoramic image gallery
Description
The genre is figurative according to the artist’s style, which places humanity at the center of his work. However, the representation of the shape of the body is subtly deformed to outline the psychological depth and describe, with it, the vital tension
It is a masterpiece of significant dimensions, whose composition and formal balance required intense psychophysical commitment from the author. The Allegories of the Senses 5+1 room of the “da Pino” restaurant has now become the cenacle of the muses which, in addition to the consumption of an excellent dinner, solicits, stimulates and involves the public in an experience of full and profound artistic breath.
Giuseppe Giordano, known as Pino, is an entrepreneur of Salerno origin who has lived and worked in Veneto for over 50 years, in particular in Treviso, where he founded his two restaurants with which he aimed to give a new vision of the taste for pizza and for the other southern dishes. The laurels he received over the years did not distract him from his passion and so Pino continued to open his restaurants/pizzerias throughout the region. In 1990 Giuseppe Giordano became friends with Rinalda Truffi, curator and popularizer of the work of the artist Mario Eremita.
Rinalda Truffi art communicator
From the relationship of mutual esteem and admiration and from the profound vocation of patronage that complements Pino’s culinary one, the idea of embellishing the premises with the works of the great artist Mario Eremita was conceived. The art virtuoso then met the cooking virtuoso and the understanding was long-lasting and solid.
In 1990 Mario Eremita placed his sculptures and paintings in the premises of Treviso, in Piazza dei Signori and in Viale della Repubblica. So in 2015 he took care of the entire hall of the venue in Piazza Candiani in Mestre, in 2017 he artistically embellished the venue in Via dei Ponti Romani in Padua, in 2020 he expanded the 1990 intervention in Viale della Repubblica in Treviso.
Overall, it is an artistic embellishment intervention of cyclopean dimensions which has given a noteworthy cultural impact to the already high quality of Giuseppe Giordano’s work. The entrepreneur has demonstrated a visionary ability that goes far beyond common sensitivity and in particular revolutionizes the stereotyped vision of the restaurant/pizzeria; he brought the small provincial cities of the Veneto closer to the large international metropolises where everything is possible.
A magnificent scenographic installation dedicated to Galileo Galilei
In the heart of Padova, in Ponti Romani’s street Giuseppe Giordano has established a new restaurant “Da Pino”, inaugurated in the spring of 2017. Inside the artist Mario Eremita has carried out a very extensive artistic embellishment work with creations in bas-relief and painting (murals), he then personalized the lighting system with specific creations dedicated to nature.
Toreutic art, silver bas-reliefs dedicated to the man arts and crafts.
These are bas-reliefs on silver plate. The sizes range from 5×5 cm to 10 cm in diameter. The works are offered on a metal sculpture base, in a 22×22 cm numismatic/medal velvet package or in a 24×30 cm collection/museum cardboard package. For any information contact us using the form at the bottom of the page.
Toreutic art, silver bas-reliefs dedicated to seasons.
These are bas-reliefs on silver plate. The sizes range from 3×3 cm to 10 cm in diameter. The works are offered on a metal sculpture base, in a 22×22 cm numismatic/medal velvet package or in a 24×30 cm collection/museum cardboard package. For any information contact us using the form at the bottom of the page.
The paintings by Mario and Michelangelo Eremita dedicated to the masks of the Comedia de l’Arte and beyond.
Works created by Mario and Michelangelo Eremita in 2003 for Beni Stabili spa. A collection of panel paintings on the theme of the masks of the Comedia de l’Arte and beyond. The thirteen pieces were placed inside the “Le Maschere” restaurant of the San Clemente Island Resort in Venice.
Each work measures 50 x 70 cm and is a painting on wood.
The refinement of the lines and the shades of color stand out, making these classic themes still original and stimulating. In particular we focus on Flora, Pegasus, Poseidon, Ra and Venice. The former come from mythology and mysticism, the latter is a tribute to the city of Venice; everyone was transformed into masks, as if they were characters invited to a carnival party who wanted to wear the strangest disguises.
historical headquarters of the art studio in Paderno di Ponzano Veneto (Treviso)
The artist Mario Eremita acquired his own art studio in 1991 in the town of Paderno di Ponzano Veneto in the province of Treviso. The property, consisting of two sections, a medieval watchtower, whose foundations date back approximately to the 13th century and an annex dating back to the 16th century, is in a state of serious deterioration.
original structure
After taking care of the renovation project, supported by his sons Nicola and Michelangelo, he decided to enrich it with multiple art inserts.
The entrance, consisting of a large arch with a wrought iron gate, introduces an “opus incertum” mosaic, made with different types of granite, inspired by the theme of the sea, which represents three dolphins and two gigantic octopuses. The work extends over twenty-five square meters and is evocative and monumental.
The perimeter walls instead accommodate:
a work in stucco bas-relief, which represents girls playing various musical instruments and children playing, entitled “Harmony”; a wall painting entitled “The Seasons”, a girl carrying in her womb the fruits and flowers of the Seasons of the year.
What is special about this Artist’s Studio are the stairs. They have become a support for bas-reliefs and paintings: everywhere, along the climb, you come across figures dancing or making music.
The ceiling of the Painting Studio is entirely made in bas-relief and represents girls dancing in the sky.
bas-relief dancer
The room at the top of the tower is the last room of the Artist’s Studio. Here, along the walls, paintings are made with a particular technique that gives an effect of plasticity and freshness. Inserted in three arch-shaped niches, three women dance naked.
painting dancers
In 2001 the Studio was sold to the artist photographer Andrea Pancino. He, passionate about Eremita’s works, redesigned all the rooms according to his own very refined aesthetic tastes, preserving and further enhancing the art of the previous owner.
A few small moves and a calibrated intervention to remodel the spaces gave birth to an environment that elevates the quality of life, stimulating reflection, contemplation and the desire to always surround oneself with beautiful things.
This architectural structure which, due to its antiquity and the different uses it has had over time, has taken on strong characteristics of suggestion and mystery, became an Artist’s Studio, receiving a unique expressive intensity, then passing through a new declination with the intervention of another artist, younger and with a different sensitivity, is a monument to the art that remains in the community of Ponzano Veneto.
It is a mixture of emotions that are distributed between history and the present, between the material of art, concrete and spiritual, and the past which was concrete but which now lies, as a memory.
