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sacred nativity in bethlehem sculpture by mario eremita

Sacred Nativity in Bethlehem

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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.

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    da pino signori's square treviso sculptures and paintings by mario eremita

    Restaurant Da Pino Signori square Treviso

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    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.

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      da pino republic's avenue treviso paintings and sculptures by mario eremita

      Restaurant Da Pino Repubblica avenue Treviso

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      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.

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        da pino candiani's square mestre sculptures by mario eremita

        Restaurant Da Pino Candiani square Mestre

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        Allegories of the Senses 5 + 1

        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.

        The sense of sight

        The sense of hearing

        The sense of taste

        The sense of smell

        The sense of touch

        The sixth sense

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          da pino ponti romani's street padova paintings and sculptures by mario eremita

          Restaurant Da Pino Ponti Romani street Padova

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          Example of contemporary patronage

          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 curator and art communicator 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.

          giuseppe giordano and mario eremita patronage and art

          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.

          Artwork’s work in progress

          Finished artwork

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            artist studio by mario eremita

            The artist’s Mario Eremita Studio

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            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.

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            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.

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            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.

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            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.

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              artist mario eremita's house

              The artist’s Mario Eremita house

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              The artist’s “casa picta” in Merlengo of Ponzano Veneto ( Treviso ).

              The artist Mario Eremita purchased the property in 1983. It is a very old house, the central part probably dates back to 1200. It was remodeled over time, finally becoming part of the neighboring Venetian Villa of Queen Cornaro of Cyprus where Giovan Battista Tiepolo painted his magnificent frescoes including the famous “Flora” , now preserved at the “Bailo” Museum in Treviso. The house was in a state of complete abandonment and Eremita intended to carry out a recovery that would keep the structures and openings intact but which would allow the interiors to be completely rethought so that they were suitable for hosting his contemporary art inserts. Inside, Eremita has freed his imagination by creating a personalized environment. The following were performed:

              • wall paintings with the theme of the seasons and apotropaic symbols;
              • wall and ceiling bas-reliefs in plastic stucco with the theme of musicians, cupids, fruit, female figures, amazons, flamenco;
              • Ceiling bas-reliefs in painted concrete with the theme of dancing female figures;
              • floor mosaic “opus incertum” technique with the use of marble and granite of various colors, with the marine theme of octopuses and mermaid;
              • outdoor plastic stucco bas-reliefs with the theme of cupids and musicians.

              This creation is a free expression of the imagination of the Artist who created an environment that is an expression of his art. The life lived inside an artist’s house is not comparable to that lived in a conventional home. 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 the mind, reflection and contemplation; experiences with high added value.

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                thought is action sculpture iron by michelangelo eremita

                Thought is Action

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                Corten steel sculpture concept-project monument by Michelangelo Eremita

                The architect-artist Michelangelo Eremita developed the theme “Thought is Action” which identifies and summarizes the meaning of humanity more than any other.

                He completely freed his creative potential, rethinking everything in a revolutionary and original way but on the basis of classical principles: the result is a “Dynamic Structure-Sculpture”.

                The artwork, despite the workmanship which only allows two-dimensional modelling, thanks to the superposition of seven construction levels, develops in three dimensions, acquiring a powerful scenographic effect.

                The use of rounded curved lines represents the essence of the power of the load-bearing structures and gives solidity and slenderness to the scenic system, while introducing a variable of complexity that results from the different points of view. This complexity gratifies the observer and opens the reading of the artwork to the different meanings that it conveys.

                In its side view the artwork is clearly divided into the symbolic-figurative part and the symbolic-explanatory part. The first is identified by the figurative human element which is in turn divided into two subsets.

                The first symbolic-figurative subset is represented by thought, cut negatively, the second subset is represented by action, cut positively.

                Thought is the first anthropomorphic profile, action is the second anthropomorphic profile. The first is naked, smooth and soft, it symbolizes meditation, wisdom, thought, reasoning; the second is aggressive and recalls the shapes of the Achaean helmet, symbolizing strength, dynamism, strategy, action.

                The symbolic-explanatory subset is the idealized representation of the engine of the action: the wings.

                They were created distinct and break through two-dimensionality. The structural components of the wings play the symbolic-explanatory part. The symbol of the symbolic-explanatory subset is the “flying engine” that unfolds in three dimensions to guide thought and action.

                This ingenious design has allowed us to merge in a streamlined and rapid synthesis the idea of “structural tension”, understood in the curved, tense and functional forms for load-bearing, with that of “ideal tension” understood in the figurative traits that symbolize thought and action; the point of contacts is the “flying engine” that unites the two tensions.

                The references to classical culture are homage to the principle of respect and protection of the original and formal values of art.

                Man controls action with thought and meditation which otherwise would be brutal and senseless; therefore he bends the forces of nature and puts them at his service, creating essential supporting structures to harness and multiply the strength that comes from ingenuity. Man’s pride and confidence in himself still push him to pursue new and better results, only if they maintain respect for their history and origins.

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                  monuments concept and projects by mario eremita

                  Monument concept wild horses

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                  premise

                  The associated artists of CAOS propose themselves for the design and creation of celebratory and commemorative monuments. The theme is the result of consultation with the client and an in-depth philological examination aimed at identifying the formal, symbolic, allegorical and content charactheristics of the work.

                  The predilection for figurative themes, which therefore give centrality to the human figure, does not preclude the possibility of abstract creations, in particular thanks to the collaboration with the architect-artist Michelangelo Eremita who developed this particular genre of formalism.

                  About the appropriateness of art in everyday life

                  In history, beauty is a relative aesthetic attribute or value, linked to human civilizations in their evolution. It is not an absolute value.

                  In art, beauty underlies the artist’s ability to build a coherent system of abstract meanings, concepts and values and also underlies the ability to transmit them intact and with extreme synthesis and effectiveness such as to directly reach those who are able to grasp them.

                  Art does not need to be explained, it does not need to be translated or interpreted; art can be read, understood, welcomed, loved; but in it, beauty is an absolute value.

                  Art does not transmit subjective values, it is not ethical; it refers to basic and fundamental, mysterious rules, linked to illusion, lies, dreams, perhaps to our ancestral fears.

                  For this reason, beautiful expressions of art contain messages that can be grasped at any time and everywhere, assuming traits of absoluteness or giving the illusion of it.

                  The questions we must ask ourselves and ask our children today are the following:
                  “how much art knowledge is there in us?”;
                  “how much of this knowledge is at the service of mankind?”

                  A real reflection is needed on the need to conquer a human society based on knowledge ad art; therefore an objectively beautiful society.

                  Attention towards art from early age must be cultivated in our children. We must take children to museums, to art galleries, we must demand that schools provide teachers od Art History and not just Drawing; we must expect these teachers to transmit a love for art.

                  Understanding art means knowing how to see and knowing how to see is a difficult goal to achieve; sometimes one life is not enough. We must therefore show the way to young people so that they can choose.

                  Hypotheses and projects for a renaissance of the arts

                  Today, not only Religious Institutions of Private Collectors but also and perhaps above all, Public Administrators, play an important function in developing people’s sensitivity towards art. They have the possibility of mending a huge fracture that has been created between the people and contemporary art since the 20th century.

                  Art must return close to people to lay the foundations for its rebirth. In the planning of master plans, residential areas and in the future redesign of the disheartening industrial areas, recently discouraged by natural disasters, we must return to placing man and humanity at the center and this also passes through careful research and selection of artists capable of carrying out artworks that make the community cohesive. Artworks around which the human community can rally, exactly as happened in our Renaissance with the contribution of the Church but also of enlightened and aware Dominants, such as Federico Da Montefeltro os Sigismondo Malatesta or Lorenzo Dei Medici.

                  Such work has strong political underpinnings; whoever wants to take in this pleasant and exciting responsibility will get the history. Whoever is able to enrich the community with what is created for it and not what is built for a claimed honor to the “art” itself will have created a thousand possibilities for his fellow citizens.

                  In these pages we wanted to present some sketches of great artworks for the sole purpose of giving an idea of the possibilities offered by the imagination of the artist Mario Eremita and the architect-artist Michelangelo Eremita.

                  Wild Horses

                  Here is the sketch for the “Wild Horses” sculpture. It is a bronze sculpture in which Murano glass elements are inserted. The horses are suspended in this bronze and glass frame which in turn represents the tree of life.

                  monuments concept wild horses by mario eremita

                  The horses trot on the branches of the tree of life which also seem to resemble the waves of the sea. It is an idea of very strong dynamism and great brightness that creates a positive, encouraging, stimulating, climate, favorable to sociality, conviviality and optimism, trust and an idea of progress accompained by development.

                  monuments concept wild horses by mario eremita

                  The artworks of authentic artists are always linked to the human community that appreciates them and makes part of the references of everyday life. When things are like this, the foundations have been laid for a comparison with history, with time and with the possibility of social and cultural development of a community.

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                    alacqua's house painting by mario eremita

                    Alacqua’s House

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                    artistic embellishments mural painting at Alacqua’s House Venice Mestre “Concordia et Abundantia”

                    Mural painting made directly on wall with special paints and 24 kt gold leaf. The overall dimensions are approximately 4 by 2.5 meters. The subjects are figurative and dedicated to music, symbol of harmony and to the horn of plenty, symbol of abundance.

                    The artwork was treated with shades of pink and gray to emulate the hard rhodochrosite stone, according to the wishes of the client, Mr. Alacqua.

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                    The human figure, in the forms of cherubs and girls, is Mario Eremita’s favorite subject. Humanity integrally runs through the entire imagination of this artist: from grace to the apocalypse.

                    Even in commissioned artworks, which must necessarily be carried out in accordance with precise needs, the talented artist is able to express his own personal style without distorting himself, but rather by broadening the codification.

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