Barca Painting By Jose Freitascruz
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Artist:
Jose Freitascruz
Title:
Barca
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Year:
2000
Medium:
Size - (USA):
120 W x 30 H x 0 D (cm)
Size - (metric):
47.2 W x 11.8 H x 0.0 D (inches)
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Edition:
Original
Artwork ID:
25791
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Artwork Description:
Lisola del Giorno Prima Umberto Eco: in the mid 17th century roberto della griva, a young italian noble, the only survivor from a shipwreck finds himself on another ship in a most peculiar situation: on an empty vessel, a few hundred yards from shore he is unable to reach land alone. trapped, he resorts to writing fictional stories about his mysterious brother ferrante and then shifts to find refuge in philosophy. one must not forget that the science of these ages was not very advanced and that the heated debates of the time not long after galileo had been condemned by the inquisition are whether the earth revolves around the sun, or terra firma is really firmly set; and also, is there void in nature. roberto himself has been sent on a scientific mission to seek a solution for a scientific problem of great practical importance [regarding the island of the day before] but his philosophising shifts from these temporary questions to others that have bothered people from the dawn of time: what is life, what is the nature of god and, most importantly, the question of free will. Some of these paintings were first shown in a 17th century chapel in Lisbon where seamen returning from the orient had come to pray and seek refuge. [barca = boat]it made sense to me to show these paintings here as they obviously dealt with the intensity of the sea and the dangers of the unknown. the portuguese discoveries of the xvth xvith century can well be compared in their daring to the space missions of our time.
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