Alla Luce di Dante. Scultura d’ombra

This exhibition, a homage to Dante Alighieri seven hundred years after his death, is part of the cultural initiatives that the city of Montevarchi has planned for 2021 in order to celebrate the Great poet.

Stella Battaglia, an artist whose research moves between Art and Science, presents a suggestive and spectacular sculpture of shadow. The work was created based on the geometry of light, starting with the famous profile of Dante painted by Sandro Botticelli.
Alla Luce di Dante is a piece made up of some books untidily laid out on a desk, and a light spot. When the light comes on, the silhouette of Dante’ s profile is projected onto the opposite wall. The books not only allude to the vast number of works written by the Great Poet himself, but also to the vast amount of literature which flourished in the light of his art. Dante is the father of the Italian language, and his profile continues to light the way for it.

Opening Saturday 15 May at 6.00 pm
May 16 – November 28 2021

Il Cassero per la scultura italiana dell’Ottocento e del Novecento- Museo civico
Via Trieste, 1 Montevarchi (AR)

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