San Martino dona il mantello - Ospedale San Martino di Belluno
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Ospedale San Martino di Belluno - Viale Europa, 22 - 32100 BellunoSaint Martin gives away his cloak - San Martino Hospital in Belluno
A single boulder from Alpago becomes, in high relief, the scene of Saint Martin dismounting from his horse to drape his cloak over a poor, gaunt, beseeching figure. A manifesto of compassion and human dignity in the spirit of Fiabane’s civic sculpture.
A single block of stone from Alpago becomes, in high relief, the scene of St. Martin dismounting to spread his cloak over a poor, skeletal, supplicating figure. The triangular composition and the "in levare" carving emphasize the dialogue between figure and material: chiseled areas and portions left in their natural state, evoking Martini, Michelangelo (the "Prigioni") and Henry Moore. Not a charitable gesture from above, but a direct sharing in suffering: a declaration of piety and human dignity in the spirit of Fiabane's civic sculpture.
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Ospedale San Martino di Belluno - Viale Europa, 22 - 32100 BellunoItineraries
Saint Martin gives away his cloak - San Martino Hospital in Belluno
A single boulder from Alpago becomes, in high relief, the scene of Saint Martin dismounting from his horse to drape his cloak over a poor, gaunt, beseeching figure. A manifesto of compassion and human dignity in the spirit of Fiabane’s civic sculpture.
