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| Silent Auction Place a Silent Auction Bid on La Pieta on the Donation Button Bidding Closes August 12, 2010 Bids will be Posted Weekly on this Page Highest Bid As of August 12 Wins the Print Proceeds Benefit The Artist's Path As an educator and parent I have noticed a new sense of hopelessness in children. I found that this had to do with a lack of knowing that their future was a safe and secure place. (a lack of a sense of "future" is part of the definition of clinical depression). This was in direct relationship to all of the environmental "doomsday" scenarios which depict a future without an abundance of species, a future overburdened with trash and toxic waste, and future of war, crime and assault. As adults, we are often unaware of the effects of this type of information on In an effort to invent an image that would project a sense of safety and security for the planet "Pieta" was born. Children are more familiar with being held and cuddled than adults. In fact, when I have displayed this piece in public the kids are always dragging their parents to it with excitement: "Look Mom!, Look!". The word PIETA is an Italian word derived from the Latin "pietas", the root word for both pity and piety. Anyone familiar with the sculptural work by Michelangelo, identifies the image of the Virgin holding her Son after He has come down from the cross, in the same way she would have held Him as a child.. However Michelangelo was working with a theme that had begun in Germany toward the end of the thirteenth century. The Gothic statues which adorned churches of the Middle Ages were very stiff and emotionless, and a movement had begun which reflected a desire to endow the traditional themes of Christian art with an ever greater emotional appeal. This gave rise to a new kind of religious imagery, designed to serve private devotion; it is often referred to by the German "Andachtshild". The most wide-spread type of Andachtshild was the Pieta. The representation of the Virgin grieving over the dead Christ does not appear in the scriptural account of the Passion; it was invented - a tragic counterpart to the familiar motif of the Madonna and Child. It was my intention that this Pieta does reflect compassion and warmth - and lots of love - on a global scale. And that our children can sense that love, and have a visual image that helps them feel even a slight bit more secure in the future of the planet. I believe it does that. Art has always been part of my life. It has dragged me screaming - sometimes with pain and sometimes with joy - to experiences well beyond anything I could have imagined. After receiving my arts degree and working at the Southwest Texas Museum of Modern Art, I turned to studying traditional folk arts in West Virginia. My later work at the Historic Museum in Flagstaff gained me positions in England and France doing historic renovation. A veteran art instructor I have conducted workshops in the United States, Europe, and Australia. With fine art reproductions and originals in private collections throughout the world, my current preference is for portraits of people in costumes. Examples include portraits of Sharlot Hall (at the Sharlot Hall Museum) and Princess Kaiulani, Lahaina Giclee Gallery, Maui, Hawaii. Warmly Tony Cocilovo Artist |
Pieta A Print 23" x 33" Simply Framed Valued at $26 |
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Tony Cocilovo
