Illustration n3 from a still open series with the non-definitive name "Oracoli" ("Oracles").The theme of the drawing is the ancient... Read More
Illustration n3 from a still open series with the non-definitive name "Oracoli" ("Oracles").
The theme of the drawing is the ancient city of Carthage, founded by the Phoenicians on the coasts of North Africa and overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. The most characterizing element of the ancient city-state was undoubtedly the ring shape of the military harbour. Hence the suggestion to build it with rounded shapes, more precisely in the form of a concave cylinder suspended on the shell of the half sphere. The concentric circles on the water surface of the half sphere represent the vibrations generated by the monumental gravity of the city. The purity of the sphere is contaminated by wounds from which the buildings of the city emerge, and by the inscription of the name in the ancient Phoenician alphabet.
This drawing contains an exception compared to the others in the series: the perspective point of view is at the top, and the background is represented in the upper part of the drawing, with a horizon line of the sea and a sky full of clouds drawn with a pointillism technique.
