Polyptych of worries

The "Polyptych of worries" talks about false idols, which can create anxiety and insecurity. It’s inspired by the Polyptychs by Carlo Crivelli. It is is an oil on poplar wood with a gilded background, and consists in 6 framed panels. The artwork offers an experience of augmented reality through the Artivive application: each panel of the painting will reveal its hidden symbologies. You can also experience the augmented reality also in front of the monitor of your computer. Try it! According to my needs, Artivive has programmed the application to adapt to the language of the smartphones: currently it is available in French, Italian and, for any other language, English.
The haloes are engraved with the esoteric symbol of perfection, circle (feminine) and dot (masculine), but also represents ancient divinities, as well as the alchemical symbol of gold and sun. Each panel is a tarot card.
In the Roman panel (The Magician) the character has skin spots, caused by mercury poisoning. Symbols of salt, mercury and sulfur are tattooed on the hand. The inscription "Fortune accompanies virtue" is found, depicted with the caduceus of Mercury, in the Dampierre castle.
In addition to the cup, the other three symbols of the minor arcana are unveiled by the golden spiral: the coin, the tree and the brooch on the hat, ending the path in the left eye, replica of the symbols on the halo.
The Egyptian panel (The Death) is taken from 1929 "skeleton dance". The esoteric symbol of death is not negative but means renewal. The symbol of the Rosicrucians and of the rebirth, derives from the Rider-Waite tarot. The black object in the hand is the tail of the black cat used as a cello, but here it represents the mysterious Egyptians cylinders.
The Etruscan Panel represents the "Wheel of fortune". The wheel quotes the cyclicity of life according to a medieval iconography. The character is Vertun, the Etruscan divinity of fortune. The hat shows the Etruscan sphinx of Chiusi.
The mouse was completely painted and then intentionally damaged with a chisel, to witness the state of the artworks in the ancient churches of my country after the violent earthquake of 2016. Unfortunately, the buildings had not been adapted to seismic standards, so we lost some artworks forever.
In the Slavic panel (The Devil), these characters represent a witches sabbath. It’s from "Night on Bald Mountain ", where the demoniac crescendo stops thanks to the sound of bells.
The formula « Solve and Coagula », was used by alchemists to evolve and regenerate themselves.
The Greek panel (Temperance) tells about the asphyxiant crescendo of sorcery that apparently no one can stop. This is Temperance, which continually pours the vital fluid from one amphora to another, regenerating life. The words on the buckets remind us that the segment is inspired by a Goethe ballad, in turn inspired by an episode of the Greek dialogue "False lovers". The sun hieroglyph symbolizes its regenerating spirit.
The Sumerian panel (The Emperor) derives from one of the "Silly simphonies" short movie, in which this king behaves apparently in an illogical way. The heraldic eagle is that of the tarot emperor, but here it represents the Sumerian divinity of storms, war and fertility.