Roberto Selmi

Black bird on black 80%

The bird captures the ambiguity of the vices and virtues

The ambiguity of the winged rabbit, between vice and virtue

The mixture of vices and virtues, represented by a winged rabbit, bird, rooster

Bestiaria
The works that I present in this new collection, processing is taken from medieval Bestiaria, a collection of real or imaginary animals that symbolize vices or virtues extrapolated from the figures in low relief decorating the cathedrals of medieval Europe. The paintings on display express a synthesis of good and evil, like the rooster recalls the theme of denial, but also the themes of the Annunciation, the Resurrection and the Supervisory Board, or rabbit winged symbol of fertility in the Middle Ages it became a symbol of lust or even the bird, considered a symbol of the soul and the Middle Ages also becomes a representation of freedom from the earthly and the materiality and messenger of the divine will.
These paintings express the ambiguity of symbols as a representation of the ambiguity of the human soul in a combination of harmonious colors that infuse warmth and tranquility because the image is created and enveloping with a nice calligraphy. All my work ha

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Texture "HEAD OF THE DRAGON"

Texture "HEAD OF THE DRAGON, PANTONE 281"

Texture of "HALF MAN WITH THE DOUBLE TAIL, PANTONE159"

Texture of "HALF MAN WITH THE DOUBLE TAIL" "

Texture of "THE GREEN GRIFFON, PANTONE 2592

Texture di "IL CANE A DUE TESTE E SEI ZAMPE, PANTONE 357"

Texture of "The Three drakes

Texture of "The Three drakes PANTONE 704"

Texture of "Dog with two heads and six legs

Texture of "THE GREEN GRIFFON"

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"The fish-dragon with two heads and three legs"
In medieval bestiaria there is no figure so composed, it is contradictory, because the fish represents Christ and Satan, the dragon curdled. The picture that you see expressed a summary of good and evil, unifying and merging these aspects of the human soul in a combination of harmonious colors, which lend warmth and security.

* IMAGINARIUM
The works in this series are drawn from the figures in low relief placed in square frames, or in small niches that adorn the main entrance of the Cathedral of Ferrara and is nestled in the sloping pillars that create the splay of the main entrance. The themes of these sculptures are drawn from medieval Bestiaria, which is a collection of real or imaginary animals that symbolize the virtues and vices or Herbaria whose symbolic value is not always a given interpretation. The title of the small exhibition attracts the imagin





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The tree-growing flower of fortune (clover grass)
This figure appears in fitomorfa medieval herbals, or summaries that describe the plant kingdom. The plant has always had positive connotations for both the therapeutic value that was recognized that the religious one, because it represented the Trinity. The work the colors wrap wants to convey this positive message.

* IMAGINARIUM
The works in this series are drawn from the figures in low relief placed in square frames, or in small niches that adorn the main entrance of the Cathedral of Ferrara and is nestled in the sloping pillars that create the splay of the main entrance. The themes of these sculptures are drawn from medieval Bestiaria, which is a collection of real or imaginary animals that symbolize the virtues and vices or Herbaria whose symbolic value is not always a given interpretation. The title of the small exhibition attracts the imagination o





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The two-faced man of the forest with two tails or (the centaur biting its tail)
The symbolism of the centaur is very fluctuating, in the ancient world has a positive meaning because it is the synthesis of strength and speed, but in the medieval features of the figure leads to a reversal of values​​, the collection is perceived as a representation of lust and greed. The work that you admire is freely adapted from the stylized low relief, but yet so finely crafted and treated in detail in its parts so calligraphy conveys a 'sense of finely worked lace and communicates a sense of sophistication and refinement.

* IMAGINARIUM
The works in this series are drawn from the figures in low relief placed in square frames, or in small niches that adorn the main entrance of the Cathedral of Ferrara and is nestled in the sloping pillars that create the splay of the main entrance. The themes of these sculptu





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"The dog with wings with two heads and six legs out among the leaves."
Dogs up to half of the thirteenth century were not the subject of emotional attention has not been allowed to enter the house and are often associated with cruel practices. Under this figure instead acquires the dignity that we give to this animal contemporaries, pride, intelligence, the strength that our "friend" has the collective unconscious today.

* IMAGINARIUM
The works in this series are drawn from the figures in low relief placed in square frames, or in small niches that adorn the main entrance of the Cathedral of Ferrara and is nestled in the sloping pillars that create the splay of the main entrance. The themes of these sculptures are drawn from medieval Bestiaria, which is a collection of real or imaginary animals that symbolize the virtues and vices or Herbaria whose symbolic value is not always a given interpretation. The





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"The dragons of water that run"
The iconography of the dragon in the Western world of the medieval period has always been associated with Satan and has had various representations. In East and India rather his story is very different, we read of friendly dragons led around with a lot of biting and riding in parties or wedding receptions. The low relief of the main portal of the Cathedral of Ferrara has a meaning definitely demonic, in the context that we see the spirit of gaiety prevails instead of the Eastern tradition, made ​​with very accurate stylistic details and enlivened by warm colors.

* IMAGINARIUM
The works in this series are drawn from the figures in low relief placed in square frames, or in small niches that adorn the main entrance of the Cathedral of Ferrara and is nestled in the sloping pillars that create the splay of the main entrance. The themes of these sculptures are drawn





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"The Green Griffin with his feet on the leaves, in black"
The Griffon in the complex symbolism of the medieval world had different and opposite meanings. Dante in Canto XXIX of the Purgatory of the Commedia as it combines the strength sums up the eagle and the lion. In the Cathedral of Ferrara Griffin takes a negative value instead: it is a satanic presence. The iconography of the painting will defuse the ambivalent nature of this fantastic animal, its meaning is now definitely positive and reassuring: the carefree green griffin just want to give the feeling of harmony and lightness.

* IMAGINARIUM
The works in this series are drawn from the figures in low relief placed in square frames, or in small niches that adorn the main entrance of the Cathedral of Ferrara and is nestled in the sloping pillars that create the splay of the main entrance. The themes of these sculptures are drawn from medieval Bestiari





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Printing on PVC
IMAGINARIUM Collection *
"The Green Griffin with his feet on the leaves, in white"
The Griffon in the complex symbolism of the medieval world had different and opposite meanings. Dante in Canto XXIX of the Purgatory of the Commedia as it combines the strength sums up the eagle and the lion. In the Cathedral of Ferrara Griffin takes a negative value instead: it is a satanic presence. The iconography of the painting will defuse the ambivalent nature of this fantastic animal, its meaning is now definitely positive and reassuring: the carefree green griffin just want to give the feeling of harmony and lightness.

* IMAGINARIUM
The works in this series are drawn from the figures in low relief placed in square frames, or in small niches that adorn the main entrance of the Cathedral of Ferrara and is nestled in the sloping pillars that create the splay of the main entrance. The themes of these sculptures are drawn from medieval Bestiari





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