TERRACE OF THE PROPHETS, BRAZIL (1991)
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Original author print of a black and white photograph by Ferrante Ferranti. The artist explores the vestiges of the past through the play of shadows and light created by the sun on the ruins. With the soul of an archaeologist, this architect by training combines his photographic work with his passion for antiquity and the Baroque.
Length : 28.74 in / 73 cm
Height : 0.79 in / 2 cm
Width : 20.87 in / 53 cm
Weigth : 6.61 lb / 3 kg
TERRACE OF THE PROPHETS, CONGONHAS DO CAMPO, BRAZIL (1991)
Artist : Ferrante Ferranti
Technique : Original author print of a silver photograph on pearl baryta paper
Supervision: Under glass, black wood frame and ivory mat
Dimensions: 39 x 59 cm (frame 53.5 x 73.5 cm)
Number of copies: Single signed print.
Year: 1991
Inspiration: On the esplanade of the Congonhas Sanctuary of the Bom Jesus de Matosinhos, famous for the Terrace of the Twelve Prophets sculpted by the Brazilian Baroque artist Aleijadinho at the end of the eighteenth century, the Basilica of the Basilica of the Baroque Baroque Basilica of the Basilica of the Baroque Basilica of the Apostles of the Basilica of the Basilica of the Apostles of the Twelve ProphetThe statues watch motionless on the paved terrace, made brilliant by the rain. In the middle of this baroque ensemble, a child crosses the space flying a kite, introducing a breath of life into the solemnity of the place. Through the play of black and white, Ferrante Ferranti captures the encounter between the permanence of stone and the fleeting moment of everyday life.
Ferrante Ferranti
FRANCE
Born January 13, 1960 in Algeria, of a Sardinian mother and a Sicilian father. He took his first photograph at the age of eighteen, a wave in Belle-Île-en-Mer. Passionate about Fernand Pouillon’s book, Les Pierres Sauvages, he began training as an architect in Toulouse, which he completed at Paris-UP6 in 1985 with a diploma in Theaters and scenography in the Baroque era. Traveling photographer, he has been involved for thirty years with Dominique Fernandez in a joint exploration of the Baroque and the different layers of civilizations, from Syria to Bolivia via Sicily and Saint Petersburg. His photographs dialogue with the texts of the writer, who defines him in the album Itinerrances (Actes Sud, 2013) as “the inventor of a language which links the sun to the ruins, in search of the meaning hidden in the forms” .
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