Elvio Marchionni - Peace

The iconography of motherhood is linked to the subject of the Madonna and Child. It is probably one of the most popular iconographies in the history of both Western and Eastern art. The Madonna and Child appears since the dawn of medieval painting and remained a constant subject as long as religious themes dominated artistic production (that is, until the 19th century, when themes inspired by everyday life began to be introduced). In this case, the iconography of the Madonna and Child, in the Renaissance citations of Elvio Marchionni, is taken as an emblematic image of Peace.

In this bas-relief, Marchionni draws inspiration from Renaissance art not only for the thematic choice but also for the interpretative approach. In addition to seeking a perfectly naturalistic rendering of the subject, the artist creates a perfectly proportioned and calibrated composition. Regarding the space of the work, one might even call it a veritable citation: in this case, however, the source is not the Renaissance, but rather medieval art. The ideal city in the background, in fact, draws inspiration from Gothic frescoes, with their layered layers, fairy-tale perspectives, and slanted buildings.

Elvio Marchionni is an artist born in Spello in 1954. His entire artistic research is grounded in the recovery of memories and emotions from the past. His paintings appear like fragments of torn frescoes, references to 15th-century Umbrian painting, of which Marchionni is a great connoisseur. His sculptures presuppose a study of Renaissance harmony and proportion. However, this process of recovering memory merges, in Marchionni, with a careful exploration of artistic language in keeping with a contemporary sensibility.

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