{"id":6304,"date":"2014-06-17T13:43:04","date_gmt":"2014-06-17T13:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.annalu.it\/capitana-da-mar-life\/"},"modified":"2020-07-24T07:32:40","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T07:32:40","slug":"capitana-da-mar-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.annalu.it\/en\/capitana-da-mar-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Capitana Da Mar & Life"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Capitana Da Mar & Life<\/h4>\n

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EXTERNAL BRONZE SCULPTURE PROJECT (Immaculate Madonna Capitana Da Mar)<\/span><\/h4>\n

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The Immaculate Virgin Capitana da Mar designed for the exterior of the homonymous church adheres to a new and at the same time ancient title. New in its application to a place of worship and ancient due to the historical reference to a singular model consisting of the image placed on the top of the dome of the Basilica of the Madonna della Salute in Venice.<\/span><\/p>\n

This image is shaped by reworking recognized iconographic forms, which find inspiration in Sacred Scripture and become significant for the piety of a people who live in a territory facing the sea as is the coast of Jesolo.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the vision of chapter 12 of the Apocalypse, which the liturgical tradition includes in a Mariological sense, the Immaculate Madonna Capitana da Mar is characterized by the crown of twelve stars on the head and the moon under her feet. The victory over evil, meant by stepping on the serpent (cf. Gen 3:15) is confirmed by the sign of command, which the admirals wielded while leading the fleet of the Serenissima to battle. It is a sign of continuity with the historical devotion to the Madonna della Salute, whose figure stands out on top of the main dome of the Basilica erected in vote for the liberation of the plague of 1630.<\/span><\/p>\n

In short, at the top of the large spire with a pronounced bow shape, the image of the Immaculate Madonna Capitana da Mar shows her progressing in faith in a full and incessant “Here I am” which makes her New Eve and therefore true “mother of all living “(cf Catechism of the Catholic Church 494 and 149): she herself constitutes” a sign of sure hope and consolation “for the pilgrim Church over time (cf Lumen Gentium 68 and Preface of the Solemnity of the Assumption).<\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]\n

Technical and Content Aspects<\/b><\/span>:<\/b><\/h5>\n

If on the one hand the main setting of the masses is massive and solemn, on the other the anatomical composition is dynamic both for the position of the limbs (right leg to mark the step and at the same time flexed to trample the snake thus bringing the bust slightly forward ) and for the movement of the clothes that unfold in the wind, alluding to the sails of a ship that takes off. The drapery that wraps the Virgin is deliberately moved, rippled like the waves, rough like sand and rock, modeled as if it were coral.<\/span><\/p>\n

This majestic structure of the clothes is complemented by the sweetness and polish of the complexion of the face and hands. The Virgin is therefore represented as a young woman with a confident and open gaze which reflects the brightness of her “fiat” that shines like a star on the sea (how can we forget the ancient hymn “Ave Maris Stella”!).<\/span><\/p>\n

In this regard, it would be interesting to foresee an illumination at his feet that compares the Virgin to the lighthouse that illuminates the street, an authentic “light point” for the people of God, as well as having the function of giving it more noble and solemn grandeur.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t