LOOKING AT THE PICTURE
OF SAN CORRADO IN CHURCH
IN CALENDASCO
by Umberto Battini
historian of S. Corrado and popularizer
OF SAN CORRADO IN CHURCH
IN CALENDASCO
by Umberto Battini
historian of S. Corrado and popularizer
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| San Corrado 16th century painting |
Sacred art, and any painting, expresses its own language, which must speak to the beholder.
This also happens with the painting from the early 17th century which is in the church in Calendasco di Piacenza: S. Corrado Confalonieri, a convert and thoughtful about his sins.
The right foot, resting naked on the raw, bare earth: here I was born, physically!
The left foot, resting naked on a bare stone, symbolizes the hermit cave of Noto!
And then the other symbols.
A very beautiful painting, to the eye and to the heart.
Talk about the Patron.
The Skull represents meditation on death, frustra, called "penance" to punish past sins, the holy rosary, the book of the Gospel.