Fiume Celeste della Reggia di Caserta
2007
Ernesto Solari
Italy
Art Medium:
Various: Pastel, watercolour, pen and ink, coloured pencil, digitally manipulated photographs.
Description:
Based on the history and design of the Palace of Caserta in Southern Italy. The palace was begun in 1752, designed by the architect Luigi Vanvitelli for Charles VII of Naples. This collection of Arcana was dedicated to the "River of the Celestial Palace of Caserta." Solari belived that a Kabbalistic structure underlay the design and construction of the Royal Gardens of this most prestigious eighteenth-century mansion in Italy.
