Claudia Clemente

Il moro con i melograni

Name: Il moro con i melograni
SKU: 4464
Price: 900.00 EUR
Availability: OutOfStock

Paintings Hand painted wooden board

Single artwork

€900,00

Out of stock

Description by the artist

My Moors are different from the legend; they are people who exist in real life and for a moment they turn into heroes. True expressions of everyday life and in the crown the most beautiful fruits and flowers of our land. Awarded in various national competitions both online and by the jury. Hand painted wooden board with acrylic and stucco.

Details and dimensions

Materials: Hand painted wooden board

Dimensions (cm): Height 42, Width 30, Depth 1

Weight (kg): 0.500

Handcrafted in Sicily

The artwork in the Sicilian culture

By the Governance of Sicilian Artisan Foundation

The Moor’s Heads are a classic representation of artistic Sicily. The Moors bring us back to the Arab domination in Sicily (IX-XI century). The Muslim period lasted almost two centuries but it is the one that has left the biggest imprint, probably, in the rich history of Sicily. Not so much in the monuments (very few) but in the daily life, in the etymology of many words, in the dialect, in the uses and customs. Moors are typical figures which come into play very often in Sicilian culture as for example in the Opera the Puppets or in the legend of the Moor’s heads. They tell of a legend in which a beautiful Sicilian fell in love with an Arab at the time that they reigned in Sicily (IX-XI century), being betrayed by the Moor, she beheaded him in his sleep and hung his head, as if it were a vase, on the balcony, also adorning it with a fragrant basil plant that aroused the admiration of unsuspecting bystanders. In a certain sense, the Arabs have never left Sicily.

(photo) Old Sicilian man in Gangi, 1928