{"id":555,"date":"2025-05-17T19:51:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T18:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.juanofrias.com.ar\/art\/?page_id=555"},"modified":"2025-05-17T20:48:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T19:48:02","slug":"madonna","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.juanofrias.com.ar\/art\/madonna\/","title":{"rendered":"Madonna"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n<h2>Madonna delle Stelle<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"193\" data-end=\"580\" class=\"\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">This painting was born from a desire to bridge the earthly with the cosmic, the intimate with the universal. Inspired by Baroque religious iconography\u2014particularly the figure of the Mater Dolorosa\u2014it reinterprets the archetype through a contemporary lens. The pose, full of gesture and introspection, does not merely depict sorrow; it opens toward something broader, something spiritual.<\/p><p data-start=\"582\" data-end=\"991\" class=\"\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">The blue skin is more than an aesthetic choice\u2014it\u2019s a symbolic passage toward the celestial. It strips away a specific identity to become a more universal presence, a figure that transcends time and matter. The exposed heart becomes a point of connection between the human and the cosmos. Hence the title,&nbsp;<em data-start=\"888\" data-end=\"909\">Virgin of the Stars<\/em>: not simply a devotional figure, but a channel between the soul and the universe.<\/p><p data-start=\"993\" data-end=\"1295\" class=\"\" style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">Formally, the contrast between the cool tones of the body and the warmth of the drapery creates a tension that reflects this duality between inner reflection and outward expansion. The light dramatizes, but also reveals. It\u2019s a scene open to contemplation\u2014and to the emotional projection of the viewer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Oil on canvas, 100 cm x 100 cm, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-555","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juanofrias.com.ar\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juanofrias.com.ar\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juanofrias.com.ar\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juanofrias.com.ar\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juanofrias.com.ar\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.juanofrias.com.ar\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":656,"href":"https:\/\/www.juanofrias.com.ar\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/555\/revisions\/656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juanofrias.com.ar\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}