Raining in Piazza Anfiteatro, Lucca - Jiménez Deredia sculpture trail - Pareja
After we left Piazza Anfiteatro in Lucca, we headed around a bit. Rain was not as bad by the time we left the restaurant!
Piazza dell'Anfiteatro is a public square in the northeast quadrant of walled centre of Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy. The ring of buildings surrounding the square, follows the elliptical shape of the former second century Roman Amphitheatre of Lucca. The square can be reached through four gateways located at the four vertices of the ellipse. A cross is carved into the central tile of the square with the arms pointing to the four gateways of the square.
The base of the former amphitheatre (dating back to the 1st or 2nd century BC) is now some 3 meters below the centre. At its peak about 18 rows of amphitheatre seats held some 10,000 spectators.
Now an urban square (piazza), surrounded by private residences built using the remaining structures of the Amphitheatre, and occupied by several outdoor cafes, created in 1830 by the architect Lorenzo Nottolini who razed some of the buildings inside the oval. It was originally refurbished to be a marketplace.
Sculpture trail around Lucca by Jiménez Deredia.
The City of Lucca, with its culture and history, is the ideal setting to present the works of Jiménez Deredia. The circular and oval shapes of the Costa Rican artist's sculptures accompany the spectator along a fluid and harmonious path into the urban fabric of the Tuscan City. In this exhibition, Jiménez Deredia presents symbolic-transmutative sculpture of an organic nature which presents the idea of cosmic participation. The Costa Rican artist provides a spherical-circular view of human beings by means of a series of "Geneses", which narrate a story of time and space through the transformation of matter, and which, according to the artist, lead us to "acknowledge that we are transmuting stardust".
Pareja
Plaque for Carlo Lodovico di Borbone also visible from here.
Raining in Piazza Anfiteatro, Lucca - Jiménez Deredia sculpture trail - Pareja
After we left Piazza Anfiteatro in Lucca, we headed around a bit. Rain was not as bad by the time we left the restaurant!
Piazza dell'Anfiteatro is a public square in the northeast quadrant of walled centre of Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy. The ring of buildings surrounding the square, follows the elliptical shape of the former second century Roman Amphitheatre of Lucca. The square can be reached through four gateways located at the four vertices of the ellipse. A cross is carved into the central tile of the square with the arms pointing to the four gateways of the square.
The base of the former amphitheatre (dating back to the 1st or 2nd century BC) is now some 3 meters below the centre. At its peak about 18 rows of amphitheatre seats held some 10,000 spectators.
Now an urban square (piazza), surrounded by private residences built using the remaining structures of the Amphitheatre, and occupied by several outdoor cafes, created in 1830 by the architect Lorenzo Nottolini who razed some of the buildings inside the oval. It was originally refurbished to be a marketplace.
Sculpture trail around Lucca by Jiménez Deredia.
The City of Lucca, with its culture and history, is the ideal setting to present the works of Jiménez Deredia. The circular and oval shapes of the Costa Rican artist's sculptures accompany the spectator along a fluid and harmonious path into the urban fabric of the Tuscan City. In this exhibition, Jiménez Deredia presents symbolic-transmutative sculpture of an organic nature which presents the idea of cosmic participation. The Costa Rican artist provides a spherical-circular view of human beings by means of a series of "Geneses", which narrate a story of time and space through the transformation of matter, and which, according to the artist, lead us to "acknowledge that we are transmuting stardust".
Pareja
Plaque for Carlo Lodovico di Borbone also visible from here.