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Marino Marini, a modern Italian sculptor, pursued
"a mounted cavalryman" as his lifework theme.
In Europe there was a tradition to place the statue
of a mounted cavalryman in the plaza. You can still
see them in many towns. The mounted cavalryman,
which had been sculptured to admire a hero and pray
for safety of the town, was created by Marini under
his new concepts as symbols of the vanity of wars
and uncertainty of people living in modern times.
"Mounted Cavalryman (Guardian of the Town)"is one
of his best wooden sculptures, of which simple but
stable body harmonizes with warm wood material.
The work produced soon after the war reflects his
hope, reconstruction of his devastated homeland
Italy. On the surface of the sculpture, you can
see his unique expression of lines and shapes freely
drawn or carved irrelevant to the form. |
