{"id":1986,"date":"2022-06-02T07:18:49","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T05:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.villalequerciolaie.com\/alchemy-with-nature\/"},"modified":"2022-06-06T18:19:33","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T16:19:33","slug":"alchemy-with-nature","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.villalequerciolaie.com\/en\/alchemy-with-nature\/","title":{"rendered":"Alchemy with nature"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-1dlfut-f258275cac8d63245fde6c06f89369ee main_color avia-section-small avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap sidebar_right'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-1986'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" 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class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class='flex_column av-b3t51-90800ce457fdac4629a23d6913b08b9a av_one_fourth  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_one_fourth  first flex_column_div '   ><div  class='avia-button-wrap avia-button-center  avia-builder-el-3  avia-builder-el-no-sibling ' ><a href='https:\/\/www.villalequerciolaie.com\/alchimia-della-natura\/#magico'  class='avia-button av-l3w731bg-5c7b81233b93d1c62f4bc7142dd6fba6 avia-icon_select-no avia-size-small avia-position-center avia-color-theme-color' ><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >The magical world of symbols<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class='flex_column av-dfcut-de31c8dccdcfd5ba54f5f65129fc84ee av_one_fourth  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_one_fourth  el_before_av_one_fourth  flex_column_div '   ><div  class='avia-button-wrap avia-button-center  avia-builder-el-5  avia-builder-el-no-sibling ' ><a href='https:\/\/www.villalequerciolaie.com\/alchimia-della-natura\/#omaggio'  class='avia-button av-acugl-c12eb96ef39d1957039fcf53852724ee avia-icon_select-no avia-size-small avia-position-center avia-color-theme-color' ><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >A tribute for St. Augustine in Prato<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class='flex_column av-klbw5-3959060f09850be534415fbb7824a390 av_one_fourth  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_one_fourth  el_before_av_one_fourth  flex_column_div '   ><div  class='avia-button-wrap avia-button-center  avia-builder-el-7  avia-builder-el-no-sibling ' ><a href='https:\/\/www.villalequerciolaie.com\/alchimia-della-natura\/#piscina'  class='avia-button av-l3w7m3ke-5ab9ce445da732e02b02409a2c96e365 avia-icon_select-no avia-size-small avia-position-center avia-color-theme-color' ><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >The Roman Pool<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class='flex_column av-h2ib1-781e0db0da7794380bf6afaff174d464 av_one_fourth  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_one_fourth  el_before_av_hr  flex_column_div '   ><div  class='avia-button-wrap avia-button-center  avia-builder-el-9  avia-builder-el-no-sibling ' ><a href='https:\/\/www.villalequerciolaie.com\/alchimia-della-natura\/#esposizione'  class='avia-button av-l3w7nvt8-15f125b02340ecd30a8233e1ce4014ff avia-icon_select-no avia-size-small avia-position-center avia-color-theme-color' ><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >The Brussels exhibition<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><div  class='hr av-altrh-645f8a90b18c6654bf59d29957146f02 hr-default  avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_one_fourth  el_before_av_one_full '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class='flex_column av-j9dt9-c7f953dc1481908f5b592160c65cbf6a av_one_full  avia-builder-el-11  el_after_av_hr  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div '   ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l3w1dul6-c5aa7b268702ca1af5f29827c4d1b8f6\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-l3w1dul6-c5aa7b268702ca1af5f29827c4d1b8f6 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:16px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l3w1dul6-c5aa7b268702ca1af5f29827c4d1b8f6'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1386 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.villalequerciolaie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Rolando-Stefanacci-alchi-foto-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"296\" \/>The entrance of the villa\u2019s gate \u201cLe Querciolaie\u201d by Monteverdi Marittimo, there is a sign indicating: \u201cRolando Stefanacci \u2013 sculptor\u201d, the reproduction of some of his sculptures and the phrase \u201cALCHEMY WITH NATURE \u201c A binomial that suits him well: that alchemy science Stefanacci is closely examining for many years now applied to the nature of the immense park surrounding the sixteenth-century villa where he found for some time the quietness for his \u201cworking idleness&#8221;. A park full of secular oaks and ilexes, Mediterranean bush and flowers of any kind \u201ccoming out\u201d from the earth giving him that yellow rose tree stone nuance with which he realized many of his sculptures and through which he built up some original little villas immersed into the vegetation, <\/span>Stefanacci codified for some time his entire work into a monograph embracing it till 1998. A work that in the latest few years has just assumed aspects of great interest for the quality of its product but, most of all, for those esoteric meanings to be subtended and perceived in the components. \u201cArt \u2013 says Stefanacci \u2013 is alchemy\u2019. He keeps on: \u201cSince the earliest times, just when men began to turn away from their natural state, the artist comprehends that matter is composed of elements. By distilling the colours from vegetables, ground, oxides and mineral he tries to delinea te the forms through representative scenes of events and hieroglyphs to be used as a primordial but universal communication vehicle. He instinctively apprehends ha can use any material, wood and stone, metal and. anything the marvelous universe shares with him. He feel the uncontrollable need to honor those forces that unable and quite force him to compose and decompose, according to his intimist perception, temples, monuments and divine representations\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut why \u2013 we ask \u2013 art is alchemy\u201d. \u201cIn such an endless research \u2013 adds Stefanacci \u2013 the artist (the man, as well) sees himself as the fruit of an alchemy process. He as well recognise himself as completely absorbed in the cycle of compositions and decompositions, not quite different from the matter he shaped and from the objects he represented. He perceives in an instant to be, firstly, the work of a sublime artist and eterhal, by that way permeated with the soul essence that vivifies the universe. It is the deep consciousness of the perpetual alternation of compositions and decompositions that makes it possible my own existence, of which art is the supreme expression\u201d.<br \/>\nOn the spur of this conception arising from deepen studies on the knowledge (\u201cBetter making our own way into darkness \u2013 he affirms \u2013 instead if stop watching the surface\u201d), Stefanacci has in the last few years got on with the study of the hermetic doctrines, of that \u201cgreat work\u2019 the alchemy, a word dating back from the earliest times that is, in Greece and in Egypt but That in substance proves to be an hermetic science plunging its basis into the permutation of the forms through the spirit.<br \/>\nWith time Stefanacci obtained consents and gratifications for his work as an artist and as a man, too. Among the many to be recalled is a writing by professor Antonio Bagni on the occasion of Stefanacci\u2019s artistic intervention in the cemetery of Agliana in Tuscany where he has decorated a chapel with his wonder fui ceramics. Words that englobe the two aspects, Stefanacci\u2019s artistic and human ones: \u201cFor those who can grasp it, the meeting with a person is always \u2013 he writes \u2013 a creative input to fully uve our own human dimension, both in social and individuaI terms. When you meet Rolando Stefanacci, a complete man and artist, you feel inside a fluid that shakes you interiorly pushing you to find in the mystery of existence the sign of a different way -ancient and new at the same time \u2013 to breath life\u201d. When there is not the physical presence of Rolando, there are the revealing glazed visions of his ceramics, which in vite you to the search of the arcane reasons of life. His works, fruit o fan intense and deep reflection activity, whether to comprehend or communicate the reality, trans figure in significant symbols the simplest everyday life facts by enlightening them with lights and colours in perfect symbiosis with nature, with the mystery of its seasons, with the sunbeams and the moonshine\u201d.<br \/>\n\u201cI am lucky \u2013 he goes on \u2013 to uve in Agliana, a little town between Pistoia and Prato, where Rolando, in sign of friendship and with great generosity, has given some of his works, not for a vain search of glory but to leave a trace, a message to those who will see and be able to read them with pure hearth. In the old Town House, beside the stairs leading to the council hall and in front of the exit of the library, stands out one of his ceramics of about three metres and a half of height and one of width, contained in a great and carved walnut frame, in which is the tali figure of a young man, symbol of Agliana Town Hall (young because of his recent history even though with rural medieval origins). He holds a balance by the arms that is, justice, and a dove that is, peace.<\/p>\n<p>Below is the Town House and a crowd of people running into it: the Town House should be a house opened to the participation of all citizens in order to rule in justice and peace\u201d. Meanwhile, under the gallery outside the Technical Commercial School &#8220;Aldo Capitini&#8221; in the most important school of Agliana, Rolando left the sign of his love for the young and the culture. To the discovering of his work were responsible the young who read Rolando\u2019s ceramics described in their paper \u201cHere the news!\u201d: the work is 1,70 of height, the feet of the represented young man stand on the terrestrial cap where some biblical scenes are featured; the one on the right side is, with emphasis, referable to the fight between Cain and AbeI told in the Genesis; the one on the left side suggests on the contrary different interpretations: someone in fact saw in it the jewish people led by Moses to the Mount Sinai in search for the Tables of the Laws; others the procession of the shepherds to Bethlehem in search for the hut of the Saviour announced to them; in the end someone eke, by reading this image, sees in it the humanity that, from the StoneAge on, walks towards the future and progress.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1387\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1387\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1387\" src=\"http:\/\/www.villalequerciolaie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Rolando-Stefanacci-alchi-foto-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"Rolando-Stefanacci-alchi-foto-2\" width=\"200\" height=\"262\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1387\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cL\u2019abbraccio\u201d (Collezione privata<br \/>Adholph Broderix)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The young man standing in there, simply dressed and with absorbed air, holds two objects by the hands: on the left one, the book of the divine Law, on the right one the balance representing justice, or, the cultural, historical, religious equilibrium between the people that, unfortunately, are not currently ruled by humanity. The perfect alignment of the two plates represents the wish that the nowadays\u2019 fragile equilibrium becomes stable and lasting in the future. The \u201cCapitini\u201d students concluded this way their article: we hope the presence of this sculpture in our school will be an invitation for everybody to the contemplation of our elves, nature, art and life \u201c.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the chapel of the new cemetery \u201cThe Garden\u201d in Agliana, Rolando left a big message of hope. Leonetto Tintori, painter and restorer Pra tese, who Is well known in the artistic background, explains the meaning:<br \/>\ncon firms his willingness to the renewal and exploitation of the deepest human feelings by proposing a meditation on moral and artistic values of fundamental importance. The general concept on which the decoration is based consists in the serene vision of human life from the beginning to the end. At the centre of the Chapel\u2019s pediment, on a red-tiled background, a big egg is standing, which is the symbol of life: from the white uncovered celi comes out, new-born, the man. On the right wall inside, is standing, slim, Eva, who is lavishing numerous human beings with natural prolificacy. In front of Eva, on the left wall, Adamo advances with steps made safer by the promise of justice being entrusted to him. Behind the altar, on the front wall, Is the representation of life at sunset with the shadow of the sacrificial wood. The spirit of the dead stirs on the valley aspirating to the reunion with the luminous universe. On the entrance wall the pelican, symbol of love and sacrifice, concludes the itinerary of the limpid shades of the enamel.<br \/>\n\u201cSo, also in a piace that Is usually deputed to the contemplation of death, Rolando talks us about life through the symbols of a nature purified by love, in its ascensional motion to the Holy Spirit who, in the sky of the Chapel, supervises and wait.<\/p>\n<dl class=\"gallery-item\">\n<dt class=\"gallery-icon landscape\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1388\" src=\"http:\/\/www.villalequerciolaie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Rolando-Stefanacci-alchi-foto-3-200x173-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"173\" \/><\/dt>\n<dd id=\"gallery-1-399\" class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">\u201cL\u2019energia creativa\u201d( Collezione Dr. Peter Moratin)<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<dl class=\"gallery-item\">\n<dt class=\"gallery-icon landscape\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiwebdesign.com\/alchemy-with-nature\/rolando-stefanacci-alchi-foto-4\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asiwebdesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Rolando-Stefanacci-alchi-foto-4-200x191.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"191\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-400\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd id=\"gallery-1-400\" class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">\u201cFonte con pianeti\u201d (laterale)<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<dl class=\"gallery-item\">\n<dt class=\"gallery-icon landscape\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiwebdesign.com\/alchemy-with-nature\/rolando-stefanacci-alchi-foto-5\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asiwebdesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Rolando-Stefanacci-alchi-foto-5-200x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"197\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-401\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd id=\"gallery-1-401\" class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">Fonte con pianeti dell\u2019universo\u201d (Travertino e onice)<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>It is the vital fluid of Rolando who, through the rarefied light of his ceramics, is and will always be present in Agliana to invite us to seek the harmony of life in the mystery &#8220;.<br \/>\nHere, looking for the harmony of life in the mystery: all the symbolism that Stefanacci proposes in ceramics, sculptures and in the distant past in paintings, tends precisely to this, to seek the balance of our existence through the ancient secrets of hermetic philosophy.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_2'  class='avia-section av-19yl7h-9ee8629dcace5ff98b13fa8cf94465f5 main_color avia-section-small avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-13  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap sidebar_right'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-1986'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='hr av-11w7i5-ffd7d5aa2e788155e2d7c3459c37160a hr-default  avia-builder-el-14  el_before_av_heading  avia-builder-el-first '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-zeic5-88fecd701c005ae4fc818a508ff57b82\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-zeic5-88fecd701c005ae4fc818a508ff57b82{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-zeic5-88fecd701c005ae4fc818a508ff57b82 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-zeic5-88fecd701c005ae4fc818a508ff57b82 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  id=\"magico\"  class='av-special-heading av-zeic5-88fecd701c005ae4fc818a508ff57b82 av-special-heading-h2 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-15  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >The magical world of symbols<\/h2><div class='av-subheading av-subheading_below'><p><strong>The last four years of Stefanacci&#8217;s artistic activity <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='hr av-a5d65-ba24eb35c60b0baf9c35e004fc27f9f8 hr-default  avia-builder-el-16  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_one_full '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class='flex_column av-p39d9-7a181aa1764a46bf27b889e362b77302 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-17  el_after_av_hr  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div '   ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m9r1p-0d7c093ab23c1c4f7ceb8827c3bff8d2\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-m9r1p-0d7c093ab23c1c4f7ceb8827c3bff8d2 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:16px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-m9r1p-0d7c093ab23c1c4f7ceb8827c3bff8d2'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div id=\"attachment_1390\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1390\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.villalequerciolaie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Rolando-Stefanacci-alchi-foto-5-200x197-2.jpg\" alt=\"Rolando-Stefanacci-alchi-foto-5-200x197\" width=\"200\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.villalequerciolaie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Rolando-Stefanacci-alchi-foto-5-200x197-2.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.villalequerciolaie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Rolando-Stefanacci-alchi-foto-5-200x197-2-80x80.jpg 80w, http:\/\/www.villalequerciolaie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Rolando-Stefanacci-alchi-foto-5-200x197-2-36x36.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1390\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cOmaggio agli Dei\u201d (travertino e bronzo)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The last four years of Stefanacci\u2019s artistic work are characteristic of pieces of work in ltaly and in other places, going on different trend that, from time immemorial, aren\u2019t those draw of the search of the knowledge way, in that unlimited and magic world of symbol that trace the wisdom way, the possibility to come nearer to absolute truth. Professor Rizzonico Marco, looking closely at Rolando Stefanacci\u2019s hermetic universe, write: \u201cThe approach to Rolando\u2019s art is a spiritual experience and the task to describe with words the basic of this feeling isn \u2018t an easy task. In fact the reading and expressing level of his production, are superimposed, are blurred, are amalgamate, and, even if are an united picture, they can appear difficult to understand for not experts. As often is for feelings, this is a false representation, since it\u2019s the result of superficial and epidermal approach to the works we meeting during the inquiry of his expressive form. In fact the riding difficulty of Rolando\u2019s artistic message, derives from inability to realize all the many-sided senses, feel a sensation that something drops, continuously.\u201d \u201cEvidently, this isn\u2019t the right perspective: in fact, our cognitive and analytic instruments are absolutely inefficacious towards these works, the y\u2019re as blunt chisel, not sharps tools, that prevent interpreter, user from inspecting deep recesses of this art. So, we must come back and observe works we are in front of us not through eyes or mi, but trough all our body, our not-mind.<br \/>\nOnly in this way, with a real desire to fell and only for the persons have a playful attitude to intuition, these works whisper, talk, sing, sometimes shout their sharing to the universe.\u201d \u201cSo, in a moment, this hermetic symbology, appears distinct, crystalline, with its infinite meanings.<br \/>\nThere\u2019s all each aspect is inside: man and art, the world and the divine, but, first of all, the creation. Walking along the works it seems to be in aesoteric garden and we feel the sensation that each earthen ware form, each soft fold in the stone, is absolutely perfect, not being in a different way. But there\u2019s more than that: walking down this path, observing, near the works, the stones, grass, plants, all seems moulded by the same hand we ask ourselves as it\u2019s possible that those creatures and that matter is result of Rolando\u2019s art. As in the mystic hallucination, that can help us to realize the works we are immersed is only one thing with nature, and it\u2019s in this way hermetical, but as the universe, it\u2019s simple and immediate as if it has our genetic assets. We are grateful to Rolando for his treasure.<br \/>\n\u201cThe waking up of symbols \u2013 says Stefanacci \u2013 is my awakening\u201d to demonstrate how much symbology as influence of his work. On these symbols, his art expands, also and particularly in public makings.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_3'  class='avia-section av-4x35sl-e7302fa3a191e76a0a0b0c58f7ea51dd main_color avia-section-large avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-19  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap sidebar_right'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-1986'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='hr av-4plpy5-eb90b13ea02df3209370e2eed3e54468 hr-default  avia-builder-el-20  el_before_av_heading  avia-builder-el-first '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l3w4uv0v-2fa7576e29e510d711ea3fbebf0e805a\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-l3w4uv0v-2fa7576e29e510d711ea3fbebf0e805a{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-l3w4uv0v-2fa7576e29e510d711ea3fbebf0e805a .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-l3w4uv0v-2fa7576e29e510d711ea3fbebf0e805a .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  id=\"omaggio\"  class='av-special-heading av-l3w4uv0v-2fa7576e29e510d711ea3fbebf0e805a av-special-heading-h2 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-21  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Homege to Sant\u2019Agostino in Prato<\/h2><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='hr av-4jji8l-7dd70e7ded99bb436aada4a287bcd6d6 hr-default  avia-builder-el-22  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_one_full '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class='flex_column av-4aag9p-6493ad5cd90d8b7770ec0d0b79de3abe av_one_full  avia-builder-el-23  el_after_av_hr  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div '   ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l3w4v8ms-a9281fc15403094e063445fbc4dc6e8b\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-l3w4v8ms-a9281fc15403094e063445fbc4dc6e8b .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:16px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l3w4v8ms-a9281fc15403094e063445fbc4dc6e8b'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div id=\"attachment_1392\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1392\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1392\" src=\"http:\/\/www.villalequerciolaie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Rolando-Stefanacci-alchi-foto-7-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"275\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1392\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Homege to Sant\u2019Agostino in Prato&#8221;<br \/>(Church of the same name in Prato)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Prophet in his own country, in 1999 Stefanacci Is asked to make a monument for the small square next to the church of Sant\u2019Agostino in Prato. It is a monumental work of art that, once more, plunges its roots in a deep reflection that Is one of the artist\u2019s ways of acting. In fact he entrusts the execution to meditation and, once more, to the symbol. Here is how the artist explains his execution: \u201cThe huge stone supporting the representations is a marvel of that forge of perfection, called nature. Its vaguely pyramidal shape made me immediate\/y think to the heaven\/y heights and to the elevation towards which each man should aspire..The triple circular base is the result o fan esoteric study. On the whole, I wanted that the sizes of the work were a\/ways Pythagorean, multiples of three, being three the initiation number par excellence and obviously allusive to the Holy Trinity The inclination of Stefanacci to the studies of the ancient doctrines re-emerges, with particular emphasis. These studies are his point of force to provide explanations of extraordinary references between the mystic visions and the esoteric doctrines\u201c<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1396\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1396\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1396\" src=\"http:\/\/www.villalequerciolaie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Rolando-Stefanacci-alchi-foto-11-200x138-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"138\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1396\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A detail of the Sant&#8217;Agostino monument in Prato<\/p><\/div>\n<p>He carries on: \u201cThe Crea tor I represented Is father and mother at the same time; only in the ovular \u201calveo\u201d of his clothes man finds shelter and recognizes his source. My St. Francis Is ab!e to make brutal man progress showing him the sublime laws of nature. In the end I sculptured four crosses, the Egyptian, Tau, Templar and Christian ones, as symbol of the long religious path of humanity\u201d.<br \/>\nOn the occasion of the monument unveiling Guido Guidi Guerrera writes on \u201cLa Nazione\u201d that \u201cThe sculptures of Rolando speak by themselves and have the power of evoking the highest spiritual signs a!ways belonged to humanity, beyond every reference to a precise religious belle\u201d. Not only the great initiated of the Church inspire Stefanacci, but also the various Ermete Trismegisto and Paraceko or the philosophers Pythagoras and Plato, in substance all the great initiated of history.<br \/>\nThe same inspiring themes are present in another big sculpture in travertine that Stefanacci p\/aced in front of the door of his house. It Is one metrear?d seventy high and weighs twenty-five quintal. It is called \u201cHomage to the Divinities\u201d and it Is surmonted by a big sun in bronze. The sculpture has on its front side, in the centre, Etruscan, Egyptian, Greek and Templar symbols. In its back part there are the symbols of the Masonry, the christian cross, the symbol of St. Francis and of the Rosa croce.<br \/>\nMeanwhile Rolando Stefanacci knows an Austrian journalist, Karl Friedrick Broderix from Munchen who invites him to model and mould two handles for the oak door of the Chape! of San t\u2019Anna near Niederchletrenbach. In fact a thief, stole one original handle. The Chapel of San t\u2019Anna, a symbol of the Vosgi and a pilgrinage station, had been restored after the destruction of the Second World War.<br \/>\nThe chapel is the burla! piace of Hans von Droth, Pala tine Marshal and lord of a cast!e in Benwartoteiss, knight of the French chi valry, who, at the end of the l5th century wanted to rebuild the late Gothic chapel\u2019, at that time dedica ted to the Virgin.The squires and the miners of the iron mines between Nathwerier and Niederschettenbach, renamed the house of God with the name of the miners\u2019 patroness. Next to the knight Is the burlai piace of his wife with a sandstone pia te showing a coat of arms and an epigraph.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSan Francesco&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On the oak door with two wings of the chapel there were two bronze handles having the shape of two doves. The sculptor who reproduced them was unknown, that Is why Broderix thought to Stefanacci, an artist and a friend, and he had the idea to give him the commission for the work in agreement with a cu!turai circle of friends from the piace. Broderlx is a great appreciator of Stefanacci\u2019s art. We can deduce it also from a witness titled: \u201cAlchemy and alabaster\u201d that says \u201cI have known the art of Stefanacci since I was a child. His painting of the beginning, his heads in alabaster and marble, the sculptures in bronze and in terracotta are in the house of my parents from time immemorial. My first meeting with what today I recognize as art, was the well smoothed ferehead of a head made in a rough river stone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSan Biagio\u201d (Ceramica per<br \/>\nla chiesa di Monteverdi\u201d<\/p>\n<p>How that co!d stone invited to touch it! How, on the contrary, the open mouth and the stony eyes looking at the sky seemed to be extraneous and puzzilng! Even today this sensorial approach Is for me an entrance in the enigma a!ways renewed of Rolando Stefanacci. In fact none of his uncountable works of art Is mannered art pour i\u2019art. In every stone, in every terracotta or bronze piece the artist\u2019s sensibility for ancient and prehistorical cultures models itself together with his studies on the forgotten science of alchimy, his research of truth in the contemporary art. Stefanacci is a man who has avelled a lot in the world with an immense artistic creativity. In his polyhedric art are, together with the strong Tuscan roots, languages coming from Africa and Asia. It Is there that the artist researches the ancien sources feeding the european culture. He reinvents himself every time, searching ceaselessly and resting in himself. In this way from the mutable material he crea tes just disco vered lines and centerings. He places figures and faces in previously met structures and, or a while, finds confidence in a series of sketches about an idea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_1397\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1397\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1397\" src=\"http:\/\/www.villalequerciolaie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Rolando-Stefanacci-alchi-foto-12-200x200-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.villalequerciolaie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Rolando-Stefanacci-alchi-foto-12-200x200-2.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.villalequerciolaie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Rolando-Stefanacci-alchi-foto-12-200x200-2-80x80.jpg 80w, http:\/\/www.villalequerciolaie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Rolando-Stefanacci-alchi-foto-12-200x200-2-36x36.jpg 36w, http:\/\/www.villalequerciolaie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Rolando-Stefanacci-alchi-foto-12-200x200-2-180x180.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1397\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cChiesa di Sant\u2019Anna\u201d a Niederchetanbech<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_1396\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1396\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1396\" src=\"http:\/\/www.villalequerciolaie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Rolando-Stefanacci-alchi-foto-11-200x138-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"138\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1396\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A detail of the Sant&#8217;Agostino monument in Prato<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_1398\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1398\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1398\" src=\"http:\/\/www.villalequerciolaie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Rolando-Stefanacci-alchi-foto-13-200x200-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.villalequerciolaie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Rolando-Stefanacci-alchi-foto-13-200x200-2.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.villalequerciolaie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Rolando-Stefanacci-alchi-foto-13-200x200-2-80x80.jpg 80w, http:\/\/www.villalequerciolaie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Rolando-Stefanacci-alchi-foto-13-200x200-2-36x36.jpg 36w, http:\/\/www.villalequerciolaie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Rolando-Stefanacci-alchi-foto-13-200x200-2-180x180.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1398\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cNut: Grande Madre del Cielo\u201d (travertino)<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_4'  class='avia-section av-7h211s-a39654227f863b331cb4f2a6172e86ef main_color avia-section-large avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-25  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap sidebar_right'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-1986'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='hr av-5plfog-148166c82ecf0779169a383be82f9d88 hr-default  avia-builder-el-26  el_before_av_heading  avia-builder-el-first '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l3xayo1e-2d5b09a1d21572bdd9385c4a03c7663b\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-l3xayo1e-2d5b09a1d21572bdd9385c4a03c7663b{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-l3xayo1e-2d5b09a1d21572bdd9385c4a03c7663b 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id=\"style-css-av-l3xaz2j4-8c0f60631cc1113dc8e459005559da18\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-l3xaz2j4-8c0f60631cc1113dc8e459005559da18 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:16px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l3xaz2j4-8c0f60631cc1113dc8e459005559da18'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1399 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.villalequerciolaie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Rolando-Stefanacci-alchi-foto-14-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"243\" \/>In the great park surrounding the &#8220;Querciolaie&#8221; Stefanacci has built several small villas in the same stone in which he creates his sculptures, immersed in nature and adorned with the artist\u2019s ceramic decorations and alchemist symbol. A haven for visitors, revered in an article published in the magazine\u00a0 &#8220;Tutto Agriturismo\u201d, a guide to the pleasures and culinary delights of farm holidays. The front cover issued a photograph of the charming interior of one of the villas bearing the unequivocal title of\u00a0 A Memorable Atmosphere\u201d in praise of the evocative ambience. Stefanacci was thus inspired to design and project a poo! in harmony with the surroundings and recapturing the architectural sty!e of ancient Rome. Yet another fine monument crea ted and signed by an artist who takes a special interest in the mysterious and fascinating world of ancient philosophy. A covered pool for pure enjoyment bordered by clasical style arches. At the bottom of the pool, silhouetted by the water, a statue of a female figure that deceivingly appears to move below the ripples.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1400 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.villalequerciolaie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Rolando-Stefanacci-alchi-foto-15-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"101\" \/>A homage to the element of water that purifies and regenerates matter. As Stefanacci affirms \u201cThe pool renders homage to clear water with the waxing moon, strengthened by the sun and honored by the gods; at a distance, the Father, on a column, observing the pool. \u201dYet another esoteric exam pie of the primordial forces of nature that Stefanacci has alo \u201chonored\u201d with a series of small and monumentai fountains collocated by the pool with other recently crea ted sculptures. One of the fountains is almost two metres high mounted on a base of three, entitled &#8220;Fontana del mondo\u201d (Fountain of the world) in travertine and onyx. A celebration of the seven planets relating to the seven days of the week and the seven colours of Iris framed by hieroglyphics that signify the so verginty over human beings, animals, vegetables and mineral<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1403\" src=\"http:\/\/www.villalequerciolaie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Rolando-Stefanacci-alchi-foto-18-200x200-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.villalequerciolaie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Rolando-Stefanacci-alchi-foto-18-200x200-2.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.villalequerciolaie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Rolando-Stefanacci-alchi-foto-18-200x200-2-80x80.jpg 80w, http:\/\/www.villalequerciolaie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Rolando-Stefanacci-alchi-foto-18-200x200-2-36x36.jpg 36w, http:\/\/www.villalequerciolaie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Rolando-Stefanacci-alchi-foto-18-200x200-2-180x180.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1402\" src=\"http:\/\/www.villalequerciolaie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Rolando-Stefanacci-alchi-foto-17-200x200-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.villalequerciolaie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Rolando-Stefanacci-alchi-foto-17-200x200-2.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.villalequerciolaie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Rolando-Stefanacci-alchi-foto-17-200x200-2-80x80.jpg 80w, http:\/\/www.villalequerciolaie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Rolando-Stefanacci-alchi-foto-17-200x200-2-36x36.jpg 36w, http:\/\/www.villalequerciolaie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Rolando-Stefanacci-alchi-foto-17-200x200-2-180x180.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1401\" src=\"http:\/\/www.villalequerciolaie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Rolando-Stefanacci-alchi-foto-16-200x121-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"121\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLe amiche\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIl Padre dell\u2019 Eremita\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNut\u201d nel contesto della piscina<\/p>\n<p>mantled by a cascade of\u00a0 segments of a rare type of onyx, revealing the artist\u2019s skill in natura! art. During the same period, Stefanacci a\u00a0 ko created two monumental<br \/>\nceramic sculptures: one of Saint Francis collocated in a church in Germany and the other ,Saint Biagio, a large winged sculpture, collocated in the church dedicated to the same saint in Monteverdi. Monteverdi displays several of the artist\u2019s works in ceramic and bronze: \u201cL\u2019Amore per la giustizia dei paese\u201d (Love for the justice of the town) placed on a wall at the entrance to the town; a bronze sculpture \u201cIl sacrificio dell\u2019Arma\u201d (The sacrifice of the armed forces), a homage to the Carabinieri and ceramic reliefs in the Town Hall.<br \/>\nThe artist creates in his workshop which he fondly calk \u201cthe galley\u201d. This is where his ceramic creations are baked in the oven and where he chisels away at new, more aerodynamic sculptures in stone or marble many of which are exhibited near the pool such as \u201cNut\u201d the great Mother of the sky that protects the \u201cdouble\u201d and con tributes to create animism. Many other works are abroad: \u201cLa donna dei mondo\u201d in tra vertine in Switzerland, the \u201cFigura di saggio\u201d in alabaster is part of a collection in Scotland and severa! ceramic female figures in Germany.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_5'  class='avia-section av-7nz33k-2006a5e09e43eadb2ba836a9702eaf29 main_color avia-section-large avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-31  el_after_av_section  avia-builder-el-last  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap sidebar_right'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-1986'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='hr av-5lf6q8-456cdf07de4e0bab913412bbb9d3d314 hr-default  avia-builder-el-32  el_before_av_heading  avia-builder-el-first '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l3xb2c53-c04dcd3aef25cc74f26a8fadb967cbb6\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-l3xb2c53-c04dcd3aef25cc74f26a8fadb967cbb6{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-l3xb2c53-c04dcd3aef25cc74f26a8fadb967cbb6 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-l3xb2c53-c04dcd3aef25cc74f26a8fadb967cbb6 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  id=\"esposizione\"  class='av-special-heading av-l3xb2c53-c04dcd3aef25cc74f26a8fadb967cbb6 av-special-heading-h2 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-33  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >The Brussels exhibition<\/h2><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='hr av-47679s-8954c74afc13a62870676b4c28918d2d hr-default  avia-builder-el-34  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_one_full '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class='flex_column av-2ozyxs-a37735cf95c2397c97f109dedf7c9533 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-35  el_after_av_hr  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div '   ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l3xb2jla-f6cfd015d51f4eb15b7371a7b9366308\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-l3xb2jla-f6cfd015d51f4eb15b7371a7b9366308 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:16px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l3xb2jla-f6cfd015d51f4eb15b7371a7b9366308'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>In August 2002, Rolando Stefanacci was invited to expose his sculptures by \u201cMonte dei Paschi\u201d in Brussel, which 15 trying to conciliate the priority aspect of the finance with that of culture. The two were divided by a deep dichotomy by placing the admittance hall at disposal of the customers who could then chat while waiting for their own turn stimulated by a cultural course, but also with the possibility of attracting a ko those who were interested by the cultural exhibition. The exhibition was visible during the bank opening hours. There Stefanacci placed a series of small and middle works in tra vertine obtaining a great success. They all had titles reminding to<br \/>\nhis alchemy research such as \u201cSolar Father 7 the \u201cCreative Drops7 the \u201cMatter Creativity7 the \u201cAlchemy Vessel7 besides some not symbolic subjects such as \u201cFriends\u201d, the \u201cSea Horse\u201d, \u201cFather and Son\u201d, \u201cThe Spring\u201d, \u201cThe Summer\u201d. But the work that in some way identified the production and even gave a subtitle to the exhibition was \u201cThe Father of Eternity\u201d, a sort of stele with a high symbolic value reuniting in the various layers the particular moments Man passes through in order to join knowledge. Stefanacci placed the reproduction on a higher scale of this small sculpture in the \u201cQuerciolaie\u201d park, which became one of the dearest symbol of the artist together with the big bronze \u201cThe Alchemy of Elements\u201d that towers above a base in front of the villa and \u201cThe Homage to Gods7 all works laden with significance plunging into the \u201cmyster philosophy\u201d.his alchemy research such as \u201cSolar Father 7 the \u201cCreative Drops7 the \u201cMatter Creativity7 the \u201cAlchemy Vessel7 besides some not symbolic subjects such as \u201cFriends\u201d, the \u201cSea Horse\u201d, \u201cFather and Son\u201d, \u201cThe Spring\u201d, \u201cThe Summer\u201d. But the work that in some way identified the production and even gave a subtitle to the exhibition was \u201cThe Father of Eternity\u201d, a sort of stele with a high symbolic value reuniting in the various layers the particular moments Man passes through in order to join knowledge. Stefanacci placed the reproduction on a higher scale of this small sculpture in the \u201cQuerciolaie\u201d park, which became one of the dearest symbol of the artist together with the big bronze \u201cThe Alchemy of Elements\u201d that towers above a base in front of the villa and \u201cThe Homage to Gods7 all works laden with significance plunging into the \u201cmyster philosophy\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div id='av-masonry-1' class='av-masonry av-l3xb9n43-442c4b9115f82ec1d0dfe2e504443379 noHover av-fixed-size av-no-gap av-hover-overlay- av-masonry-animation-active av-masonry-col-flexible av-caption-always av-caption-style- av-masonry-gallery '><div class=\"av-masonry-container isotope av-js-disabled\"><div class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item av-masonry-item-no-image '><\/div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.villalequerciolaie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Rolando-Stefanacci-alchi-foto-19-200x138-2.jpg\"  aria-label=\"image Rolando-Stefanacci-alchi-foto-19-200&#215;138\"  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