Sculpture

Nuoro, Museo Man, “Sacco d'Orbace”, work by Francesco Ciusa. Photo by Odilia Piscedda, from Sardegna DL

The first sculptural manifestations consist of Neolithic and Eneolithic Mother Goddess figurines. Subsequently, the monoliths known as statue-menhirs appear, classified as masculine, with the dagger, or feminine, with the udders. With the spread of metallurgy (Copper and Bronze Ages), the production of bronzes, the best-known art form among those produced by the Nuragic culture, spread: small bronze statues up to 35-40 cm high.
For the Punic period, the steles, finds from the Tofets, intended for the burial of children born dead or dead in the very first years of life, are worth mentioning. In Roman times, sculpture represented one of the highest forms of art that underwent a predominant Greek influence.
From the early medieval period, numerous fragments have arrived out of context, in particular marble sculptures from church structures and furnishings that could be placed between the end of the fourth and the first decades of the eleventh century: sarcophagi; capitals, bases, frames, lintels, pillars, plutaeums. With the advent of the Romanesque style, sculptural and architectural decorations change and the absence of autonomous works of sculpture stands out. In the Aragonese and Spanish Ages, wooden sculpture spread. Evidence of this are the large carved and gilded altarpieces whose compartments can in fact house one or more statues.
In the second half of the nineteenth century, sculpture in Sardinia was mainly configured in the production of funeral monuments, more rarely in large public equestrian celebratory monuments. Starting in the mid-19th century, the slow process of constructing the peculiarities of Sardinian art began. In the landscape mainly characterized by imported artists and works, the production of Giuseppe Sartorio's workshop from Vercelli stands out. In contemporary times, artists such as Costantino Nivola and Pinuccio Sciola stand out, who, with their expressive peculiarities, recall the island's ancestral soul.

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Il Centro Comunale d’Arte il Ghetto di Cagliari è un monumento storico e spazio polivalente: espositivo e performativo, dotato di terrazza panoramica sui tetti dell’antico quartiere di Stampace.Il nucleo originario dell’attuale struttura risale al 1738, anno in cui fu fondata la caserma militare intitolata a San Carlo e che divenne sede del corpo militare dei “Dragoni di Sardegna”.Il suggestivo percorso di visita conduce alla scoperta dei tre piani e delle loro singole peculiarità: dal pianoterra, che coincide con l’ingresso dell’edificio, fino al piano interrato della “Cannoniera” e quello ancora più profondo rinominato piano delle Segrete. L’ampia terrazza del centro culturale offre uno dei più vasti panorami della città di Cagliari ed è pertanto una tappa imperdibile durante la visita del sito.

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