"... We congratulate you ... on how to create a work as complete in all artistic fields ...!
Congratulations once again for their work and the example of creativity, good taste and depth that offered to Portugal and that of course, inspired many people .... "
Madonna as portrayed on the canvas is an allusion to Venus and Psyche. In this painting it is easy to see the merging of both these allegoric figures, especially of the latter.
Psyche: Greek word signifying soul. The myth of Psyche is narrated in the book The Golden Ass by Apuleius who describes her as a beautiful mortal for whom Eros, the god of love, falls in love. Psyche is so beautiful that Venus, goddess of beauty and love and mother of Eros, becomes furious because men stop worshiping
"With living kindness expression by earlier recognitions, His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI begs abundance of divine grace on your steps of well-doing to be crowned with success under the protection of the Virgin Mother."
In the paintig, Madonna is love, grace and delight; she is mystifying the marvellous glory of passion in paramount service of her ideal: eternal youth, beauty and spirituality.
God the Creator selects Madonna as the source of the painter’s inspiration. The painter becomes the procreator.
Erna Kaluza said: “VIRTUES OF THE SOUL AS ECLIPSED BY THE DIVA MADONNA is another great painting by the very talented Portugese artist Oscar Casares..."
I am truly grateful to all the people, institutions and press that have teamed to achieving this end.
Without the broad support of all, the project would be immeasurably more difficult - “VIRTUES OF THE SOUL AS ECLIPSED BY THE DIVA MADONNA" will be presented at the Biennale of Contemporary Art in Florence 2009.
Not only in a particular way, but on behalf of all who help me, our sincere thanks! I hope meet you all in Florence. Oscar Casares
Oscar Casares was supported by:
Oscar Casares enriches his inspiration studying Astronomy and Kabbalah to understand Madonna's Spirituality.
Astronomy is a science that studies planets, stars, satellites, comets, solar systems, constellations, and nebulae. It also discovers and names new astros. Astronomy studies the movement of celestial bodies, their composition and distances between them. Undertones of Kabbalah. Kabbalah -- (???? QBLH) Hebrew for “that which is received” or “oral tradition” -- is not a religion or a cul
A percentage of the sale/auction of this painting will go to support a registered non-profit organization.
The paintig will be put on sale either directly or by auction.
Oscar has always believed in giving back to society. In the past he has contributed monies from his artwork to charitable organizations. He choose the organization based on the theme of the work.
Throughout time, the painters who marked the History of Art developed themes dominated by mythological symbolism and were influenced, according to Freud’s theories, by dreams of surreal images that reveal our capacity to interpret experiences with the unconscious.
Madonna as portrayed on the canvas is an allusion to Venus and Psyche. In this painting it is easy to see the merging of both these allegoric figures, especially of the latter. Psyche: Greek word signifying soul.
His Holiness Pope John Paul II
His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI
HH. RR. Highness' Princes of Portugal and Dukes of Braganza
Monsignor Canon Eduardo Melo
European Community
European Heritage Days
Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Actress Nicole Kidman
Pepa Carrillo -Association of Textile Creators in Madrid
Erna Kaluza - Paramount Studio in New York
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