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L’opera, olio su tela 40×30 cm, di Mario Silano propone un ritratto frontale di giovane donna avvolta in un manto chiaro che incornicia il volto con un cappuccio morbido, creando un dialogo tra purezza luminosa e mistero interiore suggerito dallo sfondo fumoso e tempestoso alle sue spalle.
Lo sguardo diretto, saldo e silenzioso, stabilisce un rapporto empatico con l’osservatore, mentre la luce scivola sulle superfici setose del drappo e sulle ciocche scure, modulata in passaggi tonali che alternano velluto e perla, definendo una fisicità reale ma sospesa.
Iconografia del  corvo, saldo sul braccio guantato della protagonista, introduce una simbologia stratificata: nel Medioevo animale di presagi e oscurità, nel Romanticismo emblema di malinconia e fascinazione, fino alle letture moderne come messaggero tra mondi e memoria del passaggio e della metamorfosi.
Nella tradizione araldica, il corvo rimanda anche a ingegno e cautela, qualità che qui si riflettono nello sguardo vigile dell’animale e nell’aura di vigilanza della figura, trasformando l’uccello in attributo di lucidità e parola trattenuta

Oil painting - Hand signed

Mario Silano (1973) - La custode del corvo

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