Father Costantino Ruggeri
Franciscan artist
La biography, the works, the bibliography are pdf extracts from the volume 'Father Costantino Ruggeri - Franciscan artist' by Maria Antonietta Crippa and published by SilvanaEditorial in 2019.
This book aims to offer an initial historicisation, to which they have chorally contributed: Giorgio Azzoni, Carlo Cavallari, Maria Antonietta Crippa, Mario Favretto, Luigi Leoni, Roberta Manara, Massimo Ravazzano, Carmen Romagnano, Chiara Rovati, Nicoletta Scherillo, Andrea Vaccari, Virtus Zallot, Ferdinando Zanzottera.
For those wishing to purchase the book, please refer to the direct link to the publisher: https://www.silvanaeditoriale.it/libro/9788836641734
La joy of friendship Franciscan and thecommitment to live it also in the artistic research decisively characterise the multifaceted production by Costantino Ruggeri (1925-2007), Franciscan friar and priest.
Singular artist active along the second half of the 20th century to the beginning of the 21sthe leaves a legacy - in paintings, sculptures, liturgical furniture and furnishings, stained glass windows and churches - that testifies to his modern dialogue and the skilful synthesis between contributions from artistic avant-gardes of the 20th century and iconographic and symbolic innovations anchored to the christian traditiona.