Artwork
The twenty mysteries of the rosary on the sidewalls of the Chapel
The mysteries of the rosary placed on the chapel walls want to remind us of rosary beads. “The light, glass melted into one, opalescent, and blown, want to express the poetry as well as the force and the excitement of the facts told in the twenty mysteries. Four fragments of a large crown hung on the wall, are crossed by a strip of the golden mosaic that expands sideways. The colours of the Joyful Mysteries are fresh and transparent. Those of the Luminous Mysteries are full of light and joy… they become dark and dramatic in the Sorrowful Mysteries but then return to being warm and lively in the Glorious Mysteries.
The symbolism expressed in the shapes is numerous: the round ones remind us of rosary beads but also aeroplane portholes… the musical notes of a prayer… ten drops of glass on every mystery like ten Hail Marys… thirty three bronze rings like the age of Jesus… the transparent circle with the event engraved reminds us of our projection through time, the gothic writing reminds us of His historical authenticity” (from the presentation of Professor A. Ceppi).
These artworks were revealed between 1997 and 2003.
