For Easter women Frederick narrate plots Empire Federiciano

The many wives of Frederick II of Swabia, by Constance of Aragon to Isabella of England, mother Costanza d'Altavilla and then his lovers. These are the women Federico, King of Sicily, King of Jerusalem, Emperor of the Romans, king of Italian and German king who find space in the artistic representation of the ceramist and sculptor Domenico Pinto and narrate the myth and the legend of the versatile Emperor.
Women of Frederick is the original free exhibition open to the public from Thursday 2 April until Thursday 9 April (9-13, 16-20) in bizarre cave ipogeascavata Hand 1200, in the heart of the old quarter of the ceramics Grottaglie (Taranto). I Would Be 22 ceramic statues that represent not only the female world of the great emperor but also male figures, dressed in regal authority and riding. Celebrities who attended the court intrigues as Pier delle Vigne, Manfredi, Thomas of Oria and then of course the same Federico II Of Swabia.
Figures long and noble idea appear as archaic as if they were gods historical pride of a people. I all affusolati, Fixed solemn, the gold dresses and embellished with rich colors, elegant ladies and knights authoritative hide the narrative threads of the story of Frederick II and evoke the splendor and the places of the Swabian court.
The works are all made in terracotta slipped and glazed with luster and gold (72×50) visited in the niche at the foot of the walls of the rural Bishop's Castle Grottaglie. Domenico Pinto patiently managed to turn a possible escape route during the war in an exhibition hall of Via Crispi, historical descent that encompasses the many shops of ceramics grottagliese.
Women of Frederick wants to represent the culture, history, the architecture of Puglia permeated by that mysterious charm that always feeds humans South the figure of Frederick II of Swabia. Pinto offers us so shapes and images that satisfy not only our need for beauty but also the need, to hear us tell stories.

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