Italian Man Spends 10 years Illustrating and Handwriting the Bible
Italian retiree Dino Mazzoli had a vision: to create a visually inspiring and heartfelt version of the Bible, as they did long ago. Before the printing press was invented,oldmanuscripts of the Bible were beautifullyhandwritten, illustrated, and preserved. But the pressallowed the bookto be easily replicated,and thus the artistic beauty of the text fell by the wayside. Yet forMazzoli, the old style held more allure. So he set out on a personal journey to create his own versionword by word.
Mazzoli spent 10 years handwriting nearly 1,500 pages of the Christian Community version of the Bible. The finished piece also includes5,000 illustrations,including watercolors, collages, and crayons. (You can see influences of Matisse, Picasso, and Cezanne in his works.)
The highlight for Mazzoli after completing this tremendous task? Letters of recognition from non other than the Pope and the Archbishop of Canterbury.
from non other than the Pope and the Archbishop of Canterbury.
http://www.visualnews.com/2015/05/17/italian-man-spends-10-years-illustrating-handwriting-bible/
Tags
Who is online
642 visitors
The Article is about the art work, it is not a debate on religion in general or on the Bible specifically. Please comment accordingly, attempts to derail into a religion vs atherism free for all will be referred to a moderator for deletion. Thank You Robert in Ohio
Regardless of whether one is religious or not, the illustrations above are creative and show a talent for expression of ideas through pictures. And he took the time to hand write the verses depicted in his pictures.
Enjoy
WOW!! These are (IMO) beautiful and powerful! Good find!!
Very beautiful work by the artist RIO.
Nona
Thanks for stopping by and providing that feedback, I agree
Kavika
Thanks
I agree time consuming and creative in my view.
Appreciate the feedback
jennilee
Thanks for the feedback
Glad you liked them
Beautiful and interesting interpretations-- and that took a LOT of work!
Wow! Gutenberg, scoot over!
Beautiful! And such a task! Well done!
He conveys visually the richness and fullness of the biblical story in a much more meaningful way that mere words could ever convey.
Beautiful work....
Dowser
Thanks for the feedback - glad you liked the article and the art
M M
Thanks for the feedback - glad you liked the pics
N M
I agree thanks for the perspective
WOW!! It says that it took him10 years to finish this....now, that's determination!
Nona
Glad you liked it, thanks for the feedback
Yes that is indeed dedication to one's craft and passion
Definitely passion for his artistic ability!