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The chapel of Pio Monte della Misericordia is fond at no. 253 via dei Tribunali, which was in ancient times the decumanus of Greek Naples. The small, octagonal-plan, 18th-century church<\/a> is best known for Caravaggio\u2019s masterpiece The Seven Acts of Mercy<\/em>, a masterful synthesis of the confraternity\u2019s charitable mission and located on the high altar. The side chapels are decorated with paintings by Battistello Caracciolo, Fabrizio Santafede, Luca Giordano, Giovan Vincenzo D\u2019Onofrio and Giovanni Bernardino Azzolino that also illustrate the acts of Christian mercy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Caravaggio, The Seven Acts of Mercy<\/em>, 1606-1607, Pio Monte della Misericordia, Naples<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In a project designed to dialogue with these great artists of the Neapolitan Baroque and on the same spiritual themes, the contemporary Belgian artist Jan Fabre created four sculptures (The Purity of Mercy<\/em>, The Freedom of Compassion<\/em>, The Resurrection of Life<\/em> and The Liberation of Passion<\/em>) out of red coral from the storied manufacturies in Torre del Greco, donating the works to the church in 2019. Coral is known as \u201cred gold\u201d for its economic and apotropaic value. In Fabre\u2019s sculptures, mythological and Christian symbolism merge: the element that links together and repeats in all four works is the anatomical heart, a recurrent symbol in the corporeal research of the Belgian artist, who describes it in one of his Night Diaries<\/em> as a \u201ccourageous and passionate organ\u201d.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Jan Fabre,The Purity of Mercy<\/em>, The Freedom of Compassion<\/em>, The Liberation of Passion<\/em>, 2019, Pio Monte della Misericordia, Naples<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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