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Symbolism in painting of the deaf ...

The painting seems to be the art form chosen by the deaf, for whom the visual mode is a privileged means of expression and communication.

The first mention of a deaf artist, Quintus Pedius, dates back to the Roman Empire. In the Middle Ages, the call for the design of deaf people urged the monks to make manuscripts of skilled decorators.

I wanted to be masters in their works the "real" human nature and is dedicated to the study of physiognomy, body language and communication used by deaf people. Leonardo da Vinci himself, for his studies on gesture, enlisted the cooperation of the deaf son of the painter Christopher de Predis. Many deaf people came to work in the workshops of painters and sculptors, known for their visual and manual skills. Sometimes the nickname is only likely to reveal the deafness of these artists.

After this brief introduction I would like to mention two examples of symbolism in the painting of the deaf today.

As a first example we see Luis Zuccotti, art teacher at a middle school in Rome that works as a production designer with several theater companies of the deaf. L. Zuccotti also dedicated to works of graphic design, cartoons in the deaf world and the creation of murals.

Silence

The painting was inspired by the encounter with the American deaf poet Clayton Valli. It was later reproduced as the cover of the videotape containing the poems of the same valley. The subtitle
that the author wanted to work, and make explicit the message is: " The silent language of hands, in the harmony of nature .
Inspired by the creativity expressed by the poems in sign language, Zuccotti pictorially represents a concept of "creativity" that is not sound or noise: is peace, silence fruitful nature speaking, communicating hands.

The second example refers to Figure Sergio of Lavo.
S. Lavo he studied at the State Institute of the Deaf in Rome. Taught himself began his artistic works by design and graphics, then dedicated to the manufacture of ceramic masks and sculptures in clay, plaster, wood and other materials and then try color: tempera, watercolor, and finally oil. He currently teaches as a volunteer, design and staging of deaf children Silvestri Institute in Rome.
S. Lavo is the author of the monument to the deaf Porta Pia :

The picture is a monument to be located in the Piazza di Porta Pia in Rome a few steps by the Institute Statale per sordomuti e di fronte al Bar da sempre frequentato da bambini, giovani e anziani sordi. Luogo in cui vi è la 'sintesi' della vita, in cui si studia e si apprende, si comunica con gli altri, si entra nella vita sociale, nell'amore e nei primi sogni .

Il monumento la breccia di Porta Pia è " simbolo della liberazione della lingua dei segni, che finalmente può levarsi al cielo libera e orgogliosa ."

Che cosa ne pensate di questo stretto rapporto tra arte e mondo dei non udenti?

Io sono una grande appassionata di arte, mi piace molto tutto ciò che è legato alla creatività, spontaneità and fascinates me to express emotions, messages through a drawing, a symbol ... Without the use of many words. Also I think it's great to "travel", with the imagination, in front of a work of art. But I would never have imagined to involve art in posts related to deafness.

As noted in the two paintings and S. L. Zuccotti Lavo been able to make visually the importance of hands ... I wait until I have repeatedly emphasized this in my blog. Personally, this is a fantastic STETHOSCOPE highlighted in the first painting, which impressed me very much because the heat load, vitality, feelings that are aroused by bright colors like yellow, red, orange.