Chiesa Di San Vittore E Battistero 1894

Giuseppe Barberis captured Chiesa Di San Vittore E Battistero using an engraving technique, freezing the image for eternity. Dominating the church are potent symbols of the cross, perched atop both the baptistery and the church. As ancient emblems of sacrifice, redemption, and spiritual transcendence, they echo through millennia. Yet, these crosses carry echoes of even earlier sun wheels and solar crosses. Think of the cross found in pre-Christian Celtic imagery, signifying cosmic balance and cyclical time. Here, in this sacred space, the cross retains an element of that ancient solar symbolism, linking Christian faith to the elemental power of the sun. It illustrates a powerful tension, reflecting how symbols are invariably rooted in shared human history and continually evolve. This visual dialogue between the old and the new is not accidental. It stirs a deep ancestral memory in the viewer. The motifs resonate, drawing us into a historical and psychological landscape where past and present merge.