ARS BUCOLICA

Borders are often hard to define in any field and, of course, in art.

Pagan themes soon crossed boundaries, even coming to stand as genuine symbols of Christianity: the pastoral theme, with the figure of Christ as the Good Shepherd, becomes a true cornerstone of Christian bucolic imagery. And that popular figure of Christian art, the shepherd, is always accompanied by the flute.

One flute and hundreds of flutes (the recorder and those of the organ) will unfold in sound an entire landscape of shepherds, nights, nymphs and sirens: Vivaldi, Bach, Van Eyck, Barsanti…