Constantino Luis Marino
Constantino Luis Marino was born into a family of diplomats, he has lived in many countries and has always been interested in the arts in various forms. After initial classical and subsequent engineering studies, he applies photogrammetry and photography using them in the design and construction phase. In his life, he studied hundreds of European, African, and Asian monuments, cathedrals, historic buildings, statues, and mosaics.
He has created paintings and inks, three-dimensional marble copies, thousands of photographs, glass engravings, with a personal interpretation. The collaboration with companies and universities in many countries has allowed the artist to exchange, contaminate, and always new interpretations between various techniques used today, but which have also disappeared. Constantino could tell his life with his works.
Inspired by an ancient and refined technique, Constantino Luis Marino traces the works of Giovanni Battista and Francesco Piranesi with a very personal style. The masterfully elaborated, admirably detailed, meticulously engraved yet extremely delicate drawings are the expression of a new school where present and past merge. Constantino Luis Marino with a young, innovative touch interprets the different architectures portrayed without altering them, nevertheless with an exclusive imprint. The extraordinary precision does not burden the work, it is light, sweet, soft. Artist, elegant, accurate, unique, difficult to imitate Constantino Luis Marino is a Piranesi contemporary.
Artist: Constantino Luis Marino
Dimensions: 250cm x 100cm
Year: 2022
Frame: Unframed
Technique: Oil on Canvas
Palazzo Vendramin in Venice.
Artist: Constantino Luis Marino
Dimensions: 130cm x 120cm
Year: 2017
Frame: Wooden Frame
Technique: Oil on Canvas
The only thing that has remained unchanged over the centuries is the draughtsman's skill, which remains strictly craftsmanship and totally manual. Thus, knowledge of colors, nuances, and perspective remain the exclusive skills, sensitivity, and abilities of the artist, whatever the medium used to draw. From pencil to charcoal, watercolor to engraving, one can range from painting to sculpture with creations of all kinds. New techniques and new theoretical knowledge enhance, as the great Leonardo claimed, not diminish the value of works by opening up new avenues with unpredictable results.
Artist: Constantino Luis Marino
Dimensions: 90cm x 130cm
Year: 2019
Frame: Framed
Technique: Oil on Canvas
The Royal Palace of Caserta: the largest stone in building in the world.
Artist: Constantino Luis Marino
Dimensions: 280cm x 100cm
Year: 2018
Frame: Wooden Frame
Technique: Oil on Canvas
La celeberrima Basilica Palladiana in Venice.
Artist: Constantino Luis Marino
Dimensions: 140cm x 100cm
Year: 2022
Frame: Wooden Frame
Technique: Oil on Canvas
Mosaic with fish and a fight between an octopus and a lobster, Pompeii, House of the Faun (VI, 12, 2-5), room l., H. In the Vermiculatum, at the bottom center, we see the background of a seascape enclosed on either side by rocks: it is a scene of a fight between an octopus (an ozena) and a lobster. All around there are other fishes, crustaceans, and marine mollusks. Mythological curiosity: Ozena (Ozaena in Latin) is a legendary octopus described by Pliny the Elder (23/79 AD) and its name means 'smelly octopus' because of its unpleasant smell. Most Ozenas were small and remained on the sea bed. In rare cases, some larger species attacked humans and drowned them.
Artist: Constantino Luis Marino
Dimensions: 120cm x 120cm
Year: 2018
Frame: Unframed
Technique: Oil on Canvas
The only thing that has remained unchanged over the centuries is the draughtsman's skill, which remains strictly craftsmanship and totally manual. Thus, knowledge of colors, nuances, and perspective remain the exclusive skills, sensitivity, and abilities of the artist, whatever the medium used to draw. From pencil to charcoal, watercolor to engraving, one can range from painting to sculpture with creations of all kinds. New techniques and new theoretical knowledge enhance, as the great Leonardo claimed, not diminish the value of works by opening up new avenues with unpredictable results.
Artist: Constantino Luis Marino
Dimensions: 90cm x 130cm
Year: 2020
Frame: Wooden Frame with Glass
Technique: Engraving in Oil