Pricket Candelabrum Analysis

Pricket Candelabrum

The piece, “Pricket Candelabrum”, was sculpted by the Posthumous Workshop of Severo Calzetta after 1544, purely in bronze.

This Italian sculpture is extremely tall in height and with a quick glimpse of the artifact, it is noticeable that there are layers of a form of hierarchy, crafted in. There is a total of seven different layers from the bottom level to the top. On the very bottom, the sculpture is supported by three legs pointing outwards. Thes legs seem to be from Satan or the Devil, recognizable with the two pointy horns sticking out of the figures ' heads. The figures’ eyebrows are furrowed together and their mouths are open in an oval shape; teeth showing, almost looking as if they are in pain or agony. The facial hair of the figures is also pointed and long growing downwards. Different from the rest of the figures on other layers, the three devilish creatures on the bottom doesn’t consist of the lower half of their bodies, as well as any arms. There are scratches and scab-like marks on each side of the figures’ shoulder blades. The

On the second to the top layer, the three men are holding onto the top layer with their right layer, but they are on their knees due to the lack of space in their level. They are looking above to their right side as if they are looking at the figures of the very top layer. On the very top layer, there are also three human men, that are stood up all the way, and are carrying the ceiling now with both of their arms. The top of the round ceiling is resting on the whole top half of their backs, and they seem to be struggling to keep the tip of the artifact up all of the way. This is seen in their muscles all over their bodies clenching and coming together, as well as in their facial expressions. Here their eyebrow furrow very closely together and their heads facing downwards, eyes wide open and jaws