THE ITALIAN PRESEPE - Cultural Landscapes of the Soul
Cassano Stone Presepe
Polychrome stone
Paolo da Cassano, b. 1480 (attributed)
Santa Maria degli Angeli
Cassano delle Murge, Puglia
Polychrome stone
Paolo da Cassano, b. 1480 (attributed)
Santa Maria degli Angeli
Cassano delle Murge, Puglia
2013
In Basilicata and across the vast Murge Plateau of Puglia, artists in the sixteenth century created a unique form of presepe statuary carved from local stone and placed in manmade grottoes inside churches.