The Mysticism of the Rock

A3 poster of The Mysticism of the Rock

For a month, Nico Maria studied and photographed the great landslide that shook the cliff of San Leo in 2014, searching for images that could convey the drama of the experiences described by the mystics of the 13th century. These became the aniconic way of representing a group of fourteen “Mystics of the Rock” whom the artist is particularly fond of. Some are saints, others heretics, one is an anarchist, we know the lives of some, others not even their real names, some died in glory, others at the stake.