Giullare Lorenzo & The Spirit of Bacchus II – Where the Artist, the Jester, and the God Converge

The Eternal Jester — “Giullare Lorenzo”

In the grand tradition of the Italian Giullare — the jester, the truth-teller, the sacred fool — we find a powerful mirror to the myth of Bacchus, god of wine, ecstasy, and transformation.

Both Bacchus and the Giullare lived at the edges of society — celebrated yet feared for their ability to:

• Break boundaries

• Reveal hidden truths

• Expose humanity’s primal desires and weaknesses

The jester’s mask and the god’s goblet are symbols of the same eternal dance — between wisdom and folly, restraint and excess, mortality and immortality.

Lorenzo Ghiglieri – Master Sculptor, Keeper of Myth

Lorenzo Ghiglieri (1931–2020) spent his life capturing this eternal tension in bronze, creating works that speak to:

• Classical ideals

• Mythic storytelling

• The raw beauty of nature and man

His bronzes — collected by presidents, royalty and museums worldwide — embody the same power Bacchus represents: transformation, abundance, and the fragile balance between chaos and creation.