The Archetypal Structure emerges from a convergence of two lifelong paths of inquiry, united by a shared dedication to uncovering the hidden order beneath the surface of human experience.
Mauro Andriole is a visual artist who devoted 35 years to the study and artistic expression of ancient symbology, with a particular focus on the indigenous peoples of Brazil. His work integrates image and anthropological concepts, emphasizing the inter-ethnic contact between Europe and the Americas, grounded in the frameworks of Lévi-Strauss, Bourdieu, and Serrano. These investigations centered on symbolic life and the sacred within millennial Western and Eastern traditions, culminating in a hermeneutic study that spans Christianity, Taoism, Vedanta, and Kabbalah. His grounding in the philosophy of science – Popper, Kuhn, Bachelard, Capra, Bergson, Merleau-Ponty, as well as the pre-Socratics, Augustine, Descartes, Leibniz, Spinoza, among others – provides the epistemological foundation for the A.S.