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'''Pericle Fazzini''' (May 4, 1913 – December 4, 1987) was an Italian painter and sculptor best known for his work ''[[Resurrection (Fazzini)|La Resurrezione]]'', which serves as the backdrop in the [[Paul VI Audience Hall]] in [[St. Peter's Basilica]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Pericle Fazzini |url=http://www.getty.edu/vow/ULANFullDisplay?find=&role=&nation=&prev_page=1&subjectid=500012647 |website=www.getty.edu |publisher=ULAN Full Record Display (Getty Research) |accessdate=7 December 2018}}</ref> |
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==Life== |
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Fazzini was born on May 4, 1913 in [[Grottammare]], located on [[Italy|Italy's]] [[Adriatic]] coast.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pericle Fazzini, 74, a Sculptor for Vatican |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/05/obituaries/pericle-fazzini-74-a-sculptor-for-vatican.html |accessdate=7 December 2018 |work=The New York Times |agency=New York Times |date=5 December 1987}}</ref> As a boy, he began sculpting figures from clay and learning to work with wood in his father's [[woodcarving]] workshop. He relocated to Rome in 1929 to take free drawing and portrait classes.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pacini |first1=Piero |title=Pericle Fazzini |url=http://www.oxfordartonline.com/groveart/view/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.001.0001/oao-9781884446054-e-7000027703?rskey=iUGZ5N&result=1 |website=www.oxfordartonline.com |publisher=Grove Art Online |accessdate=7 December 2018 |language=en |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.001.0001/oao-9781884446054-e-7000027703}}</ref> |
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Fazzini was born on 4 May 1913 at [[Grottammare]], in the [[province of Ascoli Piceno]] in the [[Marche]], to Vittorio Fazzini and Maria Alessandrini. As a boy he worked with his brothers in the family carpentry workshop, where he learned to carve wood. In 1930, with the help of the poet [[Mario Rivosecchi]], he moved to Rome to study at the [[Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma|Scuola libera del nudo]].{{r|trecc|pgc}} |
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In 1931, he won a competition in [[Catania]] to design a tomb for [[Giuseppe Benedetto Dusmet|Cardinal Giuseppe Benedetto Dusmet]]. The following year, he won the Pensionato Artistico Nazionale, an award established by politician [[Pasquale Villari]] to help support promising young Italian artists.<ref>{{cite web |title=La storia dell’Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma |url=http://www.accademiabelleartiroma.it/media/176096/la_storia.pdf |website=www.accademiabelleartiroma.it |publisher=Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma |accessdate=7 December 2018}}</ref> The prize stipend enabled him to to rent studio space in Rome for three years.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pericle Fazzini |url=http://www.guggenheim-venice.it/inglese/collections/artisti/biografia.php?id_art=227 |website=www.guggenheim-venice.it |publisher=Guggenheim Venice |accessdate=7 December 2018}}</ref> |
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In 1931 he won a competition in [[Catania]] to design a monument to cardinal [[Giuseppe Benedetto Dusmet|Dusmet]]; it was never made. In 1932 he took part in a competition for the [[Pensionato Artistico Nazionale]] of the [[Ministero della Pubblica Istruzione]], the Italian ministry of arts and education, and with his [[low-relief]] ''Uscita dall'arca'' ("leaving the ark") won a two-year [[bursary]].{{r|trecc}} |
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From 1937 to 1952, Fazzini taught at the Museo Artistico Industriale in Rome and explored the use of clay and bronze in his works.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pericle Fazzini |url=http://www.guggenheim-venice.it/inglese/collections/artisti/biografia.php?id_art=227 |website=www.guggenheim-venice.it |publisher=Guggenheim Venice |accessdate=7 December 2018}}</ref> He also met and married Anita Buy, who would be the subject of many of his works throughout his life.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pacini |first1=Piero |title=Pericle Fazzini |url=http://www.oxfordartonline.com/groveart/view/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.001.0001/oao-9781884446054-e-7000027703?rskey=iUGZ5N&result=1 |website=www.oxfordartonline.com |publisher=Grove Art Online |accessdate=7 December 2018 |language=en |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.001.0001/oao-9781884446054-e-7000027703}}</ref> |
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He died in Rome on 4 December 1987.<ref name=trecc/> |
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He was a teacher of artist Annibale Costa <ref>{{cite web |title=Pericle Fazzini |url=http://www.getty.edu/vow/ULANFullDisplay?find=&role=&nation=&prev_page=1&subjectid=500012647 |website=www.getty.edu |publisher=ULAN Full Record Display (Getty Research) |accessdate=7 December 2018}}</ref> |
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== Works == |
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* ''Monument to [[Padre Pio]]'', Piazza Padre Pio, [[San Giovanni Rotondo|San Giovanni Rotondo (FG)]] |
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* ''[[Resurrection (Fazzini)|Resurrezione]]'', [[Paul VI Audience Hall]], Vatican; |
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* ''Tabernacolo'', [[Villa Nazareth]], Rome |
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* ''[[Monumento alla Resistenza (Ancona)|Monumento alla Resistenza]]'', Ancona |
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==''La Resurrezione''== |
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In 1970, the [[Vatican]] commissioned to create a sculpture for a new and modern papal auditorium.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pericle Fazzini, 74, a Sculptor for Vatican |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/05/obituaries/pericle-fazzini-74-a-sculptor-for-vatican.html |accessdate=7 December 2018 |work=The New York Times |agency=New York Times |date=5 December 1987}}</ref> The construction took about seven years and the final work was unveiled in 1977 as part of the [[Paul VI|Pope Paul VI]]'s 80th birthday celebration.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pericle Fazzini: Bozzetto per la “Resurrezione” - Vatican Museums |url=http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/collezioni/musei/collezione-d_arte-contemporanea/sala-5--scultura-italiana-tra-committenza-e-ispirazione/pericle-fazzini--bozzetto-per-resurrezione.html |website=www.museivaticani.va |publisher=Musei Vaticani |accessdate=7 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref> |
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The work depicts [[Jesus Christ]] emerging from a nuclear bomb crater. He described his vision for the sculpture: "There came to me the idea of Christ preaching peace for 2,000 years, and the place where He prayed for the last time: the olive grove of Gethsemane. I had the idea of depicting Christ as if He were rising again from the explosion of this large olive grove, peaceful site of His last prayers. Christ rises from this crater torn open by a nuclear bomb; an atrocious explosion, a vortex of violence and energy."<ref>{{cite news |title=Pericle Fazzini, 74, a Sculptor for Vatican |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/05/obituaries/pericle-fazzini-74-a-sculptor-for-vatican.html |accessdate=7 December 2018 |work=The New York Times |agency=New York Times |date=5 December 1987}}</ref> |
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The sculpture is molded from bronze and brass and measures 66 feet by 12 feet by 10 feet. [[Pope John Paul II]] regularly held his weekly general audiences in front of ''La Resurrezione.'' <ref>{{cite news |title=Pericle Fazzini, 74, a Sculptor for Vatican |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/05/obituaries/pericle-fazzini-74-a-sculptor-for-vatican.html |accessdate=7 December 2018 |work=The New York Times |agency=New York Times |date=5 December 1987}}</ref> |
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==Death== |
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Fazzini died in Rome on December 4, 1987.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pericle Fazzini, 74, a Sculptor for Vatican |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/05/obituaries/pericle-fazzini-74-a-sculptor-for-vatican.html |accessdate=7 December 2018 |work=The New York Times |agency=New York Times |date=5 December 1987}}</ref> |
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== Selected works == |
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<gallery widths="200px" heights="200px" perrow="3"> |
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File:Ancona_-_Monumento_alla_Resistenza_al_Pincio_-_Pericle_Fazzini.jpeg|''Monumento alla Resistenza'' (1956) |
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File:Lifesize_sculpture,_"Conversation,"_executed_in_1954_by_Italian_sculptor_Pericle_Fazzini,_in_the_Marshall_R._Young_Courtyard_of_the_Old_Jail_Art_Center_in_Albany,_Texas,_seat_of_Shackelford_County_LCCN2014631740.tif|''Conversation'' (1954) |
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File:Pericle_Fazzini_La_Sibilla.JPG|''La Sibilla'' (1947)<ref>{{cite web |title=Pericle Fazzini |url=http://www.artnet.fr/artistes/pericle-fazzini/ |website=www.artnet.fr |publisher=artnet |accessdate=7 December 2018 |language=de-DE}}</ref> |
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</gallery> |
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* ''Ritratto dell'Ungaretti'' (1936) |
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* ''Anita in sottoveste'' (1937) |
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* ''Ritratto di Francesco Grandjacquet'' (1940) |
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* ''Dancing Figures'' (1955) |
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* ''Cavallo con fantino'' (1981) |
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* ''Donna che si spoglia'' (1987)<ref>{{cite web |title=Pericle Fazzini |url=http://www.artnet.fr/artistes/pericle-fazzini/ |website=www.artnet.fr |publisher=artnet |accessdate=7 December 2018 |language=de-DE}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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Pericle Fazzini | |
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Born | 4 May 1913 Grottammare, Le Marche, Italy |
Died | 4 December 1987 (Age 74) Rome, Italy |
Nationality | Italian |
Education | Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma |
Pericle Fazzini (May 4, 1913 – December 4, 1987) was an Italian painter and sculptor best known for his work La Resurrezione, which serves as the backdrop in the Paul VI Audience Hall in St. Peter's Basilica.[1]
Life
Fazzini was born on May 4, 1913 in Grottammare, located on Italy's Adriatic coast.[2] As a boy, he began sculpting figures from clay and learning to work with wood in his father's woodcarving workshop. He relocated to Rome in 1929 to take free drawing and portrait classes.[3]
In 1931, he won a competition in Catania to design a tomb for Cardinal Giuseppe Benedetto Dusmet. The following year, he won the Pensionato Artistico Nazionale, an award established by politician Pasquale Villari to help support promising young Italian artists.[4] The prize stipend enabled him to to rent studio space in Rome for three years.[5]
From 1937 to 1952, Fazzini taught at the Museo Artistico Industriale in Rome and explored the use of clay and bronze in his works.[6] He also met and married Anita Buy, who would be the subject of many of his works throughout his life.[7]
He was a teacher of artist Annibale Costa [8]
La Resurrezione
In 1970, the Vatican commissioned to create a sculpture for a new and modern papal auditorium.[9] The construction took about seven years and the final work was unveiled in 1977 as part of the Pope Paul VI's 80th birthday celebration.[10]
The work depicts Jesus Christ emerging from a nuclear bomb crater. He described his vision for the sculpture: "There came to me the idea of Christ preaching peace for 2,000 years, and the place where He prayed for the last time: the olive grove of Gethsemane. I had the idea of depicting Christ as if He were rising again from the explosion of this large olive grove, peaceful site of His last prayers. Christ rises from this crater torn open by a nuclear bomb; an atrocious explosion, a vortex of violence and energy."[11]
The sculpture is molded from bronze and brass and measures 66 feet by 12 feet by 10 feet. Pope John Paul II regularly held his weekly general audiences in front of La Resurrezione. [12]
Death
Fazzini died in Rome on December 4, 1987.[13]
Selected works
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Monumento alla Resistenza (1956)
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Conversation (1954)
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La Sibilla (1947)[14]
- Ritratto dell'Ungaretti (1936)
- Anita in sottoveste (1937)
- Ritratto di Francesco Grandjacquet (1940)
- Dancing Figures (1955)
- Cavallo con fantino (1981)
- Donna che si spoglia (1987)[15]
References
- ^ "Pericle Fazzini". www.getty.edu. ULAN Full Record Display (Getty Research). Retrieved 7 December 2018.
- ^ "Pericle Fazzini, 74, a Sculptor for Vatican". The New York Times. New York Times. 5 December 1987. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
- ^ Pacini, Piero. "Pericle Fazzini". www.oxfordartonline.com. Grove Art Online. doi:10.1093/gao/9781884446054.001.0001/oao-9781884446054-e-7000027703. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
- ^ "La storia dell'Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma" (PDF). www.accademiabelleartiroma.it. Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
- ^ "Pericle Fazzini". www.guggenheim-venice.it. Guggenheim Venice. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
- ^ "Pericle Fazzini". www.guggenheim-venice.it. Guggenheim Venice. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
- ^ Pacini, Piero. "Pericle Fazzini". www.oxfordartonline.com. Grove Art Online. doi:10.1093/gao/9781884446054.001.0001/oao-9781884446054-e-7000027703. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
- ^ "Pericle Fazzini". www.getty.edu. ULAN Full Record Display (Getty Research). Retrieved 7 December 2018.
- ^ "Pericle Fazzini, 74, a Sculptor for Vatican". The New York Times. New York Times. 5 December 1987. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
- ^ "Pericle Fazzini: Bozzetto per la "Resurrezione" - Vatican Museums". www.museivaticani.va. Musei Vaticani. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
- ^ "Pericle Fazzini, 74, a Sculptor for Vatican". The New York Times. New York Times. 5 December 1987. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
- ^ "Pericle Fazzini, 74, a Sculptor for Vatican". The New York Times. New York Times. 5 December 1987. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
- ^ "Pericle Fazzini, 74, a Sculptor for Vatican". The New York Times. New York Times. 5 December 1987. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
- ^ "Pericle Fazzini". www.artnet.fr (in German). artnet. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
- ^ "Pericle Fazzini". www.artnet.fr (in German). artnet. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
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