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Andrea Mozzali
Mozzali Andrea (Guastalla 1895 - Poviglio 1977) was an Italian sculptor, restorer and painter. Biography He was a student and collaborator of Alceo Dossena in Parma and Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma and with his teacher he worked as sculptor in Mossina palace (ex Ducal Palace of Guastalla ) and for other commissions. He created busts of historical figures, such as Ferrante Gonzaga, Isabella di Capua, Lucrezia Borgia, and commemorative monuments, such as the one for dead soldiers of the Great War in San Girolamo di Guastalla. After taking part in World War I, he married and settled in Guastalla in Martyrs of Belfiore street where in 1933 he founded, with friends, artists and writers, the "Pia cantina di San Francese". In 1939 he presented his works at the 1st Art Exhibition at the Technical Institute of Guastalla. In the interwar years he devoted himself to restoration, classical sculpture and cemetery tombstones for churches in the province of Reggio Emilia and Brescia. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alceo Dossena
Alceo Dossena (1878–1937) was an Italian sculptor. His dealers marketed his creations as originals by other sculptors. Biography Dossena was born in 1878 in Cremona, Italy. He was a talented stonemason and sculptor, and was so skilled at duplicating classical and medieval art, that his agent, Alfredo Fasoli sold his works as authentic antiques. Fasoli commissioned copies of Greek, Roman, medieval, and Renaissance sculptures, and of works by such artists as Giovanni Pisano, Simone Martini, and Donatello. Dossena was meagerly paid by Fasoli who made immense profit off of the copies he sold to museums and collectors. One of the fakes was a sculpted tomb attributed to Mino da Fiesole that was sold to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. In 1928 Dossena discovered that some of his works were displayed in museum collections as original antiques, and that his dealers were keeping most of the profit for themselves. The artist was only paid the equivalent of $200 per sale. He exposed the rus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzzara
Suzzara ( Lower Mantovano: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about south of the city of Mantua. Suzzara was given the honorary title of a city by a royal decree dated November 9, 1923. It is home to a large IVECO/ CNH plant, producing Iveco Daily vehicles. Geography The municipality borders Dosolo, Gonzaga, Luzzara ( RE), Motteggiana, Pegognaga and Viadana. It includes six civil parishes (''frazioni''): Brusatasso, Riva, Sailetto, San Prospero, Tabellano, Vie Nuove. Suzzara borders with Emilia-Romagna. Twin towns Suzzara is twinned with: * Brioude, France, since 1995 See also *Andrea Romitti *Pinfari F.lli Pinfari S.r.l was an Italian amusement ride manufacturing company based in Suzzara, Italy. Pinfari was liquidated on 15 July 2004, due to the early 2000s recession and the weakness of the United States dollar. In 2007, its brand and intelle ... * Suzzara Calcio References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gualtieri
Gualtieri (Emilian language#Dialects, Mantovano: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Emilia in the Italy, Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northwest of Bologna and about north of Reggio Emilia on the right bank of the Po River. Historically, it suffered numerous floods, the last occurring in 1951. Origins of the name According to historians, the name ‘Castrum Valterii’ is linked to Lombards, Longobard ‘Gualtiero’ (equivalent to English Walter (name), Walter), who was sent by Agilulf, King Agilulf in 602 to conquer Mantua. History In the 2nd century BC, with Roman colonisation, the territory was split up. The signs of centuriation still are evident not far from Brescello (Brixellum), a village around which the settlement of Gualtieri revolved until the Lombard Age. * 885, date of the first certain document relating to Castrum Valterii (''Castel Gualtieri''). * 1435, Gualtieri becomes a part of the Parmesan domains owned by the Sfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobbio
Bobbio ( Bobbiese: ; lij, Bêubbi; la, Bobium) is a small town and commune in the province of Piacenza in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. It is located in the Trebbia River valley southwest of the town Piacenza. There is also an abbey and a diocese of the same name. Bobbio is the administrative center of the ''Unione Montana Valli Trebbia e Luretta''. Overview Bobbio is located in the heart of Val Trebbia, a valley described by Ernest Hemingway as "the most beautiful in the world". The town is nestled at the foot of Monte Penice, above sea level, on the left bank of the river Trebbia. Its history is identified with the Abbey founded in 614 by St. Columbanus an Irish missionary, and as a result, it became one of the principal centres of religious culture in medieval Italy, home to a library and basilica. The possessions of the abbey in the Lombard and Carolingian eras spanned the north of Italy. Bobbio is a coveted tourist destination known for its history of art and culture, for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cesare Zavattini
Cesare Zavattini (20 September 1902 – 13 October 1989) was an Italian screenwriter and one of the first theorists and proponents of the Neorealist movement in Italian cinema. Biography Born in Luzzara near Reggio Emilia in northern Italy, on 20 September 1902, Zavattini studied law at the University of Parma, but devoted himself to writing. He started his career in ''Gazzetta di Parma''. In 1930 he relocated to Milan, and worked for the book and magazine publisher Angelo Rizzoli. After Rizzoli began producing films in 1934, Zavattini received his first screenplay and story credits in 1936. At the same time he was writing the plot for the comic strip ''Saturn against the Earth'' with Federico Pedrocchi (script) and Giovanni Scolari (art) for ''I tre porcellini'' (1936–1937) and ''Topolino'' (1937–1946). In 1935, he met Vittorio De Sica, beginning a partnership that produced some twenty films, including such masterpieces of Italian neorealism as ''Sciuscià'' (1946), '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
