Giuseppe Moretti, born in Siena on 3 February 1857, became one of the most renowned sculptors in the United States. Although he trained in Italy, his most famous works stand thousands of miles from his homeland, particularly in Birmingham, Alabama, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Two early masterpieces by Baroque artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini, ‘souls’, are now on display at the Vatican Museums. The sculptures, Damned Soul and Blessed Soul, have moved from their previous location at the Spanish embassy, which was difficult for the public to access, to the Holy See.
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Vincenzo Gemito, a renowned sculptor responsible for one of the statues adorning the western façade of the Royal Palace in Naples, was born on 16th July 1852.
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The moment I walked into Rome’s Galleria Borghese my view of sculpture changed. These were no longer ‘just statues’, this was incredible art.
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The ongoing archaeological dig at San Casciano baths has uncovered another incredible find. Following on from earlier bronze sculptures, now the archaeologists have unearthed a marble Apollo statue standing around two metres.
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One of Canova’s last completed sculptures fell into obscurity during the 20th century. It was found in the 1960s in the overgrown front garden of an antique dealer’s home. Now, this discovery ‘of fundamental importance for the history of art’ is offered for sale at Christie’s in London.
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The avant-garde sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro was born in Morciano di Romagna, a small town just inland from the Adriatic coast, on this day in 1926. He is best known for his Sphere within Sphere series.
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Florence’s Opera del Duomo museum has an historic exhibition of Michelangelo’s three ‘pietas’. The different versions of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of her son, Jesus, have never been shown together before.
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