Angelo Gabriello Piò (1690 - 1770) was an Italian sculptor, active in
Bologna
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in a
Rococo
Rococo, less commonly Roccoco ( , ; or ), also known as Late Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and dramatic style of architecture, art and decoration which combines asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding, white and pastel colours, sculpte ...
style.
Life
In Bologna, he studied from 1711 to 1712 under
Andrea Ferreri (1673–1744). He was also a pupil of
Giuseppe Maria Mazza. After 1718, he studied in Rome under
Camillo Rusconi (1658-1728).
In 1721, Piò became a member of the ''
Accademia Clementina'' in Bologna. He worked with some of the prime Bolognese architects of the time:
Carlo Francesco Dotti,
Alfonso Torreggiani and
Giuseppe Antonio Ambrosi.
His son, pupil and assistant was
Domenico Piò (1715-1799). Other pupils included Filippo Scandellari (brother of
Pietro
Pietro is an Italian language, Italian masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
People
* Pietro I Candiano (c. 842–887), briefly the 16th Doge of Venice
* Pietro Tribuno (died 912), 17th Doge of Venice, from 887 to his dea ...
) and
Antonio Schiassi (died 1778).
Annali della città di Bologna dalle sua origine al 1796
by Salvatore Muzzi; Bologna, 1846, Volume 8, page 746.
Work
Piò mainly used stucco and colored terracotta, working in the Emilian Rococo
Rococo, less commonly Roccoco ( , ; or ), also known as Late Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and dramatic style of architecture, art and decoration which combines asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding, white and pastel colours, sculpte ...
style. He used these materials due to the scarcity of stone and marble, but was able to closely imitate stone carving. His works were mostly of religious, allegorical or mythological subjects. His more notable works include ''Fortitude and Prudence'' (Bologna, Gozzadini palace), ''Agony in the Garden'' (parish church of San Giovanni in Persiceto) and the funeral memorial of General Marsili (1733, San Domenico, Bologna).
Angelo Piò created over twenty full-length plaster statues for the Sanctuary of San Luca, from 1746 onwards. The architect Carlo Francesco Dotti designed this church. In this work he collaborated with the plasterers Antonio Calegari and Joseph Borelli, who made the scrolls with Biblical sayings, and with Gaetano Lollini, who created the statues in the second chapel on the right. He also made a commemorative posthumous bust of the architect, which remains in the church.
Paolo Monti - Servizio fotografico (Bologna, 1975) - BEIC 6329035.jpg, Sculptures in the church of San Luca, Bologna
Paolo Monti - Servizio fotografico (Bologna, 1975) - BEIC 6329036.jpg, Sculptures in the church of San Luca, Bologna
Paolo Monti - Servizio fotografico (San Giovanni in Persiceto, 1975) - BEIC 6329033.jpg, Relief in the Collegiata of San Giovanni in Persiceto
Paolo Monti - Servizio fotografico (San Giovanni in Persiceto, 1975) - BEIC 6329034.jpg, Statue in the Collegiata of San Giovanni in Persiceto
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1690 births
1770 deaths
18th-century Italian sculptors
Italian male sculptors
18th-century Italian male artists