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The Resurrection (La Resurrezione) is a bronze and brass sculpture by Pericle Fazzini in the Paul VI Audience Hall in Rome. [1] Intended to capture the anguish of 20th century mankind living under the threat of nuclear war, La Resurrezione depicts Jesus rising from a nuclear crater in the Garden of Gethsemane. Fazzini summarized the action of ...
It is dominated by an 800-quintal (80-tonne) bronze/copper-alloy [3] sculpture by Pericle Fazzini entitled La Resurrezione (Italian for The Resurrection). [4] [5] A smaller meeting hall, known as Synod Hall (Aula del Sinodo), is located in the building as well. This hall sits at the east end on a second floor.
He served five years with the Canadian Intelligence Corps in the Canadian Army, becoming a Canadian citizen in 1944. [2] He received his B.A. degree in economics and political science from McGill University , Montreal (1946); then studied at the Montreal School of Art and Design (1946–1947) and Art Students League , New York (1949–1950).
In 1931 he won a competition in Catania to design a monument to cardinal 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 ...
Under B.C. Binning’s management since 1958, the collection has acquired 23 artworks by important Canadian artists, in order to establish the Brock Hall Art Collection as a Canadian landmark. After Binning's departure from the Brock Hall Art Committee in 1969 due to his retirement, however, the collection has stared to receive less care than ...
However, following the September 11 attacks in 2001, a security booth was installed, the first deviation from Nevelson's original design. By 2007, faded sculptures and required sub-surface repairs led to a comprehensive redesign by the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, the New York City Department of Transportation, and the New York City ...
Aug. 16—A 42-year-old minimalist sculpture was removed from the front of Springfield City Hall on Wednesday to be placed into storage while its future is decided. Oracle's Vision, which was ...
The center is named for George Gustav Heye, who began collecting Native American artifacts in 1903.He founded and endowed the Museum of the American Indian in 1916, and it opened in 1922, in a building at 155th Street and Broadway, part of the Audubon Terrace complex, in the Sugar Hill neighborhood, just south of Washington Heights. [2]