Angelo Piò

In Bologna, he studied from 1711 to 1712 under Andrea Ferreri (1673–1744).{{sfn|Piò, Angel Gabriel - Treccani}} He was also a pupil of Giuseppe Maria Mazza.{{sfn|STUCCHI DI ANGELO GABRIELLO PIÒ}} After 1718, he studied in Rome under Camillo Rusconi (1658-1728).{{sfn|Piò, Angel Gabriel - Treccani}}

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.{{sfn|STUCCHI DI ANGELO GABRIELLO PIÒ}}

His son, pupil and assistant was Domenico Piò (1715-1799).{{sfn|Piò, Angel Gabriel - Treccani}} Other pupils included Filippo Scandellari (brother of Pietro) and Antonio Schiassi (died 1778).[https://books.google.com/books?id=AptDAAAAYAAJ Annali della città di Bologna dalle sua origine al 1796], by Salvatore Muzzi; Bologna, 1846, Volume 8, page 746.

File:Santa Maria dei Servi, bo, interno, addolorata di angelo piò.JPG in Bologna]]

Piò mainly used stucco and colored terracotta, working in the Emilian Rococo style.{{sfn|Piò, Angel Gabriel - Treccani}} 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.{{sfn|STUCCHI DI ANGELO GABRIELLO PIÒ}} 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).{{sfn|Piò, Angel Gabriel - Treccani}}

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.{{sfn|STUCCHI DI ANGELO GABRIELLO PIÒ}}

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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Sources

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• {{cite book |ref={{harvid|Piò, Angel Gabriel - Treccani}} |url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/angelo-gabriello-pio/

|title=Piò, Angel Gabriel|work=L'Enciclopedia Italiana|publisher=Treccani|accessdate=2013-01-13}}

• {{cite web |ref={{harvid|STUCCHI DI ANGELO GABRIELLO PIÒ}} |url=http://www.emiliaromagna.beniculturali.it/index.php?it/107/opere/14/stucchi-di-angelo-gabriello-pi

|title=STUCCHI DI ANGELO GABRIELLO PIÒ|work=Direzione Regionale per i Beni Culturali e Paesaggistici dell'Emilia-Romagna |accessdate=2013-01-13}}

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Further reading

• {{cite book|last=Zanotti|first=Giampietro|title=Storia Dell'Accademia Clementina Di Bologna Aggregata All'Instituto Delle Scienze E Dell'Arti: Contenente Il Terzo E Quarto Libro|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ECdFAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA245|accessdate=2013-01-13|year=1739|publisher=Volpe|page=245|chapter=Angelo Gabriello Piò}}

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Category:1690 births

Category:1770 deaths

Category:18th-century Italian sculptors

Category:Italian male sculptors

Category:18th-century Italian male artists