The Resurrection (Fazzini)

The Resurrection (La Resurrezione) is an 800-quintal (80 metric ton) bronze/copper-alloy[1] sculpture by Pericle Fazzini in the Paul VI Audience Hall in Rome.[2][3] Intended to capture the anguish of 20th century mankind living under the threat of nuclear war,[1] La Resurrezione depicts Jesus rising from a nuclear crater in the Garden of Gethsemane.

The Resurrection (1977)
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The sculpture's dimensions are 66 ft × 23 ft × 10 ft (20.1 m × 7.0 m × 3.0 m).[3] The commission for the work was ordered by Count Galeassi in 1965; casting began at the Michelucci Art Foundry in Pistoia in 1972; the final sketch was produced in 1975; and the work was completed and inaugurated on September 28, 1977.

The original work was done in polystyrene and the fumes of the burning plastic gave Fazzini a blood clot during its production.[2] The statue was restored over three months in 2011.[1]

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References
  1. Gambardella, Carmine & al. "[www.fonderianolana.com/?wpdmact=process&did=MS5ob3RsaW5r La Resurrezione by Pericle Fazzini in the Aula Paolo VI at the Vatican: The restoration of contemporary art by sacred multi-disciplinary dimensions]". Accessed 29 Apr 2014.
  2. "For us every statue is a prayer". L’Osservatore Romano. 19 Sept 2012. Accessed 29 Apr 2014.
  3. Associated Press. "Fazzini Dies; Sculptor, 74". Schenectady Gazette, 4 Dec 1987. Accessed 29 Apr 2014.


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