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\"Umberto<\/a>\"Umberto<\/a><\/p>\n

Umberto Pinzauti<\/p>\n

(F<\/span>lorenc<\/span>e 1886<\/span>–<\/span>Ravenna 1960)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Vas<\/span><\/i>e<\/span><\/i>: \u201c<\/span><\/i>Welcome<\/span><\/i>\u00a0Spring<\/span><\/i>\u2026<\/span><\/i>\u201d<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

C<\/span>irca\u00a0<\/span>1915<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Bronz<\/span>e with wooden base<\/span>, h\u00a0<\/span>27<\/span>.<\/span>3<\/span>\u00a0cm<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I<\/span>nscription<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>in centre of vase<\/span>:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>B<\/span><\/i>en\u00a0venga\u00a0maggio\u00a0e<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/i>l gonfalon\u00a0selvaggio<\/span><\/i>, ben\u00a0venga\u00a0primavera\u00a0che\u00a0vuol\u00a0l\u2019uom\u00a0s\u2019innamor<\/span><\/i>i<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span>(<\/span>Welcome<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>May and the<\/span>\u00a0flowering b<\/span>ough<\/span>s,<\/span>\u00a0welcome\u00a0<\/span>S<\/span>pring\u00a0<\/span>so that<\/span>\u00a0man fall<\/span>s<\/span>\u00a0in love<\/span>)<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On side of<\/span>\u00a0base:\u00a0<\/span>Paying tribute to the President, united youth offer<\/span>s<\/span>\u00a0this with affection<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>Signed on\u00a0<\/span>base:\u00a0Pinzauti<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Proven<\/span>ance<\/span>: Rom<\/span>e<\/span>, privat<\/span>e collection<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Attent<\/span>ive to the\u00a0<\/span>impact<\/span>\u00a0of Viennese Liberty<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>in<\/span>\u00a01909\u00a0<\/span>he carries out the pictorial decorations of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>newly<\/span>–<\/span>built<\/span>\u00a0small villa<\/span>–<\/span>cum-<\/span>studio\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>Galileo\u00a0<\/span>Chini<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>F<\/span>lo<\/span>ren<\/span>c<\/span>e.\u00a0<\/span>These are the years to which one can ascribe the bronze vase, where the vibrant sensuality of the lines and the poses of the figures in high relief stand<\/span>s<\/span>\u00a0out<\/span>, no<\/span>t<\/span>\u00a0immune\u00a0<\/span>to a graphic<\/span>\u00a0insistence<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>in the hairstyles<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>with a\u00a0<\/span>deb<\/span>t to the new Secessions<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>and a\u00a0<\/span>sketchy\u00a0<\/span>synthetism<\/span>\u00a0in the faces and limbs<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>intens<\/span>e<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span>\u00a0sensual<\/span>\u00a0dance of the figures is in dialogue with\u00a0<\/span>Poliziano<\/span>\u2019s\u00a0famous verses<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>spread across the centre of the vase<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0recalling the Florentine rite of love,\u00a0<\/span>Calendimaggio<\/span><\/i>, dur<\/span>ing which the young men offered\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>flowering b<\/span>ough<\/span>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/span>il\u00a0gonfalon\u00a0selvaggio<\/span><\/i>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/span>to their loved one<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0From the twenties<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>he moved towards\u00a0<\/span>monumentalism<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0conserv<\/span>ing<\/span>\u00a0a delicat<\/span>e<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>softness that\u00a0<\/span>bathes his works in a suffused\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>melancholy tonality<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0From the end of the decade<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>he is in\u00a0<\/span>Ravenna,\u00a0<\/span>appointed chair<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0scul<\/span>p<\/span>tur<\/span>e\u00a0<\/span>at<\/span>\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0local<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>A<\/span>c<\/span>adem<\/span>y of Fine Arts<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>Among his works\u00a0<\/span>that can still be seen<\/span>\u00a0in Ravenna are the allegories of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Fam<\/span><\/i>e<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/i>and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Glor<\/span><\/i>y<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/i>at<\/span>\u00a0Palazzo del\u00a0<\/span>Mutilato<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>in today\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0Piazza Kennedy.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Umberto Pinzauti (Florence 1886–Ravenna 1960)\u00a0 Vase: \u201cWelcome\u00a0Spring\u2026\u201d\u00a0 Circa\u00a01915\u00a0 Bronze with wooden base, h\u00a027.3\u00a0cm\u00a0 Inscription\u00a0in centre of vase:\u00a0Ben\u00a0venga\u00a0maggio\u00a0e\u00a0l gonfalon\u00a0selvaggio, ben\u00a0venga\u00a0primavera\u00a0che\u00a0vuol\u00a0l\u2019uom\u00a0s\u2019innamori\u00a0(Welcome\u00a0May and the\u00a0flowering boughs,\u00a0welcome\u00a0Spring\u00a0so that\u00a0man falls\u00a0in love).\u00a0 On side of\u00a0base:\u00a0Paying tribute to the President, united youth offers\u00a0this with affection.\u00a0Signed on\u00a0base:\u00a0Pinzauti\u00a0 Provenance: Rome, private collection\u00a0 \u00a0 Attentive to the\u00a0impact\u00a0of Viennese Liberty,\u00a0in\u00a01909\u00a0he carries out the pictorial decorations of\u00a0the\u00a0newly–built\u00a0small villa–cum-studio\u00a0of\u00a0Galileo\u00a0Chini,\u00a0in\u00a0Florence.\u00a0These…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8901,"template":"","autore":[354],"tipologia_opera":[81],"ambito_opera":[84],"data_opera":[283],"disponibilita_opera":[480],"titolo_mostra":[],"tag_mostra":[],"class_list":["post-8899","opera","type-opera","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","autore-umberto-pinzauti-1886-1960","tipologia_opera-opere-mostre-en","ambito_opera-sculpture-en","data_opera-283","disponibilita_opera-non-disponibile","description-off"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/opera\/8899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/opera"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/opera"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"autore","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/autore?post=8899"},{"taxonomy":"tipologia_opera","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tipologia_opera?post=8899"},{"taxonomy":"ambito_opera","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ambito_opera?post=8899"},{"taxonomy":"data_opera","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/data_opera?post=8899"},{"taxonomy":"disponibilita_opera","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disponibilita_opera?post=8899"},{"taxonomy":"titolo_mostra","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/titolo_mostra?post=8899"},{"taxonomy":"tag_mostra","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlovirgilio.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tag_mostra?post=8899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}