Nicola Zamboni

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Nicola Zamboni (born 10 May 1943) is an Italian sculptor.

Nicola Zamboni portrayed by Paolo Monti, Bologna 1974

Life[]

Zamboni was born in Bologna and he was student and assistant of .[1] After retiring from the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna in his third year, he went to England in 1968 as a guest of Henry Moore. In 1975 he began teaching at the Academy in Bologna, and from 1997 to 2004 he taught sculpture at the Brera Academy of Arts in Milan, [1][2] where he met Sara Bolzani who became his student and partner.[3]

Zamboni lives in Sala Bolognese in a big farmhouse converted into a studio residence, under the banks of the Samoggia river.[1]

The sculptor portrays the human figure with realistic forms, with a careful search for detail and life-size,[4] in large choral works that require the use of various modelling techniques; these sculptures are made of various materials including ceramics,[5] cement, stone,[6] wood, copper.

He created the large monument in Marzabotto in 1975 in front of the town hall,[7] as well as several monuments commemorating the Bologna massacre in various Italian cities.[8] He also created a small garden of medieval inspiration with allegorical statues in one of the courts of the Cavedone PEEP.

  • Works by Zamboni photographed by Paolo Monti, 1971

  • Experiments with cement

  • Sculpture theatre

  • Sculpture, Villa Pepoli Baciocchi, Bologna

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Di pieve in pieve: paesi e città del Bolognese fra il Samoggia e il Reno. FMR. 2004. p. 34.
  2. ^ Biografia Nicola Zamboni
  3. ^ "A tu per tu con l'autore: Sara Bolzani". Archived from the original on August 28, 2016. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  4. ^ Joan Crous, Giovanna Bubbico (2002). Il grande libro della scultura. Giunti Editore. pp. 40–41. ISBN 978-88-440-2455-0.
  5. ^ Giunti Editore, ed. (2004). Ceramica. Manuale completo. pp. 119–. ISBN 978-88-440-2952-4.
  6. ^ FMR, ed. (2004). Di pieve in pieve: paesi e città del Bolognese fra il Samoggia e il Reno. p. 41.
  7. ^ Luciano Galmozzi (1986). Monumenti alla libertà: antifascismo, resistenza e pace nei monumenti italiani dal 1945 al 1985. La Pietra. p. 152.
  8. ^ Cinzia Venturoli (2007). Stragi fra memoria e storia: Piazza Fontana, Piazza della Loggia, la stazione di Bologna. Dal discorso pubblico all'elaborazione didattica. Libreria Bonomo. p. 122.

Further readings[]

  • Maria Censi (2000). Vanitas vanitatum, et omnia vanitas. Renaissance Editore. pp. 92–.
  • Nadia Bosi; Graziano Campanini (2006). Nicola Zamboni, Sara Bolzani. Skira. ISBN 978-88-6130-022-4.
  • Giovanna Bubbico; Joan Crous (2004). Ceramica. Manuale completo. Giunti Editore. ISBN 978-88-440-2952-4.
  • Giuseppe Cordoni; Giorgio Celli (1998). Arte & città. Aspasia.
  • Joan Crous, Giovanna Bubbico (2002). Il grande libro della scultura. Giunti Editore. ISBN 978-88-440-2455-0.
  • Eugenio Riccòmini (2003). L'arte a Bologna: dalle origini ai giorni nostri. Editoriale srl. p. 333.
  • Graziano Campanini, Pietro Di Natale (ed.), Nicola Zamboni. Le materie dei sogni, Genus Bononiae, Bologna, 2017

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