Statues - Hither & Thither

 

Description

On both sides of the theatre of Carpi, opened in 1861, is a fence with a gate to the garden behind the theatre. The fence has on both sides four columns. On each of the columns a marble bust of a famous man from Carpi is placed. On the front the name is carved, with below on the column function and date; on the back of the bust is the donor written.

traiano boccalini filosofo letterato 1556 - 1613 circolo nazionale Traiano Boccalini (Loreto 1556 - Venezia 1613) Italian satirist and governor of Benevento in the states of the church (Wikipedia).	nicolò biondo inventore della truciolo † 1516 menotti giuseppe ed angelo Nicolò Biondo (1456 - 1516) Inventor of the 'truciolo', the processing of straw (thin strips obtained from the trunks of willow and poplar trees) for the production of 'trecce' and the making of straw hats. (Wikipedia).	guido fassi inventore della scagliola 1584 - 1649 esercenti aicti e mestieri Guido Fassi (Carpi 1584 - Carpi 1649) Italian artist and inventor of the 'scagliola', a process that creates marble effects with poor materials such as gypsum and pigments using an inlay technique) (Wikipedia).	ugo da ianico inventore incisione in legno 1480 - 1520 comercianti Ugo da Carpi (Carpi 1470 - Roma 1532) Italian engraver, the first artist in Italy to use the color xylography technique (Wikipedia).
alberto pio ultimo signore di carpi 1475 - 1531 pio don manfredotto Alberto III Pio, Prince of Carpi (Carpi 1475 - Paris 1531) Last prince of Carpi, he was deprived of his rule in 1525 by emperor Charles V (Wikipedia).	iacopo berengario chirurgo anatomo 1460 - 1530 toni benassi – luigi lugli Jacopo Berengario da Carpi (Carpi 1466 - Ferrara 1530) Italian physician; wrote Anatomia Carpi (1535), which made him the most important anatomist before Andreas Vesalius. (Wikipedia).	galasso alghisi geometra architetto 1523 - 1573 legali ed ingegneri Galasso Alghisi (Carpi 1523 - Ferrara 1573) Italian architect, published in 1570 a book on architecture, specially of buildings in Rome (Wikipedia).	bernardo ramazzini medico patalogo 1633 - 1714 medici, chirurghi, e farmacisti Bernardino Ramazzini (Carpi 1633 - Padova 1714) Italian physician; his most important contribution to medicine was his book on occupational diseases (Wikipedia).

Sculptor

• Unknown artist. Do you know who the sculptor is? please let us know.

Sources & Information

• Carpediem, Teatro Comunale.

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