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7/27/2019 Cosenza - Corso Mazzini
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Corso Mazzini - Cosenza
Open Air Museum
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Open Air Museum Bilotti
In the modern part of Cosenza, in an area stretching from the
pedestrianized Corso Mazzini to Piazza Bilotti, lies the open-air
"Museo MAB" (Museo all'aperto Bilotti) which hosts a wide range of
modern art sculptures that stand in the street for residents and
tourists.
The sculptures were donated to the city by the Italian-
American entrepreneur and art collector, Carlo Bilotti
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Lupo Della Sila Mimmo Rotella
The sculpture looks likedifferent silhouettes of
green marble drawn up
together to form the image
of the Sila Wood Woolf,
symbol of the city ofCosenza.
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The Bronzesfrom Riace and
Three Columns
are two works
that representa clear homage
to the classic
culture of
Magna Graecia
by the French
artist Sacha
Sosno.
Bronzi Di Riace Sasha Sosno
The silhouettes of
the Bronzes are
cut in two sheets
of bronze with a
curious negative,
see-through
effect.
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The Italian sculptorManz has always been
fascinated by members
of high clergy.
The Cardinal here
portrayed is
represented
sitting on a throne.
Noticeable is the
vertical development of
the figure.
Gran Cardinale Giacomo Manz
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More
impressive is
the terrifying
head of
Medusa by
the same
author.
Testa di Medusa G. Manz
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The two figures of thecharacters of Homers
Iliad are faceless to
underline the plasticity of
the movement.The sculpture is
dominated by the sense
of foretold death, where
Andromaches
desperation contrasts
with the warrior pride
of the hero.
Ettore e Andromaca G. De Chirico
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I Due Archeologi G. De Chirico
TwoArchaeologists: the
symbols of the past
seem to come out
of the hearts of the
two figures.
The love for
antiquity is
represented in this
sculpture.
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The Great
Metaphysician
unites in a single
totemic sculpture all
the symbols of De
Chiricos art: set
squares, rulers,
tools of geometric
projections and thedummy that
emerges from all
these elements.
Il Grande Metafisico G. De Chirico
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Abstract sculpture
by the Italian Pietro
Consagra in Piazza
Bilotti.
Monumento Bifrontale
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San Giorgio e il Drago S. Dal
Saint George and theDragon by Salvador
Dal, wonderfully
blends the three parts
of the bronze
sculpture: the saint,
the horse and the
dragon, in a plastic
movement that refers
to the Christiantradition of the life of
the Saint who is
faceless, almost a
quote of De Chirico.
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The Great
Bather is
characterized
by sinuous,
sensualplasticity.
La Bagnante
Emilio Greco
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Paracarri Pietro Consagra