#pericle fazzini

[thefoilguy]

La Resurrezione by Pericle Fazzini - Aluminum Foil Sculpture

[byronthesecond]

1948 Caffè Greco Roma Foto di Irving Penn

Aldo Palazzeschi, Goffredo Petrassi, Mirko Basaldella, Carlo Levi, Pericle Fazzini, Afro Basaldella, Renzo Vespignani, Libero de Libero, Sandro Penna, Lea Padovani, Orson Welles, Mario Mafai, Ennio Flaiano, Vitaliano Brancati, Orfeo Tamburi.

[recherchestetique]

Aldo Palazzeschi, Goffredo Petrassi, Mirko, Carlo Levi, Pericle Fazzini, Afro, Renzo Vespignani, Libero de Libero, Sandro Penna, Lea Padovani, Orson Welles, Mario Mafai, Ennio Flajano, Vitaliano Brancati and Orfeo Tamburi. Caffé Greco, Rome 1948. Photo Irving Penn

[elf-indulgent]

Just remembered about La Resurrezione by Pericle Fazzini, the absolutely terrifying 80-ton sculpture in the Paul VI Audience Hall that “depicts Jesus rising from a nuclear crater in the Garden of Gethsemane”  😶

[mojopony]

Pericle Fazzini – Bozzetto per la “Resurrezione” (Study for the “Resurrection”), 1969-1970, bronze

[wickedlittlecritta]

i can’t believe i went to ART SCHOOL and NOBODY ever told me about the pope’s SICK NUCLEAR JESUS SCULPTURE????????????

it’s called La Resurrezione and it is proof that the catholic church still knows how to go off with the art

[tvln]

spot-the-orson

caffe greco, rome 48

irving penn

[fiendfriend]

La Resurrezione (Pericle Fazzini, Rome, 1977) 

Bronze/copper-alloy, 80 metric tons, 66 ft× 23 ft × 10 ft

Intended to capture the anguish of 20th century mankind living under the threat of nuclear war, La Resurrezione depicts Jesus rising from a nuclear crater in the Garden of Gethsemane.