Vico Consorti
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Template:Infobox person Ludovico Consorti (1902–1979)<ref name="vicoconsorti.it">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> was an Italian sculptor who built the bronze Holy Door in St. Peter's Basilica in 1950. In 1980, a year after his death, he received an award from the city of Grosseto for artistic merits.
BiographyEdit
Consorti was born in Semproniano, in southern Tuscany in 1902. From 1919 to 1926, he took a sculpturing course in the Art Institute of Siena.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Shortly after the end of World War One, Consorti met Guido Chigi-Saracini, when he decided to move to Siena, a city he knew well.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Between 1952 and 1956, Ludovico lived and worked in Colombia leaving important contributions to the cultural heritage of Bogotá and Zipaquira.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Holy DoorEdit
The Holy Door (built 1950),<ref name=":0">Template:Cite book</ref> was built by Vico at St. Peter's Basilica. The door was consecrated and opened on 24 December 1949. It was ordered by Pope Pius XII.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The door is only opened during the presence of the Pope during the Jubilee years.<ref name=":0" />
GalleryEdit
- 2019 Bogotá - Consorti Ludovico - Minerva en la BLAA.jpg
Minerva (1958), Luis Ángel Arango Library, Bogotá
- Bogota Banco de la República - altorrelieve costado sur.JPG
Relieves (1958), Bank of the Republic, Bogotá
- Altorrelieve edificio Banco de la República - Bogota.JPG
Relieves (1958), Bank of the Republic, Bogotá
- Bogota Bolívar monumento ecuestre de Los Héroes.JPG
Simón Bolívar (1963), Bogotá