Sergio Rossetti Morosini

Sergio Rossetti Morosini
Born 1953 (age 6263)
Alma mater Pratt Institute
Spouse(s)

Adèle Rossetti Morosini (m. 1976)

Children: Ana Rossetti Morosini, Sergio E. Rossetti Morosini
Awards Honorary Louisiana State Senator, 1975;[1] Cantor Fitzgerald, 1992-95[2]
Website

www.brownstonearts.com

www.atlanticforest911.com

Sergio Rossetti Morosini (born in 1953) is a Brazilian-American artist and author of Venetian extract.[3] He has served Brazil as Cultural attaché in New Orleans and is dedicated to preserving the Atlantic Forest and restoring the art in stone of the Historic New York City Landmarks.[4][5]

Early life

Sergio Rossetti Morosini is the middle of five children born to parents Italia Morosini and Pedro Rossetti, descendants of two old Venetian families[6] that settled in the Atlantic Forest in Southern Brazil.[7] Sergio grew up in the city of Guarapuava,[8] in the heart of the state of Paraná's Araucaria Forest.[9]

Education

Sergio is educated in economics, diplomacy, and holds master's degrees in Fine Arts and History of Art from the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.[10]

Career and marriage

In his early 20s he represented Brazil in United States as a Cultural Attaché at the Consulate General in New Orleans, Louisiana.[11] There, while he was enrolled in the Graduate Program of Tulane University's Department of Social Sciences, he met the artist, Adèle,[12] then, a Fine Arts student at Tulane's Newcomb College. They were married in 1976; he was 22 and she was 21.

International affairs

Sergio's tenure at the Consulate, however, coincided with the 1973 Oil Crisis which increased several times Brazil's Trans-Amazonian Highway construction costs and brought in the Brazil financial crisis of the late 1970s. Through numerous cultural events, and partnerships with Loyola and Tulane Universities, and later with the newly founded New Orleans Area Latin American Chamber of Commerce,[13] he worked diligently with New Orleans Mayor Moon Landrieu's administration, the International Relations Office,[14][15] the International Trade Mart, and the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans to unite the Latin American businesses behind a comprehensive trade policy through the ports of New Orleans and Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi. Sergio was conferred the title of "Honorary State Senator" by the Lieutenant Governor, James Edward "Jimmy" Fitzmorris, Jr., Coordinator of International Relations and President of the Louisiana State Senate.[16]

Cultural institutes

He is a founding member of the Brazilian-American Cultural Institute of New Orleans (BACI).[17] and The Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce of New Orleans.[18]

The Vatican

Sergio has been invited twice to the Vatican to view from the scaffolding, the restoration of the frescoes Michelangelo painted on the Sistine, the private Chapel of the Pope. First, in early Fall 1987, as a guest of the Agnelli family and the curator of the Vatican Museums, Fabrizio Mancinelli, during the Restoration and controversy of the ceiling,[19] and later, in the Summer of 1992, to view the restoration of The Last Judgment with Dr. Diana Gisolfi of the Pratt Institute, as guests of Marilyn Perry,[20] president of the Kress Foundation and the Head Restorer for Papal Monuments, Museums and Galleries, Gianluigi Colalucci.[21]

Art historical contribution

First to observe that in 1511, Titian described the volume in a two-dimensional fresco painting of Saint Anthony's Miracle of the Jealous Husband, in the Scuola del Santo, Padua, Italy, by actually sculpting it in relief rather than describing it illusionistically.[22][23][24][25][26][27][28]

Works in stone

He is devoted to the conservation of the Art in the New York City Landmarks.[29] Among his works are the Charles Millard Pratt House, 241 Clinton Ave, Brooklyn’s Clinton Hill Historic District, now the home of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Brooklyn,[30] the Brockholst building at 101 W 85th Street, and Columbus Avenue, NY, NY 10024,[31][32] and his Bust of Michelangelo Buonarroti above the door of the National Arts Club,[33] 15 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY 10003, both a New York City Landmark and a National Historic Landmark.[34][35][36]

Environmental work

Sergio is currently shooting a documentary on the endangered ecosystems of the Atlantic Forest of Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina.[37][38][39][40][41] In Spring 2007, he moved his Studios from Brooklyn to Poughkeepsie, in the Hudson Valley, NY.[42]

References

  1. Commissioned Honorary Senator of the State of Louisiana on December 15, 1975, as a token of appreciation for furthering the cultural and trade relations of the two countries during his tenure as a Cultural Attaché at the Consulate General of Brazil in New Orleans.
  2. THE ART BULLETIN, MARCH 1999 VOLUME LXXXI NUMBER 1, page 164, notes; http://static1.squarespace.com/static/53dd9e85e4b0c5bacb8a0e93/t/54f00cf8e4b0c3b78089abf6/1425018104083/SRMAB99.pdf
  3. Morosini family
  4. Na Terra do Tio Sam, Documentário sobre Florestas de Araucária, Cristina Esteche, Editor, Tribuna Regional Centro-Oeste, Guarapuava, August 19–25, 2004, year 1, number 19, Paraná, Brazil
  5. http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/united-states/new-york-city-structures-national-arts-club-originally-samuel-tilden-house-177688.html
  6. Morosini family
  7. Italian Brazilian#cite note-IBGEOrigemIt-18
  8. Um Guarapuavano faz Arte nos EUA, editorial, Paulo Esteche, Editor, Tribuna de Guarapuava, first page and Section 2, full page 17, Guarapuava, August 05–11, 1995.
  9. "Untitled Document". atlanticforest911.com. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  10. Sergio Antonio Rossetti Morosini holds degrees in economics and diplomacy and has served Brazil as Cultural attaché in New Orleans. He has recently completed a dual art history and fine arts masters degree at the Pratt Institute and is currently working on a manuscript concerning technical issues of Titian's frescoes [432 Driggs Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y 11211]. The Art Bulletin March 1999, Volume LXXXI Number 1, page 164.
  11. Sergio Antonio Rossetti Morosini holds degrees in economics and diplomacy and has served Brazil as Cultural Attaché in New Orleans. He has recently completed a dual art history and fine arts masters degree at the Pratt Institute and is currently working on a manuscript concerning technical issues of Titian's frescoes [432 Driggs Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y 11211]. The Art Bulletin March 1999, Volume LXXXI Number 1, page 164.
  12. https://hadpratt.wordpress.com/2016/05/02/m-s-hadm-f-a-alumna-adele-rossetti-morosini-awarded-fullbright-grant/
  13. The New Orleans Area Latin American Chamber Of Commerce is a Louisiana, independent, not-for-profit business membership organization established to promote international trade among Latin American Countries and the United States of America. The Company's filing status is listed as Inactive and has been incorporated since 11 May 1976. Its File Number is 04605180N.
  14. "Morial Records--Intergovernmental Relations Administration". nutrias.org. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  15. Later supplanted by the OFM:http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/208984.pdf
  16. Commissioned Honorary Senator of the State of Louisiana on December 15, 1975, as a token of appreciation for furthering the cultural and trade relations of the two countries.
  17. The Brazilian-American Cultural Institute of New Orleans is a Louisiana Non-Profit organization established to promote awareness in the United States about the music, art, and culture of Brazil. The Corporation was filed on October 27, 1975. The company's filing status is listed as Inactive and its File Number is 04511460N.
  18. Founded in 1976, the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce of New Orleans is a Louisiana, independent, not-for-profit business membership organization established to promote international trade among Brazil and the United States of America. The Company's filing status is listed as Inactive and has been incorporated since 10 February 1988. Its File Number is 34257141N.
  19. "Conservators Endorse Sistine Restoration", John Russell, The New York Times, April 16, 1987
  20. The large, 79"x110", oil painting, The Night of the Redentore, was painted from sketches Morosini made from Marilyn Perry's Zattere waterfront penthouse apartment on la Giudecca canal, overlooking the Chiesa del Santissimo Redentore during the Feast of the Redeemer in the Summer of 1994, in Venice, Italy.
  21. "Vatican Restorers Are Ready for Last Judgment" by Marlise Simons, Te New York Times, June 19, 1991
  22. Titian, The Miracle of the Jealous Husband, 1511, in New Findings in Titian's Fresco Technique at the Scuola del Santo in Padua, The Art Bulletin; March 1999, Volume LXXXI Number 1
  23. Bibliographie D'histoire de L'art: Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Institut de l'information scientifique et technique, 1999 - Archaeology Original from the University of Michigan, Digitized in January 28, 2011, Page 101
  24. Italian Frescoes, High Renaissance and Mannerism, 1510-1600, Julian-Matthias Kliemann, Michael Rohlmann, Abbeville Press, 2004 - Art - 496 pages, pg. 485
  25. Jacopo Tintoretto: nel quarto centenario della morte: atti del Convegno Internazionale di Studi (Venezia, 24-26 novembre 1994), Paola Rossi, L. Puppi, Il Poligrafo, 1996 - Art - 383 pages, pg. 114
  26. http://stanthonysvancouver.org/st-anthony-of-padua-biography/ Roman Catholic Parish, 1345 West 73rd Avenue, Vancouver, BC Canada 604.266.6131
  27. http://camaligueno.blogspot.com/2011/02/st-anthony-of-padua-patron-saint-of.html Camaligan, Camarines Sur, Philippines
  28. http://radeir.blogspot.com/2011/10/santo-antonio-filme-completo.html RADEIR: SANTO ANTÔNIO- FILME COMPLETO, quarta-feira, 5 de outubro de 2011
  29. "New York City Outdoor Sculptures - Statues Guide - Well known artwork in public places - from Must See New York". mustseenewyork.com. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  30. William Tubby designed the Charles Millard Pratt House at 241 Clinton Avenue, Clinton Hill, Brooklyn in 1893, located in Brooklyn’s Clinton Hill Historic District. It is one of the city’s finest examples of Romanesque revival architecture. Presently, it is the home of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Brooklyn.
  31. http://daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-1890-brockholst-apartment-no-101.html
  32. "The Stone Conservation Site". brownstonearts.com. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  33. http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/united-states/new-york-city-structures-national-arts-club-originally-samuel-tilden-house-177688.html
  34. Declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976. It is located in the Gramercy Park Historic District. Designated a New York City landmark in 1966.
  35. "Samuel J. Tilden House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2007-09-18.
  36. "The Facade Project". nationalartsclub.org. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  37. Na Terra do Tio Sam, Documentário sobre Florestas de Araucária, Cristina Esteche, Editor, Tribuna Regional Centro-Oeste, Guarapuava, August 19–25, 2004, year 1, number 19, Paraná, Brazil
  38. Meio Ambiente é Tema de Documentário, Tatiana Lazzarotto, Diário de Guarapuava, June 30, 2009, year 10, number 2630, Regional Edition, Paraná, Brazil
  39. "ATLANTIC FOREST 911". atlanticforest911.com. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  40. Documentário sobre a Mata Atlantica, Vanessa Limberger, http://www.vanessalimberger.com.br/, TV Cidade, Canal 15, Monday, June 22, 2009, title 286, 08 minutes interview, http://www.tvcidadecanal15.com.br/
  41. Falando Sério, Edgard Lippmann, TV Cidade, Guarapuava, Brazil, Thursday, June 18, 2009, http://www.tvcidadecanal15.com.br/
  42. http://www.city-data.com/dutchess-county-ny/M/Montgomery-Street-3.html
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