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While the Maniago area has been
marked by the century-old tradition of
knife makers, that has provided the
necessary support to its industrial
growth, Spilimbergo has
had a similar
experience
in the field of
mosaic
creation, as
the local
Mosaic School has
worked for decades at
the highest levels, also
obtaining important
international orders. But
Spilimbergo is first of all
one of the most precious
caskets in the Region whose
treasures, both in the city and in
the surrounding area, carry Pordenone’s and
Pilacorte’s signatures. Giovanni Antonio de’
Sacchis -called Pordenone-, the greatest local
Renaissance artist, left in Spilimbergo, Vacile,
Travesio, Valeriano and Pinzano al Tagliamento
most of his Friulian greatest works; and from his
studio in Spilimbergo G.A. Pilacorte - the leading
exponent among the Lombard stone cutters who
moved to Friuli between the 1400s and 1500s introduced
in the region an expressive language
destined to leave its widespread mark in
sculpture. In a territory
landscape that was widely
remodelled in the second
half of the 20th century with
the creation of several
artificial lakes (Redona,
1951; Ca’ Zul e Selva,
1964), artists seems to have
ventured everywhere,
from Vito d’Asio to Tramonti
di Sotto; great 18th-century
Venetian artists as Piazzetta
may be found with their
works at Meduno, and
even the karst
phenomena showing
in the green cave at
Pradis have been
recently involved in the unforgettable
performance by a concept artist such as
Jenny Holzer!
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