Sergio Rossetti Morosini (born 1953) is a Contemporary Brazilian-American Scholar,[3][4] artist and author of Venetian extraction[5] who served as Brazil's Cultural attaché in New Orleans and is also dedicated to preserving the Atlantic Forest and restoring the art in stone of New York City Landmarks.[6]
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, Morosini and Rossetti, 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] where he later taught a Contemporary Sculpture and 3D illustration Course.[11]
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.[12] There, while he was enrolled in the graduate program of Tulane University's Department of Social Sciences, he met the artist, Adèle,[13] 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 end of the Brazilian Miracle. 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,[14] he worked diligently with New Orleans Mayor Moon Landrieu's administration, the International Relations Office,[15][16] 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.[17]
Cultural institutes
He is a founding member of the Brazilian-American Cultural Institute of New Orleans (BACI).[18] and The Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce of New Orleans.[19]
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,[20] 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,[21] president of the Kress Foundation and the Head Restorer for Papal Monuments, Museums and Galleries, Gianluigi Colalucci.[22]
Historical Landmark Charles Millard Pratt House, 241 Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205
The Winged Lioness, stone, sculpted by Sergio Rossetti Morosini, on the Façade of the NYC Landmark Brockholst Building. (photo Tom Miller)
The Crouching, Winged Lioness, stone, sculpted by Sergio Rossetti Morosini, on the Façade of the Brockholst Building, Landmark West Central Park, NYC
The Bust of Michelangelo, stone, sculpted by Sergio Rossetti Morosini, on the Façade of the National Historic New York City Landmark, The National Arts Club
Fireworks: The Night of the Redentore, oil painting, 79"x110", by Sergio Rossetti Morosini, 1995
References
^On December 15, 1975, Sergio was Commissioned by the Senate as an Honorary Senator of the State of Louisiana for his services of furthering the cultural and trade relations between Brazil and the United States during his tenure as a Cultural Attaché at the Consulate General of Brazil in that City, and for his initiative and diligence in demonstrating, due to the Oil Embargo, the advantages and mutual benefits of concentrating the bulk of the Southern Hemisphere's import-export trade through the Port of New Orleans, which, ultimately, was achieved by revamping the Port and by uniting Latin America around that goal.
^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
^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.
^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.
^Pratt's School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, in the Science and Math Department, Chaired by Professor Carole Sirovich
^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.
^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.
^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, and uniting Latin American trade during his tenure as a Cultural Attaché at the Consulate General of Brazil in New Orleans.
^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.
^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.
^"Conservators Endorse Sistine Restoration", John Russell, The New York Times, April 16, 1987
^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.
^"Vatican Restorers Are Ready for Last Judgment" by Marlise Simons, Te New York Times, June 19, 1991
^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
^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
^Italian Frescoes, High Renaissance and Mannerism, 1510-1600, Julian-Matthias Kliemann, Michael Rohlmann, Abbeville Press, 2004 - Art - 496 pages, pg. 485
^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
^"Samuel J. Tilden House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2007-09-18.
^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
^Meio Ambiente é Tema de Documentário, Tatiana Lazzarotto, Diário de Guarapuava, June 30, 2009, year 10, number 2630, Regional Edition, Paraná, Brazil
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