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    Santo Varni (1807 in Genoa – 1885) was an Italian sculptor active mainly in Liguria. He began his training at the Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti, where...
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    artists such as Augusto Rivalta, Leonardo Bistolfi, Edoardo Alfieri, Santo Varni. Amongst the most notable Genoese painters of the 19th century and of...
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    one. At the centre of the site is a tall statue of Faith, sculpted by Santo Varni. Facing the statue, up a grand staircase, is a domed Pantheon (a copy...
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    come into contact with leading cultural figures, including the sculptor Santo Varni, who served as his adviser and friend, Tammar Luxoro, and Pasquale Domenico...
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    Nativity, by Luciano Borzone; beneath it is a high relief in marble by Santo Varni of the Madonna & Saints, on the altar in the front, Madonna & Child sculpted...
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    followed in subsequent years: in 1863, a bust of Maria Pia was executed by Santo Varni; an inlaid table was completed by Focentino Eugenio Azgnani (a wedding...
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    and Santo Varni, as well as Massimo d'Azeglio, Giuseppe Frascheri and composer Giuseppe Verdi. Giuseppe also taught art to Gabriele Castagnola, Santo Bertelli...
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    Cuneo, Piedmont, and died in Carrara, Italy. He trained in Genoa under Santo Varni. His submission to a contest in Genoa of the statue of Cain, awarded...
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    entered the workshop of sculptor Santo Varni, where he began dusting statues and gradually developed his skills. Varni was a professor at the Accademia...
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    Union in the Horn of Africa, 1990, ISBN 0-521-36022-6, pp. 295–296. Steven Varnis, Reluctant aid or aiding the reluctant?: U.S. food aid policy and the Ethiopian...
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