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Davide Prete
Born
Treviso, Treviso, Italy
Alma materIUAV
Known forSculpture
Websitedavideprete.com
File:Public Sculpture Freedom to Read by Davide Prete in front of Capitol View Library in Washington DC.jpg
Public Sculpture Freedom to Read installed in front of Capitol View Library in Washington DC in 2019. The sculpture represents two book's pages open as wings.

Davide Prete (born 1974) is an Italian-American metal sculptor and art professor.[1] Initially starting out as a jeweler and metalsmith, Prete studied architecture at IUAV [2] and worked as an architect for several years before starting his career as a sculptor in the USA, specializing in public art and new technologies such as 3D scanning and 3D printing applied to sculpture.[3]

File:The Soundwave Art Park Davide Prete.jpg
Public Sculpture The Sound wave Art Park, installed near Fort Dupont Park in Washington DC in 2020. The sculpture represents a soundwave extrapolated from the Duke Ellington song's "Take the A Train" that become a seating system, a dry river and a playground.
  1. ^ I Maestri Italiano del Ferro Battuto II (The Italian Masters of Wrought Iron Volume 2). Alinea. 2007. ISBN 8860551587.
  2. ^ Primi Esercizi di Composizione (First Exercises of Architectural Composition). Cartotecnica Veneziana srl. 1996.
  3. ^ "Ancient Patterns, Modern Art". Beck and Stone. Beck and Stone. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
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