in Bologna Piò mainly used stucco and colored terracotta, working in the Emilian
Rococo style. He used these materials due to the scarcity of stone and marble, but was able to closely imitate stone carving. His works were mostly of religious, allegorical or mythological subjects. His more notable works include
Fortitude and Prudence (Bologna, Gozzadini palace),
Agony in the Garden (parish church of
San Giovanni in Persiceto) and the funeral memorial of General Marsili (1733,
San Domenico, Bologna). Angelo Piò created over twenty full-length plaster statues for the
Sanctuary of San Luca, from 1746 onwards. The architect
Carlo Francesco Dotti designed this church. In this work he collaborated with the plasterers
Antonio Calegari and Joseph Borelli, who made the scrolls with Biblical sayings, and with
Gaetano Lollini, who created the statues in the second chapel on the right. He also made a commemorative posthumous bust of the architect, which remains in the church. Paolo Monti - Servizio fotografico (Bologna, 1975) - BEIC 6329035.jpg|Sculptures in the church of
San Luca, Bologna Paolo Monti - Servizio fotografico (Bologna, 1975) - BEIC 6329036.jpg|Sculptures in the church of San Luca, Bologna Paolo Monti - Servizio fotografico (San Giovanni in Persiceto, 1975) - BEIC 6329033.jpg|Relief in the Collegiata of
San Giovanni in Persiceto Paolo Monti - Servizio fotografico (San Giovanni in Persiceto, 1975) - BEIC 6329034.jpg|Statue in the Collegiata of San Giovanni in Persiceto ==References==