The Metaphysics of the Plague – Guilt and Destiny

In Criticism by Sergio Givone

Introduction Why a metaphysics of the plague? Because the plague is a phenomenon that pertains to nature, but cannot be explained on a purely natural basis. There is something fated, in the plague, something like …

Mario Bernocchi: The Master of the Gold Florin

In Criticism by Mercedes Matos Carrara

Florence was a city of merchants before becoming an artistic and architectural gem through the foresight of those very merchants. Its gold florin, first minted in 1252, made it the most important commercial center in …

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L’Immagine di Firenze nel Cinema d’Autore

In Criticism by Chiara Tognolotti

Nell’estate del 1916 un gruppo di artisti discute animatamente al caffè delle Giubbe Rosse, in piazza della Repubblica a Firenze. Tra di loro Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, scrittore e giornalista, Giacomo Balla, pittore, Arnaldo Ginna, pittore …