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In Creativity by Ida Travi

From Tà poesia dello spiraglio e della neve, 2011 (with our head under the leaf) With our head under a leaf our spirit grew and grew and grew it broke through the green roof the barriers …

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Lawn n. 3 | In this Poem

In Creativity by Andrea Inglese

Lawn n° 3 (puntasecca) from Prati / Pelouses, Camera Verde, 2009. Sooner or later you’ll come to the lawn. Not directly, like a person walking on it (or in it). But through some sort of mediation, …

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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 …

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