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Design as an Approach to Life, an Interview with Gabriele Pezzini

Italian Journal / Design Save Italy, Volume 20. Number IV. 2011 / Laura Giacalone /

Born in 1963, Gabriele Pezzini is one of the most prominent figures in the Italian design’s contemporary scene. His strong artistic background has always driven him into the field of experimentation. Interested in the relations between product and industry, he has dedicated himself to innovative research projects, focusing on the conception and organization of exhibitions that have allowed him to develop his analyses and theories on perception and cross-contamination of everyday objects.

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Four in Fashion

Italian Journal / Design Save Italy, Volume 20. Number IV. 2011 / Editorial Interns /

by Michael Bottari

Albino, Aquilano Rimondi, Chicca Lualdi and Marco de Vincenzo. A fashion show at Saks Fifth Avenue in November 2010 introduced these names to New York. Sponsored by the Italian Trade Commission and the Italian Chamber of Fashion, the show featured clothing and furniture by contemporary Italian designers

The Superficial Truth: A controversial video-turned-book looks at the one-dimensional presentation of women in Italian television

Italian Journal / Columns, Design Save Italy, Literature, Volume 20. Number IV. 2011 / Laura Giacalone /

by Laura GIACALONE

Please don’t retouch my wrinkles” – said the great Italian actress Anna Magnani, a muse for Neorealist maestro Roberto Rossellini (Rome, Open City, 1945), while instructing her make-up artist not to conceal the lines on her face – “Leave them all there, it took me so long to earn them.” Many years have passed since then, and women’s concerns and ambitions seem to have changed a lot.

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Frida Giannini

Italian Journal / Columns, Design Save Italy, Face File, Volume 20. Number IV. 2011 / Editorial Interns /

by Editorial INTERNS

Appearing on the red carpet at the 2010 International Rome Film Festival alongside renowned director Martin Scorsese and CEO of Gucci Patrizio di Marco, Gucci’s Creative Director Frida Giannini has had an impact on the world that reaches far beyond the realm of fashion.

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Bad Boy Beauty

Italian Journal / Editor's Journal, The Caravaggio Moment, Volume 20. Number III. 2010 / Claudia Palmira Acunto /

by Claudia Palmira Acunto

Caravaggio. The New York Times recently published that this “anithero” artist had superceded Michelangelo in his relevance to contemporary viewers. The lines outside of the Rome’s Scuderie del Quirinale exhibition certainly seem to prove this.

Fini Presents Gift from Italy to Library of Congress: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi receives Michelangelo’s La Dotta Mano from President of Italian Chamber of Deputies Gianfranco Fini with these remarks

Italian Journal / Columns, Notable, The Caravaggio Moment, Volume 20. Number III. 2010 /

During his February visit to the U.S., Gianfranco Fini attended a reception at the Library of Congress hosted by the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, where he presented a rare volume of Michelangelo: La Dotta Mano, as a gift to Congress. Late in the evening, Fini attended a dinner hosted by Italian Ambassador Giulio Terzi.

Light Upon…Trastevere

Italian Journal / Columns, Photography, The Caravaggio Moment, Volume 20. Number III. 2010 / Mauro Benedetti /

by Mauro BENEDETTI Meandering down the ancient cobblestones of Via del Moro, a pasticceria (sweet shop), plump chocolate eggs – and their Signora – preside during the Lenten weeks. Outside a nearby tavern, some men take in the street scene, using a motorino as a stoop.

Caravaggio Assoluto: Curators of Rome’s landmark exhibit contextualize the artist

Italian Journal / The Caravaggio Moment, Volume 20. Number III. 2010 / Francesco Buranelli, Rosella Vodret /

by Francesco BURANELLI and Rossella VODRET

On the 18th of July 1610, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio – one of the greatest painters in the history of Italy – ended his short turbulent life at the young age of 39, at the Santa Maria Ausiliatrice Hospital of Porto Ercole, in the Southern Coast of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. About him, André Berne-Joffroy stated: “What begins in the work of Caravaggio is, quite simply, modern painting.”

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The Art of Intemperance

Italian Journal / The Caravaggio Moment, Volume 20. Number III. 2010 / Laura Giacalone /

by Laura GIACALONE

With his riotous temperament and troubled life, Caravaggio seems to perfectly embody the myth of the rebellious genius, a quality that he shares with other great talents from the worlds of art, literature, film and music.

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Inherent Revolution: Why the artist was the first to make paintings of timeless mass appeal

Italian Journal / The Caravaggio Moment, Volume 20. Number III. 2010 / Claudio Strinati /

by Claudio STRINATI Caravaggio inevitably attracts us because we sense that his life and art are tightly, inextricably connected. At one time, the explanation for this fact seemed straightforward: He lived a tragic, challenging life, withstanding many difficulties, which manifested itself in the extreme (some say grotesque) power of his art filled with violence, inescapable […]