Fmr No. 6: Summer Solstice 2023

By Franco Maria Ricci Editore

Issue 6: nobelist Pamuk describes Goya, we explore the Grand Tour, visit the home of Serafini, creator of mysterious worlds, discover painter Giuseppe Castiglione, dives into Provence.

In Issue 6, we explore the Grand Tour, a 250-year tradition of English aristocracy, of spirit or purse, visiting the art capitals of France and Italy, with articles by Nicholas Foulkes, Fernando Mazzocca, Pietro Mercogliano. Giorgio Antei revisits Olga de Amaral, Colombian textile artist. We visit the home of Luigi Serafini, creator of a mysterious world: texts by Giorgio Villani, Laurel Saint Pierre, Justin Taylor. Then Maino's take on Giuseppe Castiglione, a Jesuit missionary and the Kangxi Emperor's court painter in 18th-c. Beijing, mixing Western and Chinese styles. Gabriele Reina dives into pre-Impressionist Provence; Giovanni Mariotti evokes a Proven al hybrid dragon. In Hors d'Oeuvres: Nobelist Orhan Pamuk's Mr. PA goes to the Met, to study Goya, Massimo Navoni visits Milan's ex-Ansaldo factory, Cristian Valenti views the work of Ugo Celada da Virgilio, and Antony Shugaar teases out the history of a name, Diomira, in the memories of three great Italian authors.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0C53KD843
• ISBN13: 9791280294272
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Franco Maria Ricci Editore
• Length: 126 Pages