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Calde primavere Gerardo de Simone, Emanuele Pellegrini Italian administration for Cultural Heritage is facing a new reform, whose aim is to reorganize in depth both the head offi ces of Ministry of Culture and the Soprintendenze spread all over Italian territory. Archeologists and art historians, university professors and members of the administration of the Ministry…
Maria Stella Bottai
Ornamento senza delitto Maria Stella Bottai In the last few years, the study of ornament has been the object of a reevaluation in art history, architecture and in the contemporary arts. In 2009, the Swiss Institute in Rome organized a study day on this topic, focusing on the theories developed in the nineteenth century, when…