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Leonardo3: interactivity makes the past alive

Jun 19, 2013 Comments Off by

Much has been said about Leonardo da Vinci, even more has been fantasized (there’s even those who attributes to him the authorship of the Holy Shroud) and yet so much remains to be discovered, as evidenced by the temporary exhibition Leonardo3 – The World of Leonardo, held in Milan in the central and elegants Sale [...]

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Olfaction, the sense preferred by memory

Jun 19, 2013 No Comments by

Balzac, Baudelaire, Calvino, D’Annunzio, Flaubert, Gadda, Wilde, but above all Proust and Süskind… great is the literary fortune of olfactory memories, powerful time machines able to bring us back to the past in a matter of a moment: the smells have the power to activate episodic memory, the one that holds all the events of [...]

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Mauro Martini Raccasi, the many facets of writing

Jun 05, 2013 No Comments by

Born in Parma, Mauro Martini Raccasi was the first in Italy to graduate in economics with a thesis about journalism at IFOR institute of Bocconi University in Milan. He made his debut in fiction with a historical saga, the tetralogy “Il Romanzo dei Celti” (The novel of the Celts), moving on to other genres, such [...]

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Weegee: murder is my business

Jun 05, 2013 Comments Off

Weegee’s work was the crime: we are not talking about a killer but of an American freelance photojournalist active in the mid-30s. Arthur Fellig (1899-1968), aka Weegee, became famous in the “golden period” of Murder Inc., the Jewish gang which provided paid hitmen to Syndacate, the New York association of mafia boss (for the most [...]

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The perfume becomes a museum, in Venice

Jun 05, 2013 No Comments

Perhaps not everyone knows that Italy is among the founders of the perfume tradition in the world; in particular, Venice played a major role in this field during the Renaissance. To rediscover and enhance this important aspect of Made in Italy, Mavive (formerly Vidal) together with the Foundation of the Civic Museums of Venice is [...]

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Flowers and photography: Paolo Barbaro talks about UNO

May 22, 2013 No Comments

The fourth meeting with Fermoeditore in Mondadori bookshop at Euro Torri in Parma had as its protagonist professor Paolo Barbaro, person in charge of the photographic section of the Centro Studi Archivio Comunicazione of Parma. In the spotlight the book UNO, exceptional object of design that shows twenty five years of studies on flowers of [...]

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Visiting castles in Burgenland

May 22, 2013 Comments Off

Three hundred days of sunshine a year: it is a privilege of Burgenland, in the far east of Austria. Plain at times moved by rolling hills, thriving vineyards, brings traces of Hungary, of which he was a member until 1921. A low population density and high quality of life, by the few and small towns, [...]

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Dynamite Stories, the explosive life of Danilo Coppe

May 08, 2013 No Comments

Sold out on April 19th for the meeting with Danilo Coppe, explosives expert of Parma of international renown, and his book object Dynamite Stories, published by Fermoeditore and presented in a special edition (contained in a showcase inspired by the boxes of dynamite). Hosted by Mondadori bookshop in Euro Torri, a mall in Parma, the [...]

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Portraits and Projects: Arturo Delle Donne, eclectic photographer

May 08, 2013 No Comments

When did you start taking pictures? My career is a bit twisted, I’ve always had a passion for photography and I started very young to take pictures. However, I turned pro very late, after a degree in Biology, a PhD in Ecology and a long working experience in the environmental field, I decided to change [...]

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The color that makes the difference: the black cat

Apr 24, 2013 No Comments

Loved and respected as gods, feared and hated as demons. Black cats had over the centuries a troubled life and even today they are not highly regarded by everybody. Sacred to Isis in the ancient Egypt – in case of fire or other emergency that forced to leave the house, according to law and the [...]

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