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Pages: 96
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Available: March 2013
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32 JOHN RULE Spring 2013
SCALPENDI EDITORE
Gino de Dominicis: Second Solution
of Immortality
The Universe is Immobile
Eleonora Charans
It was forty years ago, Gino De Dominicis created the controversial
and complex work Second Solution of Immortality. The Universe
is Immobile. The twenty six-year-old Paolo Rosa, born with Down
syndrome, was seated in a corner of the Central Hall of the 36th
International Art Exhibition in Venice; this episode set off scandal
and debates among intellectuals like Montale and Pasolini. Visitors
and critics paid no attention to the other objects in the hall and the
concept of immortality suggested by De Dominicis. The book aims to
reconstruct the original project and message of Gino De Dominicis,
telling the real, whole story of his famous and much-talked about art
performance. The author, Eleonora Charans, is an Art Historian and
Critic, who has been published widely in Italy and abroad. She is a
researcher at the IUAV in Venice.
SCALPENDI EDITORE
Caravaggio and Milan: The Basket of Fruit
Alessandro Morandotti
The Basket of Fruit is a famous but still mysterious painting by
Caravaggio, which is on display at the Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan.
The artist is presumed to have painted it in the last decade of the
16th century, when he lived in Rome. At the beginning of 17th century
the masterpiece was part of the collection of Cardinale Borromeo.
Nowadays, art historians are still animatedly discussing whether
the painting should be considered as a pure piece of skill or rather
hides complex allegorical meanings. The close analysis done by
Paolo Campiglio in this book extends to the debate about the overall
significance of Caravaggio’s works, taking sides with those who think
that the painter’s language hides secrets and symbols, rather than with
those who argue that his revolution has been to restore the reality of
things with simplicity and immediacy. He looks also at the history of the
still-life in Lombardy.