The roaring twenties
Paris, capital of the arts
During the 1920's Paris became both the stage and the symbol of the desire for renewal, exemplifying the feeling of liberation that was widespread at the end of World War I. Already an international capital of art and culture, the City of Light was a fashionable and cosmopolitan city. A mythical place for artists who flocked there from all over the world, attracted by its liberal customs, the intellectual ferment, theatres, cafes and art galleries, to give free expression to their creativity,
The MEIS
National Museum of Italian Jewry and the Holocaust
Since 2009, the Ministry for Heritage and Cultural Activities, the Superintendence for Architectural Heritage, the City of Ferrara and MEIS Foundation have been working towards the realization of the meis, Museo Nazionale dell'Ebraismo Italiano e della Shoah (the National Museum of Italian Jewry and the Holocaust).
Established by Act of Parliament No. 296 in 2006, in order to bear witness to the constant and widespread presence of the Jewish community on Italian territory,
Adventure in the “marshes”
Yesterday and today in the Po Delta Park
At the beginning we were clearly thrilled and amused, but this gradually changed to silence and then, towards the end of the adventure, we began to be afraid. We were classmates, just turned eight years old, and on that day we were on a trip to Mesola with my mother. A few days after the end of the school year in early June, she said: «I have a car to take me to paint in the Delta. Come along and bring a friend, if you want.
A reading and comment
Truth and Memory in the last work of Aron Leoni
Aron Leoni (1932-2010), son of Leone Leoni, chief rabbi of Ferrara and Venice, and Gemma Ravenna Leoni, inherited his passion for Jewish culture from his parents. He had a degree in agronomy and became director of the "Vita Mayer Corporation", also representing the Italian paper industry at the European Parliament in Brussels. On his retirement he totally dedicated himself to the study of the history and culture of the Sephardic diaspora,
Franco patruno: writing art, living art
The Foundation publishes an anthology of his writings for «L'Osservatore Romano»
Four years after the death of the author, Equivalenze, o dello scrivere l'arte. Scritti per «L'Osservatore Romano» (Equivalences, or writing on art. Articles for «L'Osservatore Romano») a collection of work by Father Franco Patruno has been published.
Edited by Massimo Marchetti, the anthology – which covers ten years of his contributions to «L'Osservatore»
Num. 34
Editoriale
Written by Alfredo Santini
Questo numero si apre con le anticipazioni di Maria Luisa Pacelli sulla mostra che si inaugurerà a settembre a Palazzo dei Diamanti, dedicata ai grandi maestri della modernità (Modigliani, Picasso e Dalì), protagonisti di un periodo di eccezionale vitalità artistica che ebbe come palcoscenico Parigi nel ventennio precedente la Grande Guerra. Restando in tema di eventi espositivi Carla Di Francesco ci presenta i risultati del…
The roaring twenties
Written by Maria Luisa Pacelli
Paris, capital of the arts During the 1920's Paris became both the stage and the symbol of the desire for renewal, exemplifying the feeling of liberation that was widespread at the end of World War I. Already an international capital of art and culture, the City of Light was a fashionable and cosmopolitan city. A mythical place for artists who flocked there from all over…
The MEIS
Written by Carla di Francesco
National Museum of Italian Jewry and the Holocaust Since 2009, the Ministry for Heritage and Cultural Activities, the Superintendence for Architectural Heritage, the City of Ferrara and MEIS Foundation have been working towards the realization of the meis, Museo Nazionale dell'Ebraismo Italiano e della Shoah (the National Museum of Italian Jewry and the Holocaust). Established by Act of Parliament No. 296 in 2006, in order…
Adventure in the “marshes”
Written by Folco Quilici
Yesterday and today in the Po Delta Park At the beginning we were clearly thrilled and amused, but this gradually changed to silence and then, towards the end of the adventure, we began to be afraid. We were classmates, just turned eight years old, and on that day we were on a trip to Mesola with my mother. A few days after the end of…
A reading and comment
Written by Gianni Venturi
Truth and Memory in the last work of Aron Leoni Aron Leoni (1932-2010), son of Leone Leoni, chief rabbi of Ferrara and Venice, and Gemma Ravenna Leoni, inherited his passion for Jewish culture from his parents. He had a degree in agronomy and became director of the "Vita Mayer Corporation", also representing the Italian paper industry at the European Parliament in Brussels. On his retirement…
The Foundation publishes an anthology of his writings for «L'Osservatore Romano» Four years after the death of the author, Equivalenze, o dello scrivere l'arte. Scritti per «L'Osservatore Romano» (Equivalences, or writing on art. Articles for «L'Osservatore Romano») a collection of work by Father Franco Patruno has been published. Edited by Massimo Marchetti, the anthology – which covers ten years of his contributions to «L'Osservatore»
The wonder of discovery On the road that leads to the Ferrara beaches, the chimney stack of the disused "Lombardi" industrial plant is the first visible sign of the town of Tresigallo. Continuing along the straight, wide avenue that takes us to the town centre, on both the left and the right we can still admire the remains of grand industrial architecture, only slightly re-converted…
Carlo Bassi
Written by Alfredo Santini
A great architect, a great scholar, a great "Ferrarese" Carlo Bassi enjoys defining himself as a "militant architect" because this precisely fits his concept of being an "all-round architect". He began to study architecture in 1942-43, far from home, when bombs were falling on Milan. Architecture was (and is) the motivation behind all his ambitions and inspirations: «It made me imagine and construct buildings, that…
The church of the Blessed Giovanni Tavelli in Villa Fulvia In 1987 I was assigned the task o fdesigning the Villa Fulvia Church by Monsignor Giulio Zerbini, Vicar General of the diocese of Ferrara. It was an unforgettably magic moment: planning a church for the city of my birth gave some kind of sense to the reflections I had been having about my identity. However,…
Vitale da Bologna
Written by Giovanni Lamborghini
The presence of the Bolognese painter in the Santo Stefano church in Ferrara In 1949 Giulio Righini, President of Ferrariae Decus (a society devoted to the safeguarding of historic monuments) and art scholar, was responsible for the discovery of fragmented frescos in a room at the base of the bell tower of the Santo Stefano church in Ferrara. He attributed the painting to Vitale da…
The Este residences in Ferrara
Written by Marco Borella
A monumental system of international importance The Este family residences in the province of Ferrara constitute a monumental accomplishment, result of the policy of transformation of the area undertaken by the Este dynasty during their rule over the city, from the fourteenth century to devolution in 1598, and the subsequent reallocation of their state capital to Modena. Better known as the "delizie" (delights), the name…
In memory of Berenice
Written by Giovanni Sassu
A silent protagonist of the cultural life of Ferrara Berenice Giovannucci Vigi passed away on March 16th this year. Emilian history of art scholar and teacher at the Dosso Dossi school, for the last thirty years Bernice has been an important figure in the cultural life of Ferrara. Who had the good fortune to know her could not help but be struck by her extraordinary…
Mazzini and Ferrara
Written by Luigi Davide Mantovani
A distant but special bond Nobody really knows whether Mazzini ever set foot in Ferrara. His political connections with the city have been described by Alessandro Levi and Costantino Panigada in their essay "L'elezione di Giuseppe Maz- zini a deputato di Ferrara alla Costituente romana del 1849" (The election of Giuseppe Mazzini, Ferrara Member of the Constituent Assembly of Rome 1849) (Ferrara, Zuffi, 1919). Without…
Un percorso nel verde
Written by Redazione
I tanti aspetti dei progetti "verdi" sostenuti dalla Fondazione Carife Guardando la pianta di Ferrara da una prospettiva aerea, salta subito all'occhio l'altissima percentuale di spazi verdi interclusi tra le abitazioni. La ragione è assai antica: Ferrara è una delle prime città ad istituire, fin dall'età medievale, delle severe norme igieniche che vietavano di far refluire per le strade i rifiuti, solidi e liquidi. Tali…
Le assemblee del 30 aprile e 6 maggio 2011, il piano industriale e l'aumento di capitale Rileggendo questi primi sei mesi del 2011 non può sfuggire un'impressione molto chiara: Carife, la cui storia annovera oltre un secolo e mezzo di prudenti amministrazioni e di bilanci in crescita, dopo un periodo di difficoltà ha invertito la rotta puntando, senza indugi e con molta fermezza, verso il…
Tante iniziative a sostegno del territorio Nuove proposte commerciali e rinnovata energia per una ripartenza a trecentosessanta gradi. È l'intento e la prerogativa della Cassa di Risparmio di Ferrara e delle Banche del Gruppo Carife. «Carife è ripartita a gran velocità – ha rilevato il direttore generale Daniele Forin – e in pochi mesi ha messo a punto una serie di proposte e prodotti per…
Redazione e crediti
Written by Administrator
Rivista semestrale di cultura, informazione e attualità Anno 17, numero 34 - Giugno 2011 Registrata presso il Tribunale di Ferrara il 9 novembre 1994 con il numero 13/94. ISSN 1128-3572Edizione fuori commercio, riservata ai soci e agli amici della Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di FerraraComitato editorialeGiorgio Franceschini, Roberto Pazzi, Paolo Ravenna, Leopoldo Santini, Gaetano Tumiati, Gianni Venturi, Francesca Zanardi BargellesiDirettore responsabileAlfredo SantiniCoordinamento e cura editorialeMonica…