5647
No.2
Summer Solstice 2022
2022 / 126 PAGES.
Language: English, Italian
The Summer Issue is entirely devoted to noble delights and pleasures: while not lending itself, by its intrinsic merit, to beach umbrella reading, the Summer FMR nonetheless aims to accompany the reader to the threshold of their holidays, an intellectual refreshment from the summer heat that red-hotens the mind, and as always, to make itself an occasion to travel for those who will remain at home in the summer.
Patrick Mauriès takes us on a discovery of Ferdinand Bac, the eclectic amateur artist who conceived the extravagant villa at Les Colombières on the French Riviera; this article is contrasted by one on the Etruscan salon in the Savoy palace at Racconigi, a remarkable example of antiquarian whimsy, and one on the Este palace at Sassuolo, a triumph of trompe-l’œil; also in the issue, the most intellectual of indoor pastimes finds its space, the game of chess, which presents itself through highly prized chessboards from a Portuguese collection, followed by one of the most typical Italian summer landscapes, the beaches of Versilia, narrated to us by Giovanni Mariotti through the refined paintings of Moses Levy.
HORS D'ŒUVRE
“Rediscoveries” – The Empathy between Painters and Brigands
by Félix Sébastien Feuillet de Conches
“Conjectures” – Light on the Damsel
by Giorgio Antei
“Almanac” – Small Is Beautiful
by Pietro Mercogliano
“Auctions” – Wild Strawberries
by Massimo Navoni
ODE TO THE MEDITERRANEO
by Patrick Mauriès
photography by Massimo Listri
Learn all about Ferdinand Bac, an ecclectic dilettante artist who masterminded the extravagante villa of Les Colombières on the Côte d’Azure.
THE ETRUSCAN DREAM OF THE HOUSE OF SAVOY
by Gabriele Reina
photography by Massimo Listri
The Etruscan studio in the royal Savoy palace of Racconigi, a noteworthy instance of a pseudo-antiquarian capriccio.
VACATIONING WITH THE GODS
by Angelo Mazza and Vincenzo Vandelli
photography by Luciano Romano
The frescoes of the Palace of Sassuolo, the delicious retreat of the Dukes of Este, are a symphony of trompe-l’œil.
THE KNIGHTS OF THE SQUARE TABLE
by Stefano Salis
readings from Jorge Luis Borges, Stefan Zweig
The most intellectual of all parlor pastimes, the game of chess is described through the chessboards of a Portuguese collection.
THE MURMUR OF BEACHES
by Giovanni Mariotti
One of the most charming landscapes of the Italian summer, the beaches of Versilia, is recounted through the refined paintings of Moses Levy.
“Rediscoveries” – The Empathy between Painters and Brigands
by Félix Sébastien Feuillet de Conches
“Conjectures” – Light on the Damsel
by Giorgio Antei
“Almanac” – Small Is Beautiful
by Pietro Mercogliano
“Auctions” – Wild Strawberries
by Massimo Navoni
ODE TO THE MEDITERRANEO
by Patrick Mauriès
photography by Massimo Listri
Learn all about Ferdinand Bac, an ecclectic dilettante artist who masterminded the extravagante villa of Les Colombières on the Côte d’Azure.
THE ETRUSCAN DREAM OF THE HOUSE OF SAVOY
by Gabriele Reina
photography by Massimo Listri
The Etruscan studio in the royal Savoy palace of Racconigi, a noteworthy instance of a pseudo-antiquarian capriccio.
VACATIONING WITH THE GODS
by Angelo Mazza and Vincenzo Vandelli
photography by Luciano Romano
The frescoes of the Palace of Sassuolo, the delicious retreat of the Dukes of Este, are a symphony of trompe-l’œil.
THE KNIGHTS OF THE SQUARE TABLE
by Stefano Salis
readings from Jorge Luis Borges, Stefan Zweig
The most intellectual of all parlor pastimes, the game of chess is described through the chessboards of a Portuguese collection.
THE MURMUR OF BEACHES
by Giovanni Mariotti
One of the most charming landscapes of the Italian summer, the beaches of Versilia, is recounted through the refined paintings of Moses Levy.