The originality of its subjects, the elegance of its presentation, and the quality of its texts made it the most sought-after art magazine in the world. The new FMR is editorially similar to the first series and shares its original intention: to not merely present the history of art but to refine tastes and develop the discerning eye of readers, making them fall in love with art itself.
Conceived within the world’s largest maze and paying homage to Borges’ Library of Babel, the Dédale series brings together hidden gems of classic literature, where buried treasures, remarkable collections and the most dazzling tales of jewels and gemstones are revealed – or perhaps concealed? – and brought to life through illustrations by contemporary artists or masterpieces of the past.
Every year the collection will be enriched with two new volumes, revealed in spring and autumn.
Perhaps in the first place an avid collector, whose passion was able to combine the most disparate eras and places. Already what this publisher tells us about himself - the birth in Parma and the love for mannerism, the meeting with Borges and the pleasure of the erudition, the memory of Father Matteo Ricci and the feat of the reissue of the Encyclopédie of Diderot and D’Alembert - shows us clearly to what point biographic and culture come to compose a living memory here ...