FMR No. 15

HORS D’ŒUVRE

“Ephemera” – Queen for an Everlasting Day
text by Théophile Gautier
photography by Massimo Listri

“Ephemera” – The Guardians of the Door
text by Carlo Donà (2009)
photography by Roberto Bigano

“Auctions” – Stories from the B-Side
by Simone Facchinetti

A STONEHENGE OF THE CAUCASUS
by Antonio Soldi
photography by Massimo Listri
The massive monument called The Chronicle of Georgia, by Zurab Tsereteli dominates the city of Tbilisi.

THE WAY WE WERE
by Giovanni Mariotti, Giorgio Antei
text by Lucretius
The deeper and less obvious meanings of the series “Primitive Humanity,” painted by Piero di Cosimo in the Florence of the Medici.

UNCANNY ATLANTIS
by Vincenzo Patanè, Giorgio Villani, Eugénie von Neipperg
The painter, architect, and set designer Andrei Beloborodov dreamed of a silent world of ancient ruins flooded by vast waters.

THE CONGOLESE ENVOY
by Caterina Napoleone
photography by Araldo de Luca
A bust in polychrome marble at Santa Maria Maggiore (Rome) depicts the Congolese ambassador to the Holy See from the turn of the 1600s, António Manuel Ne Vunda.

THE ART OF WATER
by Stefano Salis
with a letter by Tito Chini
photography by Manfredi Gioacchini
The splendor of the Padiglione delle Feste at the Grand Hotel of the Thermal Spa of Castrocaro, decorated by Tito Chini.