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.

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.