A. Luise - Trapani - 2025
Perhaps we would not be able to give a precise definition of it, but we all have some idea of…
P. Pellegrin - Rochester, USA- 2012
In his illuminating “Before Photography”, Peter Galassi identifies two poles within which the realizations of perspective in Western representation have…
The Real and the Fake in Art
To Benedetto Croce’s famous aphorism — Art is what everyone knows it to be — the philosopher William Kennick added,…
A. Kertesz - Broken Window, Prague - 1929
What has painting found beyond the garden of mimesis, whose gates photography would fling open for it? Freed — to…
The Flight of the Goldfinch
English version in preparation. Riflessioni poco accademiche sulla ricerca del significato delle opere d’arte La domanda “cosa significa?” è uno…
A. R. Turetta - Slaughterhouse - s.d.
So, what is an image? If we were willing to settle for unsophisticated definitions, we might say that it is…
G. Berengo Gardin - Polesine - 1971
I suspect that the anthropological purpose of photography is to reassure both those who make it and those who view…
S. Abu Elouf - Ritratto di Mahmoud Ajjour - 2025
Se davvero le immagini hanno un potere occorrerebbe interrogarsi su quale esso possa mai essere, visto che per il secondo…
The Thickness of a Surface
English version in preparation. Per un verso, l’enigma dell’immagine può parere risibile. Quale enigma in ciò che ci accade tutti…
E. Vucci - Trump Ferito Circondato dalle Guardie del Corpo - 2024
Cosa si intende con “iconico”? Certamente la sua accezione oggi più popolare ha poco a che fare con quella usata…