For thousands of years, humans across the world have played music using some version of the ocarina, a rounded wind instrument that produces a flute-like sound. In ancient China, ocarina-like instruments date back to 5,000 BC, and the Maya and the Aztecs used them in religious ceremonies But the modern ocarina, a sweet potato–shaped instrument with 10 to 12 holes, was invented, by mistake, in the small Italian town of Budrio that same town is host to the world’s largest ocarina festival “Donati used to play the clarinet in the town’s band,” says Christian Paolini a tour guide at Budrio’s Ocarina Museum ”He used to make make-shift instruments for his bandmates.” For one of his experiments Donati set out to craft a whistle with a rounded base and a curved bell he accidentally cracked the “neck” of the bell “He tried playing the bottom part of the instrument and realized that it produced an interesting sound,” Paolini says In the years that followed his accidental invention Donati perfected the design of the instrument “small goose” in the local dialect He devised a set of five ocarinas that produced a range of low-pitched to high-pitched notes Donati and his fellow musicians formed Budrio’s first ocarina quintet “Donati’s idea of creating a set of five ocarinas dramatically expanded the instrument’s musical reach,” Paolini says “The quintet could play quite a diverse range of music from folk songs to opera themes.” Over the years the group added two more ocarinas and the quintet became a septet In 1869, Budrio’s ocarina players performed at a theater in Bologna The septet played a selection of themes from some of the most famous operas of the time from Verdi’s La Traviata to Rossini’s The Barber of Seville “The public loved it,” Paolini says “The theater manager was so impressed that booked them again.” Word about this unusual music based on a “humble” instrument from Budrio got around the band was playing under the stage name the Montagnards des Appenines the “mountain people from the Apennines,” and wearing traditional shepherd costumes to perform “Imagine seeing a group of seven men dressed like shepherds playing opera themes with clay instruments inside one of London’s most up-and-coming theatres,” Paolini says “That must have been quite a scene.” also played a role in the ocarina’s unexpected success a member of Budrio’s original ocarina quintet invented the first metal molds for ocarinas producing instruments with a bright and clear sound “He was considered the Stradivari of ocarinas,” Paolini explains exported Budrio’s “little goose” beyond Italy Ercole opened an ocarina workshop in Paris in 1877 winning medals for his innovative designs at the 1878 and 1900 World Expositions His brother Alberto moved to London in 1879 and became a music teacher and editor of exercise books for ocarina students “The story of the ocarina is the story of how Budrio gets on the world’s map,” Paolini says Ocarinas designed and crafted by generations of Budriesi are now kept in the town’s two-story Ocarina Museum One exhibit is dedicated to the local craftsmen who have innovated on Donati’s invention who crafts ocarinas by hand in his workshop in Budrio the “head” and the body” of the ocarina and adds holes in the side of the ocarina using the tip of a drill Menaglio leaves the ocarinas to air-dry on a wooden shelf so making sure to account for that while modeling the clay is a vital part of the process Menaglio calls himself a “craftsman of sound.” Each step of the ocarina-making process can affect how the instrument sounds Small and elongated bodies make higher-pitched sounds while larger and thicker ones emit lower-pitched sounds Even when making ocarinas of the same variety small differences in the inner volume of the body can produce different sounds “We still make each instrument by hand so naturally they are not exactly the same,” he explains “My job is to make them as consistent as possible so that musicians can harmonize their sound more easily.” According to Paolini Menaglio has gained a reputation as an “ocarina wizard” for the consistency of his instruments Budrio also produces people who love to play them the town still boasts a touring ocarina orchestra they’ll spend weeks together practicing their harmonies “That’s what I love the most about playing the ocarina,” says Leonardo Carbone “It takes a lot of practice to reach a harmonized sound but when you do it’s magical.” Budrio’s ocarina septet has ventured beyond Europe Part of the band’s success in East Asia goes back to the long-standing tradition of ocarina-like instruments in those countries “If you listen to a concert by the GOB it has a similar sound to traditional Taoist music,” Paolini says But some of their appeal is a more recent phenomenon says that the band first went to South Korea in 2010 for a concert ocarinas were gaining traction in the country transitioning from little-known instruments to a popular way to teach music in schools The group was approached by local businessmen who loved their music so much that they offered to sponsor a national tour The band’s entry into Japan followed a similar trajectory “We were scouted by a PR firm that wanted to promote our music,” Bernagozzi says “Now our performances at the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre are always sold out.” In recent years, the ocarina has also become a well-known instrument in North America. Many people in the gaming community discovered the instrument thanks to the 1998 video game The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, where the player can solve puzzles by playing an ocarina. The US now has its first ocarina septet, Ocabanda that performs traditional ocarina pieces as well as anime and video game themes We depend on ad revenue to craft and curate stories about the world’s hidden wonders. Consider supporting our work by becoming a member for as little as $5 a month. Follow us on Twitter to get the latest on the world's hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook to get the latest on the world's hidden wonders. The tourist card to discover what’s best in the city easily and cost effectively Home / Blog / Updated on 03 February 2025 From Bologna Welcome The ART CITY Bologna 2025 programme in the metropolitan area is animated by many events taking place in the municipalities of Budrio Before leaving the city walls, pay a visit to the eXtraBO information point in Piazza del Nettuno 1/ab where Andrea Baruffi's solo exhibition will be hosted from 7 to 8 February 2025 An artist who has managed to combine creativity and depth in each of his works The exhibition will consist of four works that will focus attention on the artist's home territory In the spaces of the former Marzabotto paper mill building site in Lama di Reno generated by the de-construction and re-modulation of some furnishing elements recovered in the spaces of the former offices during the first reconnaissance survey The group exhibition displays selected works by well-known painters and sculptors who are members of the Lions Club The exhibition revolves around the theme of rituality and is the result of multifaceted research capturing various aspects that emerge in the contemporary world The exhibition revolves around the theme of intuition the key that opens the door of the Great Mystery to the human being and the starting point of the transcendental art project Roberto Cerè recounts the course of the seasons through an exhibition of 16 images that do not allow themselves to be seen from a landscape view but portray details and details caught in naturalistic contexts during walks or strolls in the world around them Prologis has decided to set up an Urban Art Museum at the Bologna Freight Village It houses 22 works by some of the most renowned urban art artists working today The works on display are a tribute to the artist's relationship with the figure of Graziano Campanini a tireless promoter of culture in Pieve di Cento to whom the Art Gallery is dedicated and with whom Peretti Poggi had a deep relationship of esteem Budrio too is taking part with a week of events guided tours and workshops to discover the artistic and cultural heritage kept within its walls Solo exhibition of cartoonist and illustrator Edo Massa the artist author of the strips on the Generation Without a Future responds with a nihilism that merges with co-creation leaving the public to complete his stories as they see fit The exhibition is an unprecedented journey into the world of radio design and technology More than 50 models from the private collection of Davide Vercelli from the first valve models to the most modern devices First solo exhibition of German artist Ulrich Erben presents six new square canvases created in close relationship with the architecture of the space an artist who created a series of works inspired by specific pieces from the jazz repertoire of Louis Armstrong or white big band composers such as: George Gershwin or Irving Berlin Dove was interested in the concept of synesthesia and the relationship between colour will have the Circus as a performing art and Futurist aesthetics as their leitmotif presenting personalities who in their lives have studied and been active in both spheres An exhibition project involving two exhibitions set up in the Letizia Gelli Gallery in the former Fornace Roncaglia an industrial archaeology space located in Via Roncaglio 11/12 in Bologna with snowfall and avalanches in mountainous areas and flooding rivers in Emilia-Romagna Region and neighbouring Tuscany Italy’s fire service Vigili del Fuoco said it had carried out 8,000 interventions during the past week due to bad weather including 500 in 36 hours to 18 November in Emilia-Romagna and Tuscany In Emilia Romagna region the Idice River broke its banks in the municipality of Budrio Local media reported that over 100 livestock in the area have drowned Civil protection is working to repair a dyke on the river that broke on 18 November Several roads have been closed in the area The Idice River at Castenaso peaked at about 11.5 metres on 17 November Levels have since fallen to below 7 metres In San Martino in Argine the Idice peaked just under major flood stage (13.3 metres) on 17 November heavy rain and flooding affected areas in neighbouring Tuscany region from 16 November prompting authorities to declare a state of emergency A tornado was reported in Grosseto Province Thirteen people were rescued by helicopter after becoming stranded in floods in the municipality of San Gimignano The rising Arno river caused flood concerns in the tourist cities of Pisa and Florence Some flooding from the Arno was reported in Pontassieve Around 500 people were put under evacuation orders in Cecina in Livorno province due to the threat of flooding from the Cecina river Meanwhile Venice is still experiencing serious problems after three of the highest tides on record caused major flooding the historic city in the past week Other parts of the country have also seen severe weather including heavy snowfall and avalanches in the South Tyrol Region Italy’s northern neighbour Austria has also seen similar severe weather Floods and landslides over the last few days have left at least 1 person dead — Vigili del Fuoco (@emergenzavvf) November 17, 2019 — Vigili del Fuoco (@emergenzavvf) November 18, 2019 — Vigili del Fuoco (@emergenzavvf) November 17, 2019 — Vigili del Fuoco (@emergenzavvf) November 17, 2019 — Cristina Giachi (@CGiachi) November 17, 2019 Cookies | Privacy | Contacts © Copyright 2025 FloodList Home / Events / Music and dance The PlainsThe International Ocarina Festival of Budrio will be held from 10 to 13 April 2025 in the historic centre of Budrio celebrating the instrument that is a symbol of Budrio's cultural heritage. The edition will feature guests musicians and makers from all over the world this particular wind instrument spread to countries such as China make this small musical pilgrimage to the ocarina's place of origin.During the festival there will be many events dedicated to this special instrument: concerts with soloists from all over the world concerts and much more.PROGRAMME:10 April 20259 p.m Consorziale Theatre Elio in ‘Le Sottilissimi Astuzie di Bertoldo’: musical performance with Elio Soqquadro Italiano and the Gruppo Ocarinistico Budriese.11 April 20259 a.m Consorziale Theatre Ocarinando - Part 1: performance by the students of the Ocarinando Project.15:30 - Bologna Music MuseumRound Table: Beyond Folklore: debate with experts on traditional culture.4:30 p.m Parish Church of San LorenzoOcarinando - Part 2: performances by youth music groups and Japanese duo ‘Fiori di Hiroshima’.9:00 p.m Consorziale TheatreOcarina Legends from the World: international concert dedicated to the ocarina.9:00 p.m Laura Betti TheatreReplica of ‘Le Sottilissimi Astuzie di Bertoldo’ with Elio.12 April 2025 For information and full programme see the official website. Email: cultura@comune.budrio.bo.it Site/minisite/other: https://www.ocarinafestival.org Piazza Quirico Filopanti 11 40054 Budrio cultura@comune.budrio.bo.it https://www.ocarinafestival.org video: TWIN is the name of the new robotic exoskeleton for lower limbs designed and developed by Rehab Technologies IIT – INAIL the joint laboratory between the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia and the Prosthetic Center of INAIL, which will allow patients to wear it more easily Credit: IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia 23 February 2024 – TWIN is the name of the new robotic exoskeleton for lower limbs the joint laboratory between the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT-Italian Institute of Technology) and the Prosthetic Center of INAIL (the prosthetic unit of the National Institute for Insurance against Accidents at Work) which will allow patients to wear it more easily Presented today in Milan during a press conference held at the Museum of Science and Technology TWIN was demonstrated by two patients who were involved in testing the system during its development but researchers hope to bring it to industrialization soon The exoskeleton TWIN originates from the IIT’s Rehab Technologies Lab, which is the joint laboratory between the IIT in Genoa and the Prosthetic Center of INAIL in Budrio (Bologna) The collaboration began at the end of 2013 with the goal of developing innovative cost-effective solutions for patients with physical impairments One of the patients who wore TWIN today is Alex Santucci who accompanied technicians and researchers throughout the entire design period of the device participating in clinical experimentations as a tester The clinical experiments took place not only at the Prosthetic Center of INAIL in Vigorso di Budrio but also at the Montecatone Rehabilitation Institute in Imola and at Villa Beretta in Costa Masnaga (LC) The motorized exoskeleton TWIN is an external structure capable of enhancing the physical abilities of the wearer It has been designed to allow individuals with reduced or even absent motor abilities in the lower limbs such as in cases of complete spinal cord injuries walk with the assistance of crutches or walkers (as the exoskeleton is not self-balancing) Two features make TWIN unique in the world: it is made of lightweight materials the structure is adjustable based on the patient's physical characteristics through telescopic links placed at the level of the femur and tibia Ankles and foot support are available in various sizes to adapt to the ergonomics of the user TWIN's operating modes are also adaptable to the patient evaluating the degree of motor deficit of the person wearing it particularly their ability to perform autonomous walking using a specific Android application installed on the provided tablet The graphical interface allows for controlling the exoskeleton in the execution of various programmed activities setting the kinematic parameters of movement and choosing between different step execution modes The exoskeleton works in three operating modes: 'Walk mode' designed for patients with absent motor function in which the exoskeleton imposes a walking pattern according to programmed parameters; 'Retrain mode' used for patients with partial impairment of lower limb motor function capable of performing a more or less autonomous movement but with difficulty in some phases of the step - in this case the exoskeleton supports the patient's movement with more or less intensity directing them towards an optimal reference trajectory; 'TwinCare mode' designed for patients with partial and differentiated motor impairment between the two limbs where one leg is healthy and can move autonomously The TWIN motors activate the knee and hip joints imposing a completely configurable movement pattern on the patient's limbs The battery has a lifespan of approximately four hours and requires an hour to recharge In addition to rehabilitation clinics during physiotherapy sessions as assuming 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2005-2025 FreshPlaza.com Wildlife conservation gets the most attention when it’s focused on the big and exciting—polar bears and ensuring they can survive and thrive requires a massive effort But nature and wilderness and loss don’t just exist on that scale Take a cave in northern Italy called Bùs del Budrio one among many worn out of the limestone in the foothills of the Alps and below that a pool about the size of a one-car garage white freshwater worms thought to exist nowhere else in the world And then no one thought about them at all for eight decades or so biologists from the University of Milan came across what looked to be another unique planarian species in another cave They wondered how these new flatworms compare to the only other described species in northern Italy So they made their way to Bùs del Budrio “The original description of the cave mentioned a pool but it wasn’t there,” says Raoul Manenti A concrete barrier was diverting the water that once filled the pool and the waterfall was reduced to trickle that fed a narrow rivulet on the cave floor The research team scoured the water for signs of the white flatworms which had been largely forgotten since their discovery eight decades earlier as conditions were far from ideal—planarians prefer still water and the rivulet was turbulent and contained little food the team counted between eight and 109 individuals It’s amazing that they weren’t yet gone but Manenti was keenly aware that it wouldn’t take much for the only known population of the worms to vanish for good And it wouldn’t just be the loss of an odd white worm—in the nutrient-starved cave environment “These planarians are at the top of the small trophic web of the cave water … they likely play an important role in regulating the other aquatic invertebrate fauna of the cave,” he says not only to save a species and its ecosystem but also to return the cave to its natural condition—a feat in its own right Manenti orchestrated what he believes was the first-ever habitat restoration project designed specifically to save a worm the team needed the appropriate permissions Since the cave is located in the Cariadeghe Plateau Manenti sought approval from area’s administrators to restore it The idea of outsiders coming in and tinkering with their cave was initially met with suspicion Manenti organized a series of cave tours in which his team educated them on the unique species within “We really focused on the fact that this worm is their worm because it’s endemic,” he says They also piggy-backed on popular excursions to the bùs del lat which roughly translates to “milk holes”—small caves in the region historically used for milk storage and cheese processing he was no longer reliant on the water to irrigate his land The cave was as a kind of institution for his family—for generations his ancestors had taken advantage of its low temperatures to store ice for use in the warmer months Bodei found returning it to its natural condition an appealing prospect; his family mused about running tour groups between the cave and their farm perhaps selling some of their produce in the bargain With all of the permissions and approvals out of the way—which took around six months in total—on December 4 The team carefully drew 73 planarians out of the rivulet with pipettes and temporarily housed them in tanks Local cavers assisted in taking down the concrete barrier so we had to climb it,” says Manenti very difficult to remove.” Despite the physical challenge the worms were again swimming around in their original habitat “It’s a pretty remarkable achievement,” says Pedro Cardoso, an entomologist and curator at the Finnish Museum of Natural History in Helsinki, “to have gotten all of these stakeholders involved and [performed] all of these conservation actions for a planarian.” In a 2011 paper Cardoso pinpointed a general disregard for invertebrates as a major stumbling block to their conservation Had the team been working to conserve a big say—the public might have been keen to support the project from the get-go executive director of the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation in Portland “We tend to see mammals in a better light than invertebrates because they look like us,” he says while creatures such as planarians are more alien “The neat thing about this [project] is that they were able to get the community on board—it just took that special effort.” Manenti and his team have made regular visits to the cave since its restoration to see how the flatworms are doing. A year later, there hadn’t been any notable surge in their numbers, they reported recently in the journal Oryx baby planarians are so small that they’re nearly impossible to detect Manenti plans to keep returning the cave to keep tabs on the population’s growth success isn’t only measured in numbers “Just the fact that it was possible to work with this many people and that the local community now has knowledge of this unique species,” says Cardoso “it’s really a victory for the project irrespective of what happens with the population.” there’s something comforting in knowing that this unique species is back where it belongs We depend on ad revenue to craft and curate stories about the world’s hidden wonders Consider supporting our work by becoming a member for as little as $5 a month Follow us on Twitter to get the latest on the world's hidden wonders Like us on Facebook to get the latest on the world's hidden wonders Italy’s Museo Prunaro Deconstructs Desmodromics Many products featured on this site were editorially chosen Motorcyclist may receive financial compensation for products purchased through this site Copyright © 2025 Motorcyclist. 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Updated on 05 July 2022 From Bologna Welcome is undoubtedly the best season to explore the nature while leaving behind the city’s gloom in search of the most “Insta-worthy” spots or even on the bus, Casalecchio di Reno, near Villa Toiano along Via Porrettana is the ideal place to start your expedition in search of the golden expanses the sunflower fields can be reached in 30’ minutes by car or by bus (tper 89) The landscape reaches its beauty peak during the summer when the rolling hills teem with austere and luxuriant stalks Running along the Sun Route head towards Via Cento in San Giovanni in Persiceto (26km from Bologna 15 min by bike from the train station of San Giovanni in Persiceto) to behold the sightly golden fields while unwinding in the sun after a tiring ride.  consider stopping off in Mezzolara and Budrio but also in via Giovannini 116 in Baricella, to admire the sweeping expanses of blooming fields (26 min by bike stop for a while near the Montenegro Storehouse in via Forella (Ozzano dell'Emilia: 12km from Bologna Don't forget to pull over carefully if you want to take pictures!  And why not take advantage of the nearby Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari (40 km from Bologna local train connections Bologna Centrale-Imola) make sure you don't miss the blooming meadows between Castel Guelfo and Medicina 1h30' by bike (local train connections Bologna Centrale-Imola Please note: the fields' blossoming is subject to seasonal changes Riflettori puntati sullo Stadio del Nuoto di Riccione per la prima sessione di finali degli Assoluti 2025 Il Campionato Italiano Assoluto Unipol 2025 si è aperto a Riccione con una mattinata intensa. Angiolini subito all’attacco nei 100 rana Si è aperto il Campionato Italiano Assoluto Unipol 2025 con la sessione inaugurale di batterie che ha dato ufficialmente il via alla corsa verso Singapore Lo stile libero veloce maschile si divide tra nuotatori esperti come Alessandro Miressi e Filippo Megli e i nuovi talenti conferme e nuove stelle nella terza sessione maschile dei Criteria 2025: show nei 50 stile 200 dorso e 200 misti allo Stadio del Nuoto di Riccione Orsi won the 100 IM ahead of another veteran competitor Sergei Fesikov He also anchored the 4×50 freestyle relay where Italy finished second Orsi had the third fastest relay leg out of the entire field Orsi continued his new found success in the 100 IM building off of his Italian record set previous to the meet (51.57) to break it not only once (in semis Subscribe to our newsletter and receive our latest updates with an excerpt of eighty-five pieces belonging to that collection from the Emilian area and dated between the late 15th century and the 18th century stands out as a unicum on a private but also national level Displayed for the first time to the general public in the exhibition La Quadreria del castello (Bologna curated by Angelo Mazza and presented by Genus Bononiae - Musei nella città) it unfolds through the rooms of the precious Renaissance Palazzo Fava defined by Roberto Longhi as “a historical novel imagined on the great earlier painting capable of transcending the pockets of mannerism and communicating directly at the opening not of a book but of a window.” The copious and passionate collection of the Bergamasque entrepreneur and president of the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna housed in the rooms of his residence (since 1995) located in the Castle of San Martino in Soverzano founded by the Ariosti family during the 14th century consists of 530 works purchased from Italian European and American antique galleries and auctions.The collection which began about forty years ago with a Portrait of a Man belonging to the Carracci circle purchased by restorer Maricetta Parlatore was immediately enriched with small masterpieces including a very delicate Penitent Magdalene with angel holding the crown of thorns by Marcantonio Franceschini the first and only painting to adorn the castle walls on the day of its inauguration and Salome with the head of Baptist by Pietro Ricchi which sanctioned his meeting with art historian Angelo Mazza Poletti’s personal picture gallery would prove fundamental in his training and development As fundamental will be the advice that will accompany him in the years to follow dispensed by Parlatore herself when he was just 27 years old: “go to the Pinacoteca there you will find the beautiful; look at the light but above all let yourself be penetrated by the message that the artist has imprinted there.” The collection has the merit of having also given voice to some lesser-known painters protected by the Superintendency who are talented and of character enhanced undervalued paintings ousted from the market and from major exhibitions The latter aspect has allowed some dismembered or dispersed works to be reassembled; emblematic is the oil on canvas depicting the Fainting of Portia assisted by ahandmaiden by Lorenzo Pasinelli which appears to have been cut into three parts in 1669 by an unhappy Count Fava who had been waiting for it to be finished and which returns to be joined by the two recently identified minor fragments that originally composed it namely the Bust of a Handmaid and the Bust of a Soldier The Quadreria conserves within it some works subject to ministerial constraint such as the lunette depicting the Eternal Blessing Father with cherubs by Marco Palmezzano the panel with the Presentation of the Child in the Temple by Antonio Pirri and Bartolomeo Cesi’s canvas with Hannibal as a boy swears eternal hatred against the Romans from the senatorial Palazzo Albergati on Via Saragozza and where the content message is founded with high figurative virtuosity which limits the owner in the exercise of the right of ownership by preventing their export and making him responsible for their good preservation did not restrain Michelangelo Poletti from acquiring them but on the contrary seems to have spurred him on Another noteworthy aspect that characterizes this collection is that of having brought paintings back to Italy through international auctions: examples include Camillo Procaccini ’s Sacrifice of Isaac and Elisabetta Sirani ’s Portrait of a Child with Vase of Flowers both acquired at a Sotheby’s auction in London and Donato Creti ’s Head of a Soldier with Helmet and Command Staff which was hammered out at the Dorotheum auction house in Vienna While boasting an enviable corpus of pieces predominantly from the Emilia-Romagna area dating from the late fifteenth to the early nineteenth century Michelangelo Poletti’s picture gallery counts within it works (in almost all of cases of certain historical traceability) executed by painters from the Veneto so-called “itinerant ”and belonging to religious orders Within theEmilia-Romagna area there is a conspicuous presence of works executed by artists assiduous frequenters of the Carracci school in turn collected by Count Alessandro Fava and Aureliano Milani (Giulio Cesare Malvasia recounts that the count had the hall frescoed by the Carracci arranged “a comfortable movable bridge corresponding to such courteous magnificence Among these paintings are the Sleeping Cupid disarmed by the nymphs remembered by Giampietro Zanotti as “one of the most beautiful that can come out of any great painter,” and Rebecca at the well quenching Elezer’s thirst (dated 1665) who founded a school in Palazzo Fava between 1674 and 1675 an oil on canvas dated 1690 by the barely 19-year-old pupil Donato Creti with a dedication to his patron Alessandro Fava; and the Bacco a rare terracotta sculpture made by Donato Creti and signed with his initials Within the collection there is no shortage of some of what can be considered key female figures in the history of Bolognese art Lavinia Fontana (daughter of the famous Prospero Fontana much sought after by all those important people who aspired to have a portrait that would emphasize their social and professional position) in addition to the aforementioned Child Portrait also with an intense Allegorical Figure of Philosophy executed at a young age and inspired by Petrarchan verses A very interesting piece from an art-historical point of view pursued for a long time by Poletti before he succeeded in acquiring it is the large altarpiece of the Madonna and Child Enthroned and Saints Peter Francis d’Assissi and Anthony of Padua from the 15th century attributed to the Forlì Maestro dei Baldraccani (active in the years of Melozzo and Caterina Sforza) mentioned in a famous article by Federico Zeri that appeared in Paragone magazine in 1986 in which the scholar claimed to have studied it before 1973 in the Muti-Bussi house in Rome A painting with a powerful compositional flair that is influenced by Flemish influences perhaps not direct but filtered through Tuscan artists such as Ghirlandaio and Piero di Cosimo it features a Madonna seated on a highly inventive throne adorned with capitals carved with allegorical figures and placed atop a double decorated step flanked in the foreground by Saints Peter and Paul and two Franciscan saints in the background (one of whom is most likely identifiable as St Francis) and therefore probably from a church belonging to that order In the sphere of the Bolognese sixteenth century the collection gathers works by Camillo Procaccini a painter from Antwerp who settled in Bologna surmounted by the golden triangular nimbus symbolizing the Trinitarian mystery in which it is impossible not to discern the Michelangelo component most likely to be attributed to a pupil of Raphael’s school Giovan Francesco Penni known as il Fattore Among seventeenth- and eighteenth-century painters the Quadreria includes works by Giovanni Andrea Donducci known as il Mastelletta (of whom we mention two works whose composition is of great narrative-theatrical impact: Christ and theAdulteress a sketch for a three-meter painting owned by Giustiniani which is influenced by the school of Guido Reni) Giovanni Andrea Sirani and Simone Cantarini (intense his unfinished Philosopher with Compass reworked during the 19th century) and by Francesco Monti Ubaldo and Gaetano Gandolfi (belonging to the Bolognese barocchetto) as well as of Giovanni Maria Viani and son Carlo Cignani and his pupil Marcantonio Franceschini Some of these would be the protagonists of the nascent Accademia Clementina of Bologna supported by Pope Clement XI would be among its founders and who would elect Palazzo Fava as the seat of the first organizational meetings Dating from 1769 is Jacopo Alessandro Calvi ’s preparatory model (recently donated to the Fondazione Carisbo) of the work San Francesco implores the Madonna’s protection over pilgrims, installed at the church of Santa Maria della Vita next to the Lamentation over the Dead Christ by Niccolò dell’Arca which stood at the beginning of Via San Felice while the model Isabella of Aragon pleads for protection to Charles VIII on a visit to the dying duke is placed at the turn of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Figurative examples from the Veneto area include Moses Making the Waters Spring by Pietro de Marascalchi known as lo Spada a mannerist active in Belluno; the Visitation by Antonio Bellucci a model for the altarpiece in the Salesian church in Vienna; and a pair of ovals attributed to the Frenchman Louis Dorigny active mainly in Verona (theAllegory of Right Judgment and theAllegory of Concord) placed in the ballroom of the Cà Tron in Venice Belonging to theLombard area we point out some works such as theAdoration of the Shepherds in the Presence of St one of the greatest exponents of Lombard Baroque Agnes and a Charity by Giulio Cesare Procaccini; while among the Tuscans we mention theAllegory of Prudence and Justice a Crucifixion and a Resurrection by Francesco Conti and the panel with Saint Catherine of Alexandria by Raffaellino del Colle Notable among the Genoese are the six imposing canvases by Antonio Lagorio known as the Genovesino (the same nickname as the better-known Luigi Miradori) from Palazzo Grassi whose style mixes that of Valerio Castello’s revisited Baroque staff with the late Mannerism of Parmigianino Among the Neapolitans are Nunzio Rossi’s canvas with Saint Cecilia the Portrait of Diego Pignattelli d’Aragona conceived on the occasion of his elevation to the Order of the Golden Fleece and flanked by an African servant (modeled after Van Dyck) by Francesco Solimena whose model is housed in the Metropolitan Museum in New York Among those itinerant, non-stable painters, Johannes Hispanus with the Deposition of the Body of Christ in the Sepulcher and Saints (an artist long studied by Federico Zeri with multiple pictorial influences ranging from Perugino to Pinturicchio Dosso Dossi to Amico Aspertini) and Filippo da Verona with the Madonna and Child in Landscape stand out Painters belonging to religious orders include the Capuchin Paolo Piazza with a Presentation of the Child in the Temple Fra’ Semplice da Verona with the Madonna and Child and Saint Felice of Cantalice and Sister Orsola Maddalena Caccia (who distinguished herself by a considerable production of altarpieces and still lifes) with a Concert of Five Angels Concluding the Michelangelo Poletti collection: an artist of the 20th century Fioresi and Pizzirani of the so-called “Moderate Bolognese avant-garde ”and present with works whose favorite subject is daily life and the female figure and ranging from the charcoals of the Academy period oils up to abstract collages and new experiments A communiqué from the archdiocese of Bologna (Italy) denies that the mass in Budrio on 11 June was to bless a gay couple And the Daily Compass also reveals the content of the wedding invitation sent via WhatsApp by one of the 'spouses' The diocese's document also falsifies a 1986 document by Ratzinger in order to show that it is in tune: but that document said exactly the opposite it is in fact a clear condemnation of Cardinal Zuppi's pastoral work - VIDEO: DEAR CARDINAL ZUPPI.... The diocese's communiqué says: there was no blessing even though a same-sex couple was present; it was "a Mass of thanksgiving for the group ‘In cammino’ [On the way] which aims to accompany and offer support in the Christian life also for people with homosexual tendencies" Just this one sentence is packed with lies as adherents of the 'In cammino' group: the Daily Compass provided the photographic evidence and statements by the celebrants which refute the diocese of Bologna we are also able to reveal the content of the WhatsApp message with which Pietro invited his friends to take part in the ceremony: “on Saturday 11 June 2022 Giacomo and I will be civilly united at Budrio Town Hall we will celebrate a mass of thanksgiving/entrustment for our life together” Second lie: the purpose of the group in question is not simply "to accompany and support people with homosexual tendencies in the Christian life" as the diocese's communiqué says but to bring the LGBT agenda to the heart of the Church the legitimisation of any sexual orientation the practical application of gender ideology ‘In cammino’ does not take the Church's doctrine on gender and homosexuality seriously who immediately invited the group to come out into the open and their activity became part of the diocesan ministry presenting as welcoming the person what in reality is the imposition of an ideology And so does the communiqué of the Archdiocese of Bologna, quoting in a partial, erroneous and misleading way the letter to the bishops from the then Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith In order to justify the activity of the group 'In cammino' 16 of the Ratzinger document: "God loves every person and so does the Church renewing her commitment against all discrimination and violence on the basis of sexual orientation" considering it "reductive to define the identity of persons solely on the basis of their 'sexual orientation'" this quotation is taken from the final document of the Youth Synod (par which only in the second part of the sentence - the person cannot be defined by sexual orientation alone - takes up the concept expressed in no 16 of Ratzinger's Letter on the pastoral care of homosexual persons But in Ratzinger's letter this statement followed the denunciation of the activity of a gay lobby within the Church which aided by external forces and enemies of the Church aims to subvert the Church's teaching on sexuality (nos in which the task of pastoral care for homosexual persons is well defined: "This Congregation therefore encourages the Bishops to promote a pastoral care for homosexual persons in full accord with Church teaching No authentic pastoral programme will be able to include organisations in which homosexual persons associate with each other unless it is clearly established that homosexual activity is immoral A truly pastoral attitude will include the need to prevent homosexual persons from the proximate occasions of sin” the document of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith clearly condemns activities such as those of the 'In cammino' group and the pastoral approach advocated by Cardinal Zuppi We are therefore faced with outright act of charlatanism a conscious and colossal work of mystification in order to prove that "the Church of Bologna" is "in full harmony with the Magisterium and the Doctrine of the Church" and this is where Cardinal Zuppi's strategy is revealed: to promote an anthropological revolution in the Church by giving the idea of being in harmony with Tradition ClampArt is pleased to announce “Fabio Torre: A Contemporary Glance”—the artist’s first solo exhibition in the United States Fabio Torre’s work is characterized by a persistent reflection on the relationship between photography and painting The photographic image has been elaborated over the years using the classic tool of oil painting not only to make a technical reproduction with a trompe l’oeil effect (as with photo-realism) but also with the purpose of representing the “photographic” in more conceptual terms Torre’s work references analogue photography and classic black-and-white cinema from the 1960s in an attempt to draw a connection to contemporary imagery while rendering highly accurate representations of analog cameras Torre’s paintings invert relationships between the observer and one who is observed “A Contemporary Glance” includes selections from three series: Hasselblad Here the observer is involved in a play of glances including first the mechanical eye of the cameras The Hasselblads aim their fixed and ostensibly objective glances they seem to possess a kind of tactile and physical presence in the Double Portraits the human subjects are painted larger than life in black suits on white backgrounds imbuing them with a strong sculptural effect The same sitter represented twice with minimal temporal or formal gaps is meant to invoke a kind of three-person dialogue with the viewer establishing an intimate environment (often with erotic overtones) the small portraits comprising the series Young Men depict some of the artist’s personal friends caught with intense expressions portrayed with minimal but extremely direct representation and now lives and works in Bagnarola di Budrio (Bologna) He has been exhibiting his work in Europe for nearly twenty years In the final of the second round of the Golden Swing on South American clay, the 38-year-old from Budrio and the 28-year-old from Turin, third seeding favourites, beat the number one seeding pair, made up of the Spaniard Marcel Granollers and from Argentina Horacio Zeballos, with the score 6-2 7-6 (6). Bolelli and Vavassori were finalists at the Australian Open, overcome in the final by the duo of Indian Rohan Bopanna and Australian Matthew Ebden 7-6, 7-5. A satisfaction for Vavassori, n.152 in the ranking, who had missed his first career semi-final in the singles, defeated 7-6(1) 6-1 by the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, n.2 in the ranking and first seeding favourite, as well as reigning champion. Curiosity: Vavassori and Bolelli will face each other the day after tomorrow Granollers and Zeballos again in the first round (these are the round of 500) of the Rio de Janeiro tournament (ATP 2), in which the Spanish-Argentine pair is seeded number XNUMX. Jacques Toussaint began his artistic activity in Italy in 1971 after studying at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. After his first exhibitions in France and Italy at the same time he begins to take an interest in furniture design and for several years he will be a consultant for some important furniture companies Interflex and Matteo Grassi; for the latter he develops a line of products and acts as art director At the end of 1985 he created the Atelier brand as a synthesis of his previous experiences with the aim of producing projects entrusted to emerging designers or more established ones such as Toshiyuki Kita With Atelier he also dedicates himself to the re-edition of projects signed by masters of international level such as Alvar Aalto Starting from 1993 he collaborated on the definition of a new collection of objects in recycled paper for the Arbos di Solagna a collection of mirrors born from research on glass a collection of artistic objects that intends to highlight the existing connections between people and things that have influenced his work Starting from 2000 Toussaint began to develop a series of in situ installations of particular importance and in constant evolution in relation to the spaces in addition to providing a form of estrangement in the viewer This trend finds its beginning in the exhibition Between dream and reality organized by the Arsenal Gallery in the space of Palazzo Branicki in Bialystok (PL) followed by interventions at the Cocchi Foundation in the Water Towers of Budrio and again in the deconsecrated church of San Francesco in Pordenone with the exhibition In Itinere to arrive at the ambitious project… Que du bleu created in the large spaces of the Palazzo delle Stelline gallery at the Institut Français in Milan The French artist has been invited several times to present his works at the Casabianca Museum in Malo (Vicenza) an institution that illustrates through graphic works and not only the various stages of international contemporary art from 1960 to the present day After having carried out a series of artistic interventions in religious buildings with ancient history in 2019 he directed his attention to the intrinsic qualities of modern architecture choosing the church of Santa Maria Assunta di Riola di Vergato the result of a long design by the architect Finnish Alvar Aalto (1898-1976) for an installation composed of videos and lights presented in 2020 which will be followed by a new artistic intervention in January next year The long work of analysis and review of 50 years of activity that preceded the publication of the monograph Jacques Toussaint has also further renewed his way of doing research which he finds in this exhibition in La Spezia in the work Galassia CAMeC / JT-840 x 675 h 500 SP His works are present in the permanent collections of the Denver Art Museum (USA) the National Museum of Poznan (PL) and the Gallery of Modern Art Resta aggiornato su eventi ed esposizioni d'Arte e Design organizzati in Italia Accetto l'informativa sulla privacy e di ricevere le newsletter Scarica ItinerApp!