Il Maestro di Ippolita Sforza e il suo atelier: ipotesi di un percorso
The author resumes the problem of the catalogue of the miniaturist known as Ippolita Sforza’s Master; she confirms the close relation of continuity
with the Master of the Vitae Imperatorum, whereas she revises all the attributions pertinent to the final phase of the miniaturist’s activity,
in which she discerns different artificers personalities.
Giuseppa Z. Zanichelli, Università di Salerno - gzanichelli@unisa.it
L’"usanza moderna" e la "maniera antica": San Sigismondo di Cremona nella cultura architettonica lombarda del XV secolo. Parte Prima
The first part of this study interprets the documentation related to the church and the monastery of St. Sigismondo in Cremona in order to lay down the
chronology of the interventions. This church was founded by the duchess Bianca Maria Visconti in 1463, but it was ended only during the first decade of the
16th century. Its bell tower was erected in 1510.
Jessica Gritti, Milano - jessica.gritti@polimi.it
Il "pastello" ritrovato: un nuovo ritratto di Leonardo?
The author analyses a young woman profile belonging to a private collection which has been recently attributed to Leonardo. The drawing on parchment was
made with ink and pastels; Leonardo’s tested technique is compared with the one adopted by Jean Perréal, who lived in Milan in 1499.
Cristina Geddo, Milano - cristina.geddo@gmail.com
Antonio da Sangallo il Giovane e Pier Francesco da Viterbo, ingegneri militari ad Ancona e Ascoli Piceno
Starting from unpublished documents, the author studies the plans and the realization of the fortifications situated in Ancona (1532) and in Ascoli Piceno (1540),
whose fulfilment was committed by Clement VII and Paul III to Antonio da Sangallo the Younger and Pier Francesco da Viterbo.
Francesco Menchetti, Bologna - fm@francescomenchetti.it
Proposte per Francesco Cavazzoni
The author confirms Francesco Cavazzoni’s manneristic formation, whose points of reference were Bartolomeo Passerotti and Orazio Samacchini. He revises
the artist’s catalogue and assigns him some sacred paintings and other drawings.
Michele Danieli, Università di Bologna - michele.danieli@unibo.it
"Manifestazioni d’allegrezza". L’entrata in Milano dell’arcivescovo Alfonso Litta
The author analyses the ephemeral apparatus which were prepared on the occasion of the archbishop Alfonso Litta’s entry in Milan (1652) and the procession
way from St. Eustorgio basilica to the cathedral. Both plans and documents let us clearly identify the designer with the architect Carlo Buzzi and let us know
the names of all the painters and sculptors who achieved the works.
Alessandra Casati, Pavia - alessandra.casati@libero.it
Sulle orme di Giovanni Morelli. Emilio Visconti Venosta e il collezionismo privato nell’Italia postunitaria
Emilio Visconti Venosta (1829-1914), an italian patriot and statesman, kept up a personal relation and frequent correspondence with Giovanni Morelli. This
article examines Morelli’s contribution to the creation of Visconti Venosta’s paintings collection. The documents allow an investigation of the dispersion
of great private collections after the unification of Italy.
Gianpaolo Angelini, iuav - gianpaolo.angelini80@gmail.com
"Una grossa e violenta manifestazione contro la critica d’arte": il carteggio fra Enrico Baj e Piero Manzoni nella Milano degli anni Cinquanta
The article gives notoriety to three letters written by Piero Manzoni to Enrico Baj in the years 1957-1958 and which are nowadays kept at the Enrico
Baj Archive in Vergiate. The letters concern the selling of some works and the organization of the Fontana Baj Manzoni exhibition, held in 1958.
Francesca Gramegna, Pavia - francygrame@gmail.com
Il ricordo del silenzio e la memoria condivisa. Il Memoriale ad Auschwitz-Birkenau di Giorgio Simoncini e Pietro Cascella
The memorial in Auschwitz-Birkenau ex-lager was achieved between 1965 and 1967, according to the project of the architect Giorgio Simoncini and the sculptor Pietro Cascella. The article reminds the chronology of facts starting from the
establishment, in 1957, of the international Committee, that had to preside over the realization of the monument, and analyses the plans that were presented
beginning from 1958.
Marinella Pigozzi, Università di Bologna - marinella.pigozzi@unibo.it
