Six New Art Publications: From Gaudenzio Ferrari to Giotto and Dante

This summary highlights six recent publications in the realm of art and culture from Italy. Ilaria Bollati's 'Cultura e società digitale' (Corraini, 2021) investigates the use of digital tools in museums. Claudia Cieri Via's 'Venere a Palazzo Te' (Tre Lune, 2021) focuses on representations of Venus at Mantua's Palazzo Te, linked to an exhibition. Paola Gribaudo's 'Gaudenzio Ferrari. I cartoni della Pinacoteca Albertina' (Skira, 2021) presents all 59 Renaissance drawings from the Accademia Albertina di Torino, a gift from King Carlo Alberto in 1832. Stefano Zuffi's 'Paradiso per due. Giotto e Dante, dalle pecore alle stelle' (Enrico Damiani Editore, 2021) commemorates Dante's 700th death anniversary alongside a biography of Giotto. Roberto Besana's 'Il Paesaggio. Dialogo tra fotografia e parola' (Töpffer/Oltre edizioni, 2021) honors the late science writer Pietro Greco with a collection of landscape photography and texts. Finally, Anna Maria Santoro's 'Arte per immagini. Interviste a dodici grandi artisti del nostro tempo' (Edizioni Carabba, 2021) features interviews with twelve notable Italian figurative painters from the post-war era to the present, including four artists who passed away during the book's creation.