Blue Lilies, the Farnese as you have never read
Wednesday, 15 October 2014
Do you love intriguing plots? Historical disclosure? Exciting as a novel, Gigli Azzurri (Blue Lilies) is your book. Published in print in 1995 and out of stock for a while, now offered by Fermoeditore in e-book (pdf, ePub and mobi), the story told by journalist and writer Luigi Alfieri will get you involved. How was
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Irving Penn. Precious as platinum photos
Wednesday, 01 October 2014
For the first time, Palazzo Grassi/François Pinault Foundation offers a photography exhibition: after the exhibition focused on works from the Pinault collection – one of the most significant and influential collections of contemporary art in the world – the second floor of the historical Venetian palace is occupied by 130 shots of great beauty. Most
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The last lighthouse
Wednesday, 01 October 2014
I want to tell you about my latest work, The Last Lighthouse. It is a double movie: the first one tells the still journey made by Paolo Rumiz on a desert island, with a few animals, the lighthouse, and two lighthouse keepers. A story that is contemplation of nature, reflection on the world. The second
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The bibliophile’s handbook
Wednesday, 01 October 2014
High Initial – Initial letter of increased body, composed on the base line and then above the ascendant of the other letters of the text (as opposed to the drop cap). Speaking Initials – So are defined handwritten or printed initial, illustrated by a picture (animal, person or object) whose name begins with that letter
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A Pixel with mustache
Wednesday, 01 October 2014
It’s like many cats: lazy, messy, unpredictable, but adorable. Yet special, like all felines can be. His name is Pixel, it lives with Cecilia&Fermo for a strange case and one day she decided to turn it into the protagonist of “flash” inspired to cat’s life in its many facets. Which color, size or sex is
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Mermaids? They are real…
Wednesday, 01 October 2014
Elissa Piccinini lives and works in Parma; Professor of Italian, Latin and Greek Language and Literature, she is also a scholar of the evolutionary path that the figures of Greek and Latin folklore have suffered in the transition to Christian literature. In his book, The Mermaids Exists (Ottolibri editions) tells the story of these women-the
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Resplendent with gold and color. Three precious manuscripts in Bologna
Wednesday, 01 October 2014
In the middle of the fifteenth century, the lord of Ferrara, Borso d’Este, wanted a sumptuous Bible decorated with splendid miniatures to be made. He worked on it for six years, from 1455 to 1461, a team of artists, among the most famous of the time, as Taddeo Crivelli and Franco dei Russi, illuminators that
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Marco Galli, the cats’ photographer
Wednesday, 01 October 2014
Marco Galli is a “pet photographer” – recently he became professional in all respects – and works as official photographer to the expo FIAF in Northern Italy. He has a studio suitable for cats and he likes to go for colonies and catteries (in the second case for free). I discovered his existence on Facebook,
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Fermoeditore e-books now online!
Wednesday, 01 October 2014
On October 2014, Fermoeditore e-books arrive in online store. The three titles (in pdf format for a range of cost-effectiveness and universality of reading) will be launched on offer at the price of € 0.99 from 1st to 15th October. In this post, we present in detail The disappearance of the kitchen, of which you
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Fear in black and white: Hitchcock in Parma
Wednesday, 17 September 2014
After the great success in Milan last year, the exhibition Alfred Hitchcock in Universal Pictures movies moved to Parma on the 50th anniversary of the film Marnie; the new layout, renewed and enriched, is open until 9th November 2014 in the elegant rooms of the Palace of the Governor. The exhibition is realized with the
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