A moving elegance of rhythm.
   Di Rossana Bossaglia

I truly believe - and my writings can confirm it - that Italian sculpture plays a dominant role in European art; the creative mastery of Italian sculptors is often combined with good technical skills, learnt by the masters in schools (like the one in Carrara) and applied through the use of different materials. Speaking of this art, we generally use the term ''to sculpt'', which means the use of a heavy tool (generally a hammer) to work hard materials: to create a sculpture, an artist must draw from formless matter some well-characterised images, taking them out of a still context. However, what we usually call sculpture is achieved through a process of soft, mellow shaping: this practice often serves as a preparatory step for both massive and plastic works. (to be continued)

   Autobiography.
   Di Mirella Guasti

I have recently visited the courtyard of the house in Milan (via Vigan� 8) where I was born in 1933. The courtyard has not changed over the years, and it still reminds me of what I used to see as a child from the balustrade of my balcony, when I wished I could break free from that place and run away. For this reason, the house at the Lido in Venice where we moved to later still retains an aura of magic: it is a beautiful, art-Deco villa, surrounded by a large garden, full of trees and grass; I still remember a wisteria that climbed over our house, covering the balcony of our sitting-room with a pergola of fragrant flowers. (to be continued)

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