«Musician», «Architect and General Engineer», map-maker, and painter. Because of his studies and of the machines he designed, Leonardo is sometimes defined less as an artist than as a «scientist». Sometimes he is considered as the truest embodiment of the Renaissance man, with the fickleness that we recognize as such Read More
Staged by Studio Azzurro from an idea of the students of the Memory Journeys We are coming closer to the centenary of the Great Crisis of 1929, of the Germaan laws about eugenic spaying (1933), and of the Italian Racial Laws (1938). After about four generations, direct transmission of these Read More
The Charting Table represents the territory of the province of Rimini, and makes it possible for the audience to explore it interactively. Its navigation brings out one of the elements that distinguish these areas, i.e., the cinematographic imagination in its connection to places and people. Works by great authors from Read More
The aim of this exhibition is taking the visitor for a stroll among the houses, palaces, churches, streets, and countryside of medieval Europe through one city: Parma. Set in the Voltoni del Guazzatoio of Palazzo della Pilotta, this path illustrates the economic and political life of Parma, the transformation of Read More
This exhibition highlights figurative culture in the Duchy of Savoy, revealing its patrons, artists, the paths of devotion, and aspects of everyday life. Over three hundred works illustrate the artistic flourishing from the Late Gothic period to early Renaissance: painting on wood, illuminated manuscripts, precious jewellery, skilful carving. These masterpieces Read More
This exhibition stemmed from the idea of enhancing and sharing the rich cartographic heritage preserved at Turin’s State Archives. The enormous maps on display recount the intense activity of portrayal of the territory that took place in the eighteenth century in the Kingdom of Sardinia. Six rooms from the archive Read More
This exhibition celebrates the twentieth anniversary of Domenicale, the cultural section of the Italian newspaper Il sole 24 Ore, in the rooms of Palazzo Te in Mantua. The Renaissance residence of Frederick II Gonzaga has a strong symbolic value, for it is a villa dedicated to spare time, culture, dialogue, Read More
Stemming from international research conducted by Ezio Manzini and François Jégou, this exhibition reflects on the possible answers to questions about sustainable society. The temporary path focuses on the future of living and on different ways of living that are opening up new possibilities and raising new questions. Visitors are Read More
A “naked ape”: according to Desmond Morris’s definition, human beings retain their ancestors’ fur almost exclusively in one place, i.e., their heads. Despite being equipped with a natural covering of the head, man felt the need to double it with an artificial headgear, i.e., the hat. The exhibition space is Read More
This exhibition talks about the body and its transformations between the early twentieth century and the 1980s. The body-food relationship and its symbols are explored through a plurality of languages that respond to a complex theme and generate strong emotional involvement. The path includes six thematic areas, each consisting of Read More