Farinella, Vincenzo; Nadia Marchioni — Scoperte E Massacri : Ardengo Soffici E le Avanguardie a Firenze

Firenzi, Giunti, 2016. Hardcover. Black cloth/boards; white lettering. Color-illus. dj with white lettering. 319 pp. full of color illustrations. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, September 27, 2016 - January 8, 2017. Text in Italian. The exhibition catalog, dedicated to Ardengo Soffici (1879-1964), retraces the artistic experience of a painter, writer, art critic and polemist. The title of the exhibition, "Discoveries and Massacres", begins with the collection of the critical texts of Soffici, published between the first and second decades of the twentieth century, which are decisive for the twentieth-century renovation of art in Italy. The works on display are from Segantini to Cezanne, from Renoir to Picasso, from Degas to Medardo Rosso, from De Chirico to Carrà, in addition to those of Soffici, and are chosen based on his preferences and aversions. The catalog texts help to guide us through his "discoveries" and his drastic "massacres. VG/VG-. Minor shelf wear. One copy has bumps to corners, tail of spine, and middle bottom of back board.