Le radici della storia di Anna affondano nei riti antichi; quelli che le donne si tramandano per generazioni; quelli della natura che fa il suo corso; anche nei rapporti umani. E cegrave; sempre un destino segnato da combattere o assecondare per far sigrave; che il rito sia propiziatorio. Quando perograve; al destino si sommano gli eventi di una guerra; allora la storia spariglia. Anna Lojacono egrave; una ragazza caparbia; ribelle; che mal si adatta alle convenzioni di una famiglia del Sud; tanto meno con limposizione di un fidanzamento con uno sconosciuto. Angelico Buonomo; piugrave; per fortuna che per merito; riesce a compiere il miracolo e a sposare la donna che ama. La guerra; la prigionia; la distanza saranno alcuni degli ostacoli che si frapporranno alla riunificazione dei due giovani; dopo dieci anni. Anna dovragrave; districare fitte trame e custodire importanti segreti; rivelazioni che rischieranno di distruggere il fragile equilibrio che; nonostante tutto; bisogna mantenere; specie durante una guerra mondiale. Dal 37 al 47; sullo sfondo dellItalia fascista e della guerra nelle colonie; un viaggio che sorvola Africa; India e Australia; e una storia damore e di guerra con un finale per nulla scontato.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. A masterpiece of art exploration and explicationBy John E. DruryJack Flam provides the key to an in-depth understanding of Picasso and Matisse; their persons; the influences on them; their art and how they played off against each other. With clarity and insight; he compares and contrasts their well known and lesser known paintings by tying each to the tradition of the "pictorial rhetoric and conventional literary and biblical subjects of" Delacroix; the "unorthodox compositional modes" of Courbet and the techniques of the palette of Cezanne. In the end; these two giants of twentieth century modernism "reopened the dialogue with the past and changed its terms" after "Cezanne and the Post Impressionists had blocked the way; it was as if everything had already been done." This fascinating truth about the evolution of nineteenth century art directly impacting early twentieth century art; applies; one would think; not only to Post Impressionism but to Impressionism as well. It is this precise point that underscores the emergence of modernism. Flam is a fine writer of clarity who omits the usual adjectival praise and tropes in place of a controlled study of the line; the interpretation; the color; the subject and timeline for each painting he presents in the book.Matisse and Picasso were highly sensitive; subjective and complex artists unusually reactive to moods; people and events; thus rendering themselves and their feelings onto the canvas. Picasso; an artist of "ruthless egotism" whose art was highly derivative of others; comes off as more dependent on Matisse than Matisse on Picasso; yet Picasso far more recognized and celebrated than Matisse. As elegant as Flam is in his presentation; he seems to inch towards a preference to Matisse while cleverly observing that the public often judges paintings with its ears rather than its eyes. The book is well organized with black and white copies of each referenced painting; keyed to a reference guide to each painting and where they are located and a thorough bibliography. This is a book to keep and savor and highlight for the future and to take with you as one roams the world examining artistic genius.6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Good information for a painterBy J. CurrinI have read several biographies of these two painters and have come to know something of their personal lives. This book; however; is the first to give such clear explanation of their works and how they influenced each other. I had no idea that their relationship was so seemingly interdependent. I now have an even better understanding and appreciation for their legacy to us painters; historians; and the general public. Some of the authors interpretations of individual works seem a bit stretched - but not many. I especially appreciate that he consciously avoided naming the better of the two artists. We are left to our own conclusions.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A Valuable AnalysisBy LindaAs an art history major; I knew about both artists; but I did not know how their lives were entwined. The focus on how each of their developments influenced the other is valuable in understanding their art.
