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La mostra “Fiorentina Primaverile” del 1922

Ricostruzione filologica dell'esposizione e del dibattito critico

Inaugurated in Florence in 1922, the “Fiorentina Primaverile” was an important exhibition of Italian contemporary art, conceived by the writer Sem Benelli. This exhibition remains unique to Florence because of the number (more than three hundred) and the importance of the participants (from Andreotti and Wildt, to Conti and Bacci; from macchiaioli masters like Lega and Signorini to the young artists of «Valori Plastici») as well as for the moment when it took place: a fruitful period for artistic events, like the great exhibition of the Italian Paintings from the 17th and 18th Centuries. Analyzing the archival documents of the exhibition, that have been unpublished until now, this text aims to reconstruct in a historical and critical manner, for the first time, the “Fiorentina Primaverile”, in order to identify the true nature of the exhibition and, most of all, which kind of idea of Italian contemporary art was intended to be offered to the public.

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  • Exhibition,
  • Florence,
  • roaring Twenties,
  • art between World War I and World War II,
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Emanuele Greco, after getting his Bachelor’s and Masters’ degree at the University of Florence, he obtained his degree at the Scuola di Specializzazione in Beni Storico Artistici at the University of Siena. In 2018 he obtained his PhD at the University of Florence with a thesis in Modern and Contemporary Art History regarding the “Fiorentina Primaverile” exhibition of 1922. In 2019 he was a graduate fellow at the Stiftung Arp in Berlin, while at the moment he is a researcher fellow at the Department of History, Archaeology, Geography, Art and Performing Arts at the University of Florence.

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  1. Arte italiana contemporanea, catalogo della mostra (Milano, Galleria Pesaro, ottobre-novembre 1921), con prefazione di U. Ojetti e note biografiche
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Eziologia di una leggenda. Ipotesi sul culto fiorentino di san Cresci compagno di san Miniato

The essay analyses the cult of St. Cresci and its origins. St. Cresci is considered to be one of the companions of St. Miniato, and it is believed he was martyred ‘sub Decio’ in the 3rd century. St. Cresci’s legend must be interpreted in the context of the Florentine hagiographic production of the 11th century, when the local clergy tried to resuscitate old and long forgotten cults of saints whose relics they possessed. The paper argues that the legend of St. Cresci was ‘invented’ to be opposed to that of St. Miniato. Indeed in the 11th century Ildebrando, bishop of Florence, strongly promoted the cult of Minias in order to support his claims on the lands of the newly founded monastery. It was after this that cathedral’s canons, in opposition with their bishop, proposed the martyrial figure of St. Cresci; the cult of which got a great importance under the Medici, and especially during the reign of Cosimo III.

  • Keywords:
  • Florentine hagiography,
  • San Cresci,
  • San Miniato,
  • Florentine episcopate,
  • Cosimo III of Tuscany,
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    Pereda, F. (2024). Bibliography. In The Man Who Broke Michelangelo’s Nose (pp. 236-257). University Park, USA: Penn State University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780271098081-013

    Pereda, F. 2024. Bibliography. The Man Who Broke Michelangelo’s Nose. University Park, USA: Penn State University Press, pp. 236-257. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780271098081-013

    Pereda, Felipe. "Bibliography" In The Man Who Broke Michelangelo’s Nose, 236-257. University Park, USA: Penn State University Press, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780271098081-013

    Pereda F. Bibliography. In: The Man Who Broke Michelangelo’s Nose. University Park, USA: Penn State University Press; 2024. p.236-257. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780271098081-013

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