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CVII • N. 4 • THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 2015 • GIOVEDÌ 22 GENNAIO 2015 FACEBOOK.COM/ITALOAMERICANONEWSPAPER A virtual platform has been recently designed to map some of the oldest and most fascinating artisan workshop in Italy, featuring also the craftsmen with their tools and creations italoamericano.com $ 1.20 DATED MATERIAL - DO NOT DELAY Italian Stories: tradition and innovation meet in Italy's artisan workshops Luigi Ghirri: a forerunner of Instagram What's Made in Italy? The perfect combination of elegant taste, high quality products, and skilled craftsmanship, which is recognized and celebrated world- wide, has its roots in centuries old traditions from all across the Italian peninsula. In our modern era, w hen everything is made just to be sold, knowledge and know-how can become the new currency of exchange, and perhaps even a way out of the economic crisis. A virtual platform has been recently des igned by Italian architects Eleonora Odorizzi and Andrea Maserocchi to map some of the oldest and most fascinat- ing artisan workshops in Italy. Thorough a series of descriptions and images, featuring also the craftsmen with their tools and SILVIA SIMONETTI Luigi Ghirri was labeled one of the most significant authors of 20th century photography Continua a pagina 14 Continued on page 3 See page 2 BARBARA MINAFRA La Galleria degli Uffizi di F i r e n z e ? H a u n a c o l l e z i o n e molto scarsa. Il Colosseo di Roma? Un mucchio di pietre. La Cappella Sistina? Una stan- zona. La Basilica di San Marco a Venezia? Molto pacchiana con tutto quell'oro. L'Arena di Verona? Vuota, non c'è nulla. L a M o l e A n t o n e l l i a n a d i T o r i n o ? U n p e n n a c c h i o . L e Torri degli Asinelli e Garisenda a Bologna? Sembrano stecche d i t o r r o n e . L a R e g g i a d i Caserta? Triste. Pompei? Ci sono più danni ora di quelli fatti dal vulcano. Ecco. Forse su quest'ultimo punto potremmo amaramente convenire, ma con l'auspicio di chi sa che un tesoro immenso e unico al mondo come quello delle rovine scampate alla dis- soluzione della storia, meritano Promuovere la cultura italiana è il nostro obiettivo principale

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