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#99 Inside Florence: A Conversation with Livia Frescobaldi

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Saturday, March 22nd Live on Zoom

6pm Italy, 10am Los Angeles, 1pm New York


An account of Florence that stems from a love for the conservation of its treasures, something made possible by the age-old know-how of the Florentine craft workshops and their ability to preserve and keep in perfect condition the architecture and decorations that make Florence one of the world’s most widely admired cities. A fresco with a myriad different scenes, whose protagonists live in today’s world and at the same time are heirs to a history stretching back for centuries, in a difficult balancing act between modernity and tradition.  

Livia Frescobaldi’s approach to the city is the fruit of a passion that has grown over the years, in a process of continual discovery of its values and emotions. The memories of her childhood, the cultural milieu and the gaze of someone who has rediscovered the city of her birth after having lived elsewhere: these are the perspectives through which Livia has chosen to present her Florence. A Florence in which to discover the arts and crafts, the best-known buildings and the more hidden ones; an itinerary conceived for someone who wants to experience the place fully more than just pay it a visit.

This volume, through the sensitive photography of Alessandro Moggi and Eugenia Maffei and its texts rich in anecdote, offers an intimate and original view of what it means to live in Florence today.

 

Livia Frescobaldi is Florentine by birth and by choice. She grew up in Oltrarno’s neighborhood of Santo Spirito. She discovered her passion for the decorative arts in Paris, where she lived for five years, studying, graduating and specializing in particular in European porcelain. Returning to Florence, she carried out valuations of the collections of some of the finest residences in Italy and set up the Associazione Amici di Doccia—which she heads—for research into and preservation and promotion of the Ginori porcelain manufactory. She is also the president of the Fondazione Istituto de’ Bardi, which is active in the education and promotion of artisanship. She has lived for 25 years on the Lungarno, in the Santa Croce district. A curator of exhibitions and editor of volumes devoted to Ginori ceramics, including Gio Ponti. The collection of the Museo Richard-Ginori della Manifattura di Doccia (Imola, 2015, reprint 2019) and The Revival of Italian maiolica: Ginori and Cantagalli (Florence, 2011).


Minimum suggested donation: $28

This talk is free for Friends of Paola's Studiolo!


Look forward to seeing you on Zoom!



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