Baroque and rococo dresses, with flounces and showy ribbons fit for an eighteenth-century ball. These are not ambiguous creations by a fashion designer, but originate from the ingenious mind of a young artist from Bologna: Adriano Persiani (born in 1972). Ambiguous, since a bourgeois and prosaic soul, an everyday face, …

GIOIELLI TARDO-ROMANI E DELL’ALTO MEDIOEVO Nei gioielli tardo-romani, gotici e bizantini lo splendore dell’oro acquista pregio dalla lavorazione a cesello o a traforo (aurum interrasile). Gioielli sopra riprodotti: orecchino romano di carattere ebraico (Cagliari, Museo Nazionale, IV secolo). Orecchini a filigrana (Taranto, Museo Nazionale, fine VI secolo). Collana formata lda …

LATE ROMAN JEWELLERY AND EARLY MIDDLE AGES. In late-Roman, gothic and Byzantine jewellery, the gold’s splendour acquires further value thanks to fretwork and chisel work (Aurum interrasile). In the picture above: Roman earring in a Jewish style ( Cagliari, national museum, fourth century).Filigree earrings ( Taranto, National museum, end of …

Walter Abini indossa quattro maschere di sua creazione e da lui costruite manualmente con piume, gioielli, tessuti, strass, pailettes, porporina e altri materiali incollati, dipinti e verniciati. L’AQUILA Con piume nere di gallo. IL FAGIANO Questa maschera fu indossata a una cena di gala di Ideacomo che aveva per tema …

Walter Abini wears four masks that he himself conceived and manually created with feathers, fabric, crystals, sequins, purpurine and other materials all glued, painted and varnished. THE EAGLE With black cock feathers.   THE PHEASANT This mask was worn for an Ideacomo gala dinner having “The hunting”as a theme.   …